Can You Own Too Much Gear?
Paul Wilson looks at the wisdom in collecting a lot of audio gear…
Discovering Maia Sharp Via Mercy Rising CD, Vinyl, Streaming
Mark Smotroff explores a new artists who isn’t really new…...
Reconsidering A Zappa Tribute Covers Project In Surround Sound, SACD
Mark Smotroff breaks down why some tributes work better than others…...
Bonnie Whitmore’s Last Will & Testament On Vinyl, CD, Tidal & Qobuz Streams
Mark Smotroff remembers to not judge a book by its cover…
Why Was I Disappointed With Andrew Hill’s Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl?
I don’t think Rudy Van Gelder was 100% perfect as a recording and mixing engineer. There, I...
New Music Friday
Vinnie Riccitelli Octet – “For The Record” Self-Released Born in 1926 in Yonkers, NY, Vinnie...
Guided by Voices’ Propeller Reissued On Colored Vinyl
One most wonderful thing about Guided By Voices (GBV) — Dayton, Ohio’s original “LoFi”...
Alex Chilton With The Hi Records Rhythm Section Live Concert On Vinyl, Digital & CD
The notion of reviewing a live set in a small club by a band doing cover tunes is not exactly the...
Herbie Hancock’s My Point of View, Blue Note Tone Poet Vinyl
I recently picked up a new reissue of one of Herbie Hancock’s earliest solo records as a...
The B3’s The Word on WRD’s The Hit
Some of you might remember a couple months ago when I wrote a review about the new album from The...
Can Turntables Springboard Young Audiophiles?
Go back ten, maybe fifteen years and analog LP sales were vapor thin among young, non-audiophiles....
Now That It Is Digital, Should You Toss Your OG Vinyl?
Some of us long term, old school vinyl collectors are often aware of a phenomenon that happens in...
Tomita In Quadrophonic: Surround Sound Was Made For This Music
Back in the 1970s when I was a teenager just getting into music I remember hearing some recordings...
Island Records’ Vinyl Series Volume One Delivers Hits & Perspective
To many of you who are fairly deep into music, Island Records is a label that brought you music by...
Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, 50th Anniversary Live Session Blu-ray
In 1970 John Lennon released an album called Plastic Ono Band which was quite shocking to most fans...
Why Reviews Are Important
In the early years of high performance audio, the hobby, predominately, was most aptly...