Month: September 2011

Friday’s Album Review – Rodney Crowell

Audiophile Music

Steven Stone looks at two of Rodney Crowell’s best albums – the 2001 release, The Houston Kid and 1988’s Diamonds and Dirt. Which one is better? That’s like comparing peach pie with chicken gumbo – they’re both part of the same musical feast..

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What’s Really Selling?

High End Audio

The world is changing. What's red hot now can be colder than a white russian in 1921 inside of a couple of months. All it takes is the...

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A “Good” Review

High End Audio

What is a good review? It means different things depending on who you are and what your relationship to the product under review might be....

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A “Good” Review

High End Audio

What is a good review? It means different things depending on who you are and what your relationship to the product under review might be. Steven Stone believes that good review should be about information…

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Charles Sawtelle, Music from Rancho DeVille

Audiophile Music

Some albums get better with time. Charles Sawtelle's Music From Rancho Deville ranks as one of the most essential and important bluegrass...

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Charles Sawtelle, Music from Rancho DeVille

Audiophile Music

Some albums get better with time. Charles Sawtelle's Music From Rancho Deville ranks as one of the most essential and important bluegrass...

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Are You Insured?

News

Look at all that gear! It’s insured, right? And what exactly is it insured for? Theft? Fire? Flood? And are you covered for the current value of ALL your gear? If your response is any of these questions is “I don’t know,” you need to do some homework…

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Are You Insured?

News

Look at all that gear! It's insured, right? And what exactly is it insured for? Theft? Fire? Flood? And are you covered for the current...

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What is Mid-fi?

Affordable Speakers

Nowadays even $30 T-amps from EBAY sound pretty darned good. Perhaps its time to reexamine our old audiophile concept of "mid-fi"? It's not...

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My Five Rules for EBAY

Digital

Should you or should not make a bid on that oh so tempting amp or that built-like-a-tank CD player listed on EBAY? That is the big bucks’ question. Steven Stone offers his five personal rules to help keep him out of trouble on EBAY and Audiogon…

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My Five Rules for EBAY

Digital

Should you or should not make a bid on that oh so tempting amp or that built-like-a-tank CD player listed on EBAY? That is the big bucks'...

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Two Sierra Records Gems

Audiophile Music

"Historical Recordings" by their very nature are usually not audiophile sound spectaculars. These two Sierra Recordings are no exception....

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Bob Carver is Back

Amps • 4 Comments

The old joke goes like this – a guy has a job working in the circus cleaning up after the elephants. His brother-in-law offers him a job working nights cleaning up at a bank for twice the money, but he turns down the job. by saying, “What? and give up show business?”

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Another One Bites the Dust?

Analog

Atlanta's Criminal Records has announced that it will close on November 1st. Is this a harbinger of future woes for record stores or an...

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Another One Bites the Dust?

Analog

Atlanta's Criminal Records has announced that it will close on November 1st. Is this a harbinger of future woes for record stores or an...

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The History of High End Audio

News

This in-depth record of the birth of audiophilia charts the history of the hobby from its World War II roots to the emergence of transistors to the rise of turntables and beyond, and recounts the names that innovated to bring audiophilia to where it is today.

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The History of High End Audio

News

This in-depth record of the birth of audiophilia charts the history of the hobby from its World War II roots to the emergence of...

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Mastering – The Final Frontier

Analog

Does your CD copy of The Red Hot Chili Peppers new release sound different than the LP release? According to the guys who mastered it, the...

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Mastering – The Final Frontier

Analog

Does your CD copy of The Red Hot Chili Peppers new release sound different than the LP release? According to the guys who mastered it, the two versions SHOULD sound different because they were mastered differently…

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Fourmile Fire Anniversary

News

One year ago Steven Stone experienced the Fourmile Canyon fire up close and personal. It helped put things in perspective. Music matters,...

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