November - December 2024
Audio Discourse
Audiophile Economics - Part 2
Roger Skoff writes about why things cost what they do In the first part of this article, I wrote about how pricing works, using not only our own...
My Experience with the GTT Audio Reference Listening System
Pastor Dave Robinson and Bill Parish with the Vivid Audio Moya M1 Loudspeaker A little about myself: This is a very brief review of the experience of...
Hardware Reviews
Lorenzo Audio Labs LM1 Loudspeakers
It was at the 2023 Munich High End Show that I discovered some truly remarkable loudspeakers, the Lorenzo Audio Labs LM1 from Spain. They were music to...
Triode Wire Labs American II Series Power Cord
By far, the most common blind spot that most audiophiles I have met and chatted with seem to have, is the lack of awareness of the importance of the...
Audiomods 12" Series Six Tonearm
In 2020 Jeff Spalls introduced the Audiomods Series Six tonearm, providing many analog hobbyists with an opportunity to experience excellent yet...
Fyne Audio F1-8S Loudspeaker
Over the course of my audiophile journey, I've owned, reviewed, or auditioned many different types of loudspeakers, from electrostatic to planar, from...
Goldring 1012GX Cartridge
"They're boxy, but they're good." That was the slogan coined for Volvo cars by Dudley Moore's unhinged ad exec in the mediocre 1990 movie farce, Crazy...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 41
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 241. Shelly Manne & His Men – At the Blackhawk Vol.1. Contemporary Records –...
Music Reviews
The Merry-Go-Round - Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection
When I wrote about The Blue Things I expressed my general distaste for cult bands and cult singers. And the reason is because mediocre cult bands cast...
All Hail To The Chairman of the Board - The New IMPEX 1STEP...
First, Some Personal Backstory And Perspective Please be patient with me as I step you through some personal backstory. When IMPEX released the 33 RPM...
Schumann, via AI? (Not.)
Schumann Symphony 4 (orig. vers.); Manfred Overture. Yun: Cello Concerto. Jaemin Han, cello; Korean National Symphony Orchestra/David Reiland. Decca...
Impex Records' Newest Limited Edition 1STEP 45 rpm LP Release:...
Four years ago, Impex Records contracted a pair of Grammy award-winning engineers and tasked them with reviving the original analog tapes for Frank...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
ZYX R100H Cartridge
This article by Bob Levi originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 15 September/October 2004, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles...
Our Friends at HIFI Statement
PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube Phono Preamplifier
Der neue EVO 100 Tube Phono Preamplifier von PrimaLuna gehört zur Premium-Baureihe „Evolution“ des Herstellers und wartet mit einer Reihe.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Design in Audio. Or Once More About the Language
Design is both the idea, the pattern, the design just poured by it onto paper or on a computer screen, and the materialized effect of designer's work....
Show Reports
Toronto Audio Fest 2024
Toronto Audio Fest Show Report, Friday, 18 October - Sunday 20 October 2024 Encouraging an audiophile with a cabling and equipment addiction to attend...
Lone Star Audio Fest 2024
Our tribe of dedicated audiophiles and music lovers met up in Dallas Texas the weekend of June 7-9 for the seventeenth Lone Star Audio Fest. LSAF is...
