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Clickbait-Free Zone

Clickbait has become pervasive. It’s not hard to see why, especially if you’re a media insider – editors, publishers, websites, forums, cable news stations et al are all are under...

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Green River

“Take me back down where cool water flows…” A view of the Green River from the Cart Creek Bridge, located in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in northeastern Utah. Sony...

Pushbutton Paradise

Hi-Fi tone for $99.95, complete with colored vinyl! That’s about $970 in today’s dollars. Motorola ad, 1953.   An insanely rare Quarter Horse amplifier. Built from kit plans originally published...

Koss: the Granddaddy of Audiophile Headphones

As listening to music on headphones and earbuds has become ubiquitous, it is interesting to note that Koss Corporation (NASDAQ: KOSS) the company that invented and commercialized consumer stereo headphones in 1958,...

J.C. Bach: Not His Dad’s Baroque Music

In the music of Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), the uncluttered elegance of the pre-classical style meets with a mind trained in the most elaborate and complex Baroque counterpoint. It’s an...

John Mayall: British Blues Pioneer

Let’s get the silly stuff out of the way first. John Mayall was born in 1933 near Manchester, England to parents of dubious distinction. His dad was a dedicated boozer...

The Story of a Vintage Piano, Part the Second

In Part One, J.I. Agnew began his search for the perfect piano for recording. He noted that finding a piano that would sound as much like real life in recordings was...

EveAnna Dauray Manley of Manley Labs, Part Two

In Part One (Issue 129), EveAnna talked about her early musical influences and career, the origin of Manley Laboratories and Vacuum Tube Logic (VTL), and she how she came to...

Cable Design and the Speed of Sound, Part One

As most audiophiles and readers of this magazine are aware, the subject of audio cables can be fraught with opinions, information, misinformation, heated discussions on forums and more. From time...

Stream-O-Nomics: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Aerosmith and their lead singer Steven Tyler sang for years about “dream(ing) until your dreams come true.” Quite prophetic, for sure, as for musical artists, success requires being a dreamer...

To Test, Or Not to Test, Part Five: Vacuum Tubes

In a previous article in this series (Issue 128), I discussed measurements that help determine the quality of electronic components such as capacitors and resistors. However, most audiophiles are quite...

Bob Welch’s French Kiss: Sentimental Favorite

I resisted moving from the LP format to CD for as long as I possibly could. Beyond my thought that the general sound quality of CDs paled in comparison to...

Location, Location, Location

Over here in the UK there is a common phrase heard that “An Englishman’s home is his castle.” That may well be true for some. Yet, something that is truly...

Kate Bush: Musical Heights

There was always music, poetry, and dancing in the house when Kate Bush was growing up in Kent, England. Both her parents and her two older brothers were amateur musicians,...

Jefferson Airplane's Scheduled Stop

I had been back in New York for a few months when my sister Ellen called and asked if I wanted to go with her to see Jefferson Airplane at...

Role Models

Roy Hall’s article in the last issue triggered some disquieting school memories of my own. He reminded me of the nasty habit of many public school teachers in the 1950s and 1960s to read test...

Octave Records' New System Setup Disc and Book

Octave Records has two new announcements this time out. The Audiophile Reference Disc SACD was created to help listeners get the best out of their stereo systems, by providing reference-quality music and test...

Two Cool EPs and a Sad Tribute to a Fallen Son

Death Cab for Cutie – The Georgia EP Seattle-area band Death Cab for Cutie started in 1997 as a solo project for singer/guitarist and keyboardist Ben Gibbard, but those plans were...