Month: April 2014

Purposeful Murkiness

Audiophile Music

Steven Stone looks at the new HDTracks version of EmmyLou Harris’ Wrecking Ball…

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Pure Audio Velvets: An Epic Howl at 96/24 Resolution

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff finds legendary Velvet Underground Blu-ray dubiously awesome......

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How Big is Your Music Library?

Digital

Steven Stone wonders if there is a point when big becomes "too big"......

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How Much Does A High End System Cost?

Audiophile

Paul Wilson finds that some questions about audio are harder to answer than others…

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Mickie’s Most : Animals ‘n Hermits On Fab Sounding SACDs

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff finds audiophile pop solace in rare SACDs by The Animals and Herman's Hermits...

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Why “Double Blind” Testing Can’t Work For Audio

News • 3 Comments

Roger Skoff takes another look at the Technoids' most sacred cow...

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Getting Ready For Axpona

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

Steven Stone reveals what he considers essential gear for Axpona…

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From The Music Pulpit: Musings On Record Store Day 2014

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff waxes ecstatic on why every music enthusiast should be happy about the ongoing success of Record Store Day... ...

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Recording Audiophiles

Audiophile

Steven Stone wonders why so few audiophiles make their own recordings......

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What Ever Happened To Rock Operas?

Audiophile Music

Paul Wilson looks at his favorite rock operas…

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Beck’s Morning Phase Soars ‘n Sparkles

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff grooves on the Pallas-pressed 180-gram LP of Beck's latest ...

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Get A Grip

Analog

Roger Skoff takes a look at platter mats and record clamps......

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Two HDTracks Winners

Audiophile Music

Steven Stone looks at two excellent and reasonably-priced new releases from HDTracks…

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From the Archive: Wolfgang’s Vault Vinyl Stevie Ray Vaughan

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff makes musical amends and finally gets down with Stevie Ray Vaughan......

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We Want The Airwaves – Hipsters From The Past…

News

Steven Stone looks at a documentary about the Boston music scene that he was a part of... ...

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A Tribute To Arthur Smith

News

Paul Wilson looks back on a guitar great…

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Lost Gems: Discovering Audience

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff connects with Audience thanks to vinyl!...

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Could Sir Isaac Have Been Wrong?

Subwoofers

Roger Skoff looks at spikes and Newton's third law of Physics......

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The Sony HAP-Z1ES Two Months In

Digital

Steven Stone looks at the Sony HAP-Z1ES player after living with it for awhile…

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Lost Surround Classics From Townshend, Hancock and The Flaming Lips

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff extends an audio-only Blu-ray wishlist to the industry for reissue of some lost 5.1 gems most missed back in the day......

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