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: [...]
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 [...]
Understanding Distortion: A Look At Electronics
A Look At Distortion Mechanisms Built With Purpose In writing this article, the mission has been to [...]
Understanding Distortion: A Look At Electronics, Part 2
A Look At Distortion Mechanisms This paper is continued from the introduction to Understanding Distortion: A [...]
Upended Cornucopia: Glass Hammer’s “Ode to Echo” (Arion Records/Sound Resources, 2014)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Sure, it’s safe to say that Glass Hammer is the finest progressive rock band [...]
Musical Gems from T Bone Burnett and the Coen brothers
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the music of Inside Llewyn Davis DVD Review by Noam Bronstein [...]
Resonessence Labs Mirus DAC
Resonessence Labs Mirus DAC review by Tim Smith $5,000 USD http://www.resonessencelabs.com Components used [...]
Resonessence Labs Herus DAC / headphone amp
Resonessence Labs Herus. DAC & headphone amplifier. $350 USD http://www.resonessencelabs.com Distribution [...]
Under Pressure
Just a note to let readers know, your friendly admin is in the process of moving house, relocating about 90 [...]
Polite Blaze: Eric Alexander’s “Chicago Fire” (HighNote, 2014)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Yes, folks: he still walks the earth and works among us. Rudy Van Gelder, one of [...]