Something Less: “Heaven & Earth” by Yes (Frontiers, 2014) Album review by Neil Hobkirk Well, the cover art’s nice. And the music’s nice too. Or rather, the [...] 2014/09/01 /// 0 Comments
Resonessence Labs Concero HD and Concero HP. Champagne sound on a Cava budget. RESONESSENCE Concero HD ($850 USD) and Concero HP ($850 USD). Review by Tim Smith Wall of Sound Gold Star [...] 2014/08/20 /// 1 Comment
Woo Audio WA6 SE headphone amplifier. Review by Tim Smith Woo Audio WA6 SE headphone amplifier. $1190 USD http://www.wooaudio.com Review sample kindly provided by [...] 2014/08/03 /// 1 Comment
Definitive Statement: Dee Daniels’ “State of the Art” (Criss Cross Jazz, 2013) Album review by Neil Hobkirk Dee Daniels should need no introduction. Unfortunately, she too often does. In a [...] 2014/08/02 /// 0 Comments
Emotiva CMX-2 Line conditioner and DC offset filter. Review by Tim Smith Like many of you, I have experienced the hum of tube amp transformers. Like many of you, I have assumed that [...] 2014/07/31 /// 3 Comments
Paris is always worth it. Two concert reviews: Cyrille Aimée and Tord Gustavsen Paris Journal. When the workday is done and lights are low, what to do in Paris when flying solo? Time to [...] 2014/07/23 /// 0 Comments
Shunyata Venom PS8 Power Distributor with Venom Defender Line Conditioner. Review by Tim Smith Shunyata Research Venom PS8 Power Distributor, Venom Defender Power Conditioner, and Venom HC power cord, [...] 2014/07/17 /// 2 Comments
The Long and the Short of Mike Oldfield: “Five Miles Out” and “Crises” (deluxe editions; Mercury, 2013) Album review by Neil Hobkirk I remember my first proper sound system, purchased during high school in 1984: [...] 2014/07/14 /// 0 Comments
The Naxos Music Library and three classical CD’s for summer listening Imagine 98,760 CDs on the computer server of your audio system – the mind boggles (well, I suppose [...] 2014/07/06 /// 0 Comments