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Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 21: The Best Private Members Club…Ever
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 21: The Best Private Members Club…Ever
With the myriad changes which have inevitably affected audio pursuits over the years – the return of vinyl, the decline in the numbers of print magazines and hi-fi shops –... Read more...
A Visit to the Warsaw Audio Video Show
A Visit to the Warsaw Audio Video Show
While Munich’s High-End Show still dominates the European hi-fi show circuit, the Audio Video Show in Warsaw, which took place from October 27th to 29th, 2023, is a serious rival.... Read more...
A Visit to the Paris Audio Video Show
A Visit to the Paris Audio Video Show
“We'll always have Paris...” Ken Kessler dons a trench coat and fedora to retrace Bogie’s footsteps with a visit to the Paris Audio Video Show. It’s been six years since... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part Five: Tape Caveats
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part Five: Tape Caveats
Previous installments in this series appeared in Issues 196, 197, 198 and 199. I feel like a rabbi talking a non-Jew out of converting to Judaism. It’s incumbent on him or... Read more...
Back To My Reel-To-Reel Roots, Part Four: Making eBay Profitable
Back To My Reel-To-Reel Roots, Part Four: Making eBay Profitable
By now it has been established that my renewed interest in reel-to-reel is unnaturally narrow, in that I am not a recordist in any manner. I may be the only... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part Three
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part Three
Just so there are no misunderstandings, I have to explain to you how focused is my interest in reel-to-reel tape. I absolutely don’t want to be challenged or trolled by... Read more...
Back To My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part Two
Back To My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part Two
Ken Kessler recounts the hardware phase of his re-entry into the world of open-reel tape, as a cautionary tale and a guide-of-sorts to help you maintain your sanity.   As... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part One
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part One
Along with many mainstream audio publications and websites, Copper – in fact, more than most – has actively acknowledged and supported the revival in open-reel tape. Its contributors have dug deep into... Read more...
STOP PRESS: A <em>Copper</em> Sneak Preview! Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 32
STOP PRESS: A Copper Sneak Preview! Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 32
KK hears a new high-end speaker under beta testing, and it’s a stunner.   Those who have followed my scribbling over the years will know that I have no greater... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 31
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 31
The Cassette is Back – Or is It? – An Investigation, Part Two It’s taking all I can muster not to be smug about the absurdity of the return of... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 30
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 30
The Cassette is Back! Or is It? – An Investigation, Part One As is the wont of half-informed mainstream newspaper and lifestyle journalists – primarily when dealing with specialist subjects... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 29: Tonbridge AudioJumble 2023
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 29: Tonbridge AudioJumble 2023
Like the recent AXPONA hi-fi event in Chicago, deemed by all to be a roaring success, the latest Tonbridge AudioJumble in early March was certainly one of the best, but... Read more...
Celebrating the Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable, Part Two
Celebrating the Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable, Part Two
Ken Kessler recounts anecdotes from the LP12’s heyday to create an impressionistic picture of the scene in the 1980s. For those who “weren’t there” – that is, living in the... Read more...
Celebrating the Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable, Part One
Celebrating the Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable, Part One
It was the turntable that rattled cages around the world in the 1980s and 1990s – Ken Kessler, with jaundiced eye, recalls the power of the Linn Sondek LP12. It’s... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots: The Cassette Strikes Back
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots: The Cassette Strikes Back
As noted in previous installments, including my report on the recent AudioJumble in the UK (Issue 164) and a later column (Issue 175) about the emergence of a new generation... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots: Noodge and Ye Shall Receive, Part Two
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots: Noodge and Ye Shall Receive, Part Two
If you recall my installment in Issue 171, I recounted how my incessant pestering of Kevin Root of RX Reels drove him to silence me by producing a 7-inch version... Read more...
Michael Jackson’s Thriller: Mobile Fidelity’s 40th Anniversary Edition LP
Michael Jackson’s Thriller: Mobile Fidelity’s 40th Anniversary Edition LP
As one who has been reviewing reissues on vinyl and CD for nearly 40 years – yes, I’ve been around the hi-fi press for that long – two or three... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 26: Half Full – Not Half Empty, Redux
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 26: Half Full – Not Half Empty, Redux
Back to the Future: despite his glass always being half-empty or even cracked and leaking, Ken Kessler finds reasons to be cheerful. Unlike my ever-optimistic colleague and friend Mikey Fremer,... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 25: Half-Full – Not Half Empty
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 25: Half-Full – Not Half Empty
Ken Kessler looks again at the availability of reel-to-reel hardware – and drools with envy  All it took were the words of a semi-troll/moron replying to an Instagram posting. Up... Read more...
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 24: The R2R Revival Gains Pace
Back to My Reel-to-Reel Roots, Part 24: The R2R Revival Gains Pace
Ken Kessler assesses the increase in the reel-to-reel presence at the Tonbridge AudioJumble. Only five months have passed since the previous AudioJumble, but cataclysmic events have taken place in that... Read more...
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