March - April 2017
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Audio Discourse
Impressions: The Critical Mass Systems QXK Mk. III Rack System...
The Critical Mass Systems QXK Mk. III Rack in Four-Shelf Configuration, photograph courtesy of Critical Mass Systems. The latest chapter in a story…...
1000 Years of Western Music History in 6 Tracks
In this column, republished from his blog site, John Marks of The Tannhauser Gate (http://www.thetannhausergate.com) shares his six pack of choices...
The Sonore microRendu and Signature Series Linear Power Supply
The focus of this review is to contrast the Sonore microRendu and Signature Series linear power supply with affordable power supplies from Channel...
VPI Hosts Press Open House Day. Part II: The Ultimate "Man
Everyone jumped in their vehicles at the end of the factory tour and drove—or caught a ride—to the "VPI Man Cave" for some listening sessions. How...
Brief Impressions: Stein Music's The Perfect Interface...
Stein Music's "The Perfect Interface" Carbon Signature Resonance Control mat in place on our EMT 948 turntable. Every now and then I receive a product...
Santana's Lotus: Complete Edition in Quad DSD and SACD Surround...
Lotus: Complete Edition, Santana (Photo: Sony Music Japan) Sony Music Japan will be celebrating Santana's upcoming concerts in Japan from April 22 to...
Hardware Reviews
From the Kipnis Studios: The View From The Top - Essence for Hi...
Introduction – The Illusion of "LIVE" Imagine something hard enough and it often materializes. About this time last year, I was engaged in several...
Periodic Audio IEMs
No other audio component takes as much abuse as in ear monitor headphones. My vintage balanced armature Klipsch earbuds have been stepped on, wash and...
The Spatial Audio Hologram M3 Turbo S Loudspeakers
If you follow the reports from the numerous audio shows happening these days, you can't help but miss glowing extracts about Spatial Audio's exhibits...
Triode Wire Labs - Power Cords, Speaker Cable, and AES/EBU...
There is a new player in town... Triode Wire Labs. When Dave Clark extols enthusiastic praise about a particular product line, I sit up and take notice...
In the Master’s House: A Reflection Upon JM Reynaud Bliss...
What car does your mechanic drive, what food does your nutritionist eat, and what surgery does your doctor elect for himself? These questions are...
New from TARA Labs - The Muse Cables
One Sunday afternoon we were listening to Krzystof Penderecki's Clarinet Concerto (DUX 0559). This is difficult, contemporary music—difficult enough...
Interviews
An Interview with Greg Timbers, Past Designer/Engineer for JBL
Greg Timbers So, tell us a bit about your history in speaker design… beginnings and such. The journey that led you to JBL. I have been interested in...
A YouTube Video About PF's Jim Merod: The Jazz Man!
Positive Feedback has a lively and diverse creative community on its masthead. One very unforgettable person, and a very close, dear friend of mine, is...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 2
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations. Here is the second 10 of his Top 500 SuperSonic List... 11. Carole...
Music Reviews
Michael Rabinowitz, Uncharted Waters
Michael Rabinowitz, Uncharted Waters. Cats Paw Records, CPD-9855, CD $20 at https://www.jazzbassoonist.com/shop As a high-end audio importer and...
Notes of an Amateur: Elgar, Mozart, and Bach.
Elgar, Symphony No. 2. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Onyx 4165. Elgar, Elgar, Elgar. What do American music lovers make of Elgar? Probably...
Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack The Harry Warren Songbook
Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack, The Harry Warren Songbook (GotMusic Records, GMR-1004, available at http://www.dougmunro.com, $15.99 CD) My first trip...
Notes of an Amateur: Music@Menlo 2016; Bartok's Music for Solo...
Music@Menlo 'Live,' 2016 "Russian Reflections" . (8 discs), available separately or as a box set. www. musicatmenlo.org. If you share Music@Menlo's...
Tinariwen’s Elwan on LP
Tinariwen, Elwan (ANTI- 87467-1, 2-LP set $19.98 through Amazon) Reviewing contemporary music is often merely a matter of describing a hybrid. "Their...
Notes of an Amateur: Mischa Zupko, Giaches De Wert, Schnittke,...
Eclipse: Chamber Music of Mischa Zupko. Wendy Warner, cello. Sang Me Lee, violin. Mischa Zupko, piano. Cedille CDR 90000168. Calling someone a "Chicago...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
Burning Issues 1: Who Are We? A Response
This article, by Tom Davis, originally ran when Positive Feedback was in print - Vol. 6, No. 3, 1997. Finding the Right Kind of Provocation Little did...
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Polish Jazz Forever III
Remasters 2016 vol. 1 | vol. 3 | vol. 4 | vol. 24 | vol. 54 | vol. 63 COMPACT DISC | LONG PLAY Warner Music Poland sp. z o.o. Wytwórnia Polskie...
HiFiMAN Headphones - HE1000 V2 and Edition X V2
HiFiMAN Headphones - HE1000 V2 and Edition X V2 Within past several years the world of high-end audio took a course leading it towards the "wall"....
Show Reports
Colorado Audio Society November 2016 Meeting
Although I've been wanting to make it to one of the CAS (Colorado Audio Society) meetings forever, they are usually held in the Denver area. This makes...
The MSB Technology and Wilson Audio Event at Fidelis Home Audio
Time with fellow music lovers, intimate demonstrations of cutting-edge technology, all brought together by a gracious host is a humbling reminder of...
