Audiophiles regularly discuss whether a 2-channel system can accurately reproduce depth. Steven Stone’s answer is an unequivocal, yes! He feels a high-end sound reproduction system by definition is one that reproduces depth accurately.

Some albums get better with time. Charles Sawtelle’s Music From Rancho Deville ranks as one of the most essential and important bluegrass albums of the decade. It also sounds wonderful…

Since I began ripping CDs into my computer’s music library I rarely use the original CDs. Wouldn’t it be great if I could just sell ’em? Sure, as long as you don’t mind risking a hefty fine or worse. Read how CDs have become your legal defacto receipt for digital copy rights.

Here’s a tale of a schoolhouse, an acoustic group, and a pair of microphones. Steven Stone treks into the wilds of Colorado (Ok, it’s only two miles from his house) to make a field recording of an exciting new acoustic group that plays a unique kind of modern music.

HD Tracks just got a pretty good get for their library of music. Warner Music and HD Tracks are now partners in bringing audiophile music to the masses, which is great because Warner has a rather large and impressive library.

If you are a user of HD Tracks, and a great many audiophiles are, you will most certainly appreciate another download site: Festival Link, which provides recordings of live music. Read more about the details of the service here.

The Library of Congress has always been about preserving our past. Now they are turning to preserving musical recordings from the past. And making them available through a cloud-based system. Pretty cool stuff.