November - December 2022
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Audio Discourse
The 2022 LAOC Audio Society Gala, A Photo Essay, Part the Last: ...
David W. Robinson, a portrait. The Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, Israel, 2022 (Photograph and image processing by John Robinson) Photographs with Dave,...
The 2022 LAOC Audio Society Gala, Part the Second: the Banquet
David W. Robinson, a portrait. Tiberius, Sea of Galilee, Israel, 2022 (Photograph by John Robinson; image processing by David W. Robinson) Sunday...
The 2022 LAOC Audio Society Gala, A Photo-Essay, Part the First:...
For quite a number of years now, the Los Angeles and Orange County (LAOC) Audio Society has been holding an end-of-the-year Board dinner and Gala...
The 19th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for
Beginning at the end of 2003, PF established its first annual awards for fine audio. The Brutus Award was established for the best that David...
Cantate Domino - First Time on Reel-to-Reel Tape
Cantate Domino. Torsten Nilsson (Conductor), Oscar's Motet Choir, Alf Linder (organ), Marianne Mellnas (soprano), Proprius 7762/AudioNautes Recordings...
The Audio Note (UK) AN-K/SPe Loudspeakers: The Life and Emotion...
Greeting friends, I hope you are doing well, and Happy Holidays to you! Today's article is about the Audio Note (UK) AN-K/SPe compact high-performance...
Hardware Reviews
Straight Wire Crescendo 3 Speaker Cables - Truly a Monolithic...
In Stanley Kubrick's 2001: a Space Odyssey, awestruck australopithecines (prehistoric ape-like primates with human traits) encounter an alien, 11' x 5'...
New Cables for My Master Clock from Audience
Guys who own digital master clocks are very serious about extracting the most from digital sources. If a stock power cord came with the clock, very...
JansZen Valentina A8-SE Loudspeakers [Updated 12-10-2022]
The JansZen A8-SE Loudspeaker JansZen Laboratory was founded in the 1950s when Arthur Janszen developed the first practical electrostatic loudspeaker....
The Great Painters - MayFly MF-201A Loudspeakers with MF-201A...
Most times, equipment reviews begin smoothly, and progress from there. Occasionally, though, they start with a bit of thud. In this case, my review of...
The Pass Labs XP-17 - a Phono Preamplifier with Sublimely...
I was student-teaching at Whitney Young Magnet High School and waiting tables several nights a week at Reza's, an upscale Persian restaurant in...
Moon Audio Silver Dragon Headphone Cables
Do cables make a difference? It is a question I get asked quite often, and it is a question that Audiophiles have debated since the beginning of time....
Interviews
Elastic Time and Electromags: Q and A with Gayle Ellett
Gayle Ellett, Topanga Canyon. 2022, Photo by Rita Street Gayle Ellett is one of the founding members of Djam Karet, an instrumental quartet that...
Interview With David Chesky on Music and His New Venture the...
With this article, Positive Feedback continues its content-sharing relationship with Enjoy the Music where Steven R. Rochlin interviews David...
Pro Audio Design's David Malekpour Looks to Translate Pro Studio...
Snoop Dogg and Dave Malekpour at Snoop Dogg's Beach City studio complex (photo courtesy of proaudiodesign.com) As a 36 year veteran of the professional...
Music - SuperSonic Recordings
Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 34
This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 206. Bionic Boogie, "Chains"/"Cream (Always Rises to the Top)." Polydor – PRO 066...
Music Reviews
Hunnia Records - Delightful Discoveries in Pure DSD256
I’ve been listening to various of the Hunnia Records' Pure DSD256 recordings downloadable from NativeDSD. There are very many that I like both for...
Dave Brubeck's Time Out in Pure DSD256
Time Out was the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies. The album was certified platinum in 1997 and double platinum in 2011. The single,...
Anna Fedorova Shaping Chopin in Pure DSD256 from Jared Sacks
Chopin's music is loved by many. And many pianists gravitate to performing his works. Unfortunately, not all pianists should play Chopin—both Chopin...
Now Playing - Part 4: David Crosby and Dream Theater
David Crosby, If I Could Only Remember My Name. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, MFSL 2-496, Original Master Recording, Gain 2™ Ultra Analog, 2 x 12"...
One of the Greatest Mercury Living Presence Albums From HDTT
Here we have one of the world’s greatest French conductors and one of the world’s finest French orchestras (albeit located in the United States)...
Groundskeeping by Kenneth James Gibson
Groundskeeping, Kenneth James Gibson. Meadows Heavy Recorders Kenneth James Gibson is a true rarity. He's equally comfortable writing, arranging,...
New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print
NOS: A Bruce Walker Cartoon From Our Archives
"I tell you, Harold, these damned House Spikes really work!"
Manley Labs Impressions: The Snapper Monoblock Amp and Shrimp...
This article by Dr. David Robinson originally ran in Issue 5, February/March 2003, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our...
Our Friend the Audio Analyst
E112: Guilty Treasures: Pink Floyd-The Dark Side of the...
Today I celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, taking you on my first Guilty Treasure episode in.... . . Read More »
E111: AGDs Børresen and Rasmussen Talk Tech
Today, I bring you the last video chronicling my remarkably informative and fascinating trip to the AGD factory in Aalborg, Denmark. In today’s.... . . Read More »
E110: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 3
Today I’m presenting the conclusion of my mid-January tour of the 25,000-square-foot manufacturing facility of Audio Group Denmark, in Aalborg,.... . . Read More »
E109: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 2
Today I’m presenting part two of my mid-January tour of the 25,000-square-foot manufacturing facility of Audio Group Denmark, in Aalborg, Denmark..... . . Read More »
E108: AGD Productions Gran Vivace GaN Amplifier
Today, I want to introduce you to a product that makes a rather interesting and bold departure from typical: the AGD Productions Class-D Gallium.... . . Read More »
E107: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 1
In mid-January (2023), I visited Aalborg, Denmark where I was treated to the amazing hospitality of Audio Group Denmark, manufacturer of the brands.... . . Read More »
Our Friends at High Fidelity
Weiss DAC502 Mk2 DAC
Weiss was founded in 1985 in Uster, Switzerland by Daniel Weiss, previously an employee at STUDER, where he specialized in designing frequency...
GHOST Impera
GHOST is a Swedish band playing a genre of hard rock, formed in Linköping in 2006. In 2010 the band released its demo and then a complete album...
Show Reports
AES 2022
People queuing up for registration Trade Show Hall This year's AES show was a bit unusual. The number of exhibitors was down to perhaps a quarter of...
2015 CES - A Look Back
Take a look back at this CES show report from 2015, by Robert S Youman, originally published April 19, 2015. 2015 CES - A Yellow Brick Road Of...
