Month: January 2014

Dylan’s Side Tracks Puts Rarities On Right Track

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff tracks Dylan’s new 200-gram Side Tracks rarities LP compilation

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Secret Knowledge

Cables

Roger Skoff takes a look at patents and whether they can help with an audiophile's buying decision...

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The Grammys – Another Year, Another Show…

Audiophile Music

Steven Stone looks at why he watches the Grammys, every year, no matter what......

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Curing The Vinyl Collector’s Bug Without Going Broke

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff lets you in on some recent bargains he’s found…

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A Bad Idea For An Award

News

Steven Stone looks at the problems inherent in some awards......

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A Teacher’s Musical Contribution and the Real Cost of Music

Audiophile

Paul Wilson looks at the costs and the rewards of high-performance audio......

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The Beatles: Yesterday, Today… and Now

Audiophile Music

Lifelong Beatlefan Mark Smotroff decides to not to buy the latest Beatle box set. Here’s why….

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Gray Research Tables For Playing Black Discs

Analog

Ever Hear of Gray Transcription turntables? Roger Skoff fills in some details......

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Setting Up Two Systems In One Day

Reference Speakers

Steven Stone does double audiophile duty......

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Lost 60s Psych Pre-Heavy Metal Garage Gems From Sundazed Sale

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff gets all psychedelic and groovy…

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Metadata – The Last Frontier

Audiophile

Steven Stone looks at what he thinks is the reason for the hipster vinyl renaissance......

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The Death Of Physical Media?

Digital

Paul Wilson ruminates on the present and future of physical media......

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An Everyman’s Review: TrondheimSolistene

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff looks at a classical release from 2L…

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Change An Attitude and Change An Industry?

Audiophile

Roger Skoff ruminates on "audiophile guilt" and what it would take to end the apologies about price......

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Buck ‘Em!

Audiophile Music

And now for something different...Steven Stone does a book review......

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No Cure For Music Collector’s Fun Bug

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff looks at some of his favorite obscure and reissued albums…

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Calling a POS a POS

Analog

Steven Stone wonders when and how much to push when a friend contemplates buying a sub-par turntable... ...

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The Continuing Cable Saga

Cables

Paul Wilson looks at whether cables "make a difference." The short answer is YES......

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The Soft Sell Conclusion: Opening Closed Ears to Zappa Music

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff has a Zappa album for folks who don’t usually like Frank Zappa’s music…

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Another View of CES

Audiophile

Roger Skoff Looks at why we go to CES......

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