February 2013 Archives

Part 2 of A Four-Part Series on Mono - Got half-a-dollar? Want one?

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Here's the Second of a four-part series by Roger Skoff - And now, the latest and greatest thing yet... Mono... Read more
 

How I Spent My Saturday Night - Recording a Requiem

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Recording on location can be challenging. Steven Stone takes you through a recent "typical" recording session. Read more
 

Vintage Vault Release: Jerry Garcia Band @ Capitol Theater 3/1/80

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Today Mark Smotroff puts on his tie-dye teeshirt and listens to some of Jerry Garcia's best work... Read more
 

My Shure Re-Shelling Experiment

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Steven Stone had a pair of Shure E500 PTH earphones that needed repair, so he opted for getting them re-shelled. Here's how it turned out... Read more
 

Monkee Love: 180-Gram Colored Vinyl Reissues

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Mark Smotroff looks at the Monkee bizness for Friday... Read more
 

Part 1 of 4 - Mono? How to set it up

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Here's the first of a four-part series by Roger Skoff - And now, the latest and greatest thing yet... Mono... Read more
 

Why I Keep The Audio MIDI Setup Control Panel on my Dock

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Steven Stone explains why one of the most useful programs on your Mac should be on your dock. Read more
 

Blu-ray Audio: Damn The Torpedoes

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Mark Smotroff looks at Tom Petty on Blu-Ray, and likes what he sees... Read more
 

The Audeze LCD-2 Revisited

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Steven Stone finds that sometimes it pays to take a second look at a product you hated first time around... Read more
 

New CD Releases for 2-15-13

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Steven Stone looks at five new albums from well-established artists including Richard Thompson and Marcy Marxer as well as newcomers Bella Betts, John Corbett, and the Blue Canyon Boys... Read more
 

The 2013 Grammys

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Steven Stone looks at the highlights and lowlights of the 2013 Grammys, where fashion upstaged the music, big time. Read more
 

Vinyl Quest: Innervisions

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Mark Smotroff looks at Stevie Wonder on vinyl and via HDTracks. Read more
 

Good Music, Bad Music, and Reference Discs

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Steven Stone looks at the concept of "Reference Discs" and doesn't like what he sees, and hears. Read more
 

Meridian Introduces a $300 USB DAC

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Finally Steven Stone can tell you about Meridian's embargoed surprise at CES... Read more
 

Kinda Young, Kinda Wow: Charlie Is My Darling

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Mark Smotroff looks at the Rolling Stones 1965 documentary and finds a lot to like. Read more
 

Earwax?

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Roger Skoff looks Earwax, Peter Belt, and other audio weirdness Read more
 

The Sicphones Saga Part Two

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For all you would-be audio manufacturers, here's a cautionary tale of how the course of manufacturing never runs smooth... Read more
 

Kinky Boots, Kinky Clothes, Kinky Sounds on The BBC

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Mark Smotroff gets Kinked for Tuesday. Read more
 

Separation of Church And State

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How much influence does advertising have on editorial content? Not as much as you might think... Read more
 

Steely Surround

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Mark Smotroff looks at the Steely Dan surround mixes and finds a lot to like. Read more
 
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