Kingston Kong: “Bite My Blues” by Peter van Huffel’s Gorilla Mask (Clean Feed, 2014) Album review by Neil Hobkirk Raised in a city readily stigmatized as an alternate take—an other London [...] 2014/10/11 /// 1 Comment
Mapletree Audio Line 2B SE preamplifier, with RM1 Remote (using Bent Audio motorized ALPS potentiometer) Mapletree Audio Design Line 2B SE preamplifier, with RM1 Remote (using Bent Audio motorized ALPS [...] 2014/10/10 /// 4 Comments
Technics Global: the reboot of an iconic brand Some interesting news from Japan….it seems parent company Panasonic has been working hard to re-launch [...] 2014/10/08 /// 0 Comments
Pre-audio turntables coming to North America Exciting times for Richmond Hill, Ontario’s Charisma Audio: in addition to their current lineup, [...] 2014/09/29 /// 0 Comments
Still a Player: The Thorens TD124 Transcription Record Player A Classic Analog Time-Capsule of Near Perfection, Review by Noam Bronstein Sometimes you just get lucky. A [...] 2014/09/18 /// 2 Comments
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