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Tiptoe Through the Tweeters

Issue 112Opening Salvo

This Issue’s Cover: Bob Dylan (born 1941). The times they are a changin’ indeed. Issue 112...evoking Route 112 on Long Island and another memory flash from around 30 years ago...

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Vinyl and Absolute Polarity: Q&A

Issue 112REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

Bob Lehman, a classically-educated retired electrical engineer and long-term audiophile, asked some very good questions upon reading my column in Issue 110, “Vinyl and Absolute Polarity: A Technical Exposition.” What follows...

Attack of the 20-Foot Tweeter

Issue 112SPEAKER STORIESSPEAKER STORIES

Editor’s Note: Chris Brunhaver is the senior speaker design engineer at PS Audio. We asked him about what inspired him to become involved in the audio industry. On a typical...

How I Met Buck Dharma of Blue Öyster Cult

Issue 112FRANKLY SPEAKING

When I was a teenager I wanted to be a rock star. Every month, the magazines Creem and Circus came out and I devoured them, windows into that mythical rock and roll world I...

Axiom Audio Celebrates its 40th Anniversary

Issue 112INDUSTRY NEWS

Canadian loudspeaker and electronics manufacturer Axiom Audio is celebrating their 40th anniversary this year. Located in Dwight, Muskoka, Ontario, the company offers a range of wired and wireless speakers, systems and amplifiers....

Songs of Praise From Unlikely Artists, Part One

Issue 112FEATURED

Sex, drugs and rock and roll – the phrase is a catchall euphemism for the debauchery and revelry associated with the music industry. Tales of Dionysian excess, wild drunkenness, partying,...

A Quartet of Outstanding New Releases

Issue 112TO BE DETERMINED

I’ve been away for a few issues; and besides, there haven’t been an exceptional number of interesting new releases coming out during the pandemic — not too many artists in...

Tales of an Audio Forum Administrator, Part Three

Issue 112FEATURED

My last installment gave an in-depth look at what many forum moderators experience on a day-to-day basis. It isn’t the most glamorous job, but it’s ultimately rewarding enough that they...

Diving Into Dire Straits

Issue 112OFF THE CHARTS

It was the late 1970s in London. Two guitar-playing brothers from Newcastle, Mark and David Knopfler, had been active in the music scene. Sometimes they crossed paths with bass guitarist...

Lee Morgan: Eight Great Tracks, Redux

Issue 112TRADING EIGHTS

[FYI: from Columbia University’s Jazz Glossary—yes, there is such a thing: “Also ‘trading fours,’ etc. Soloists taking turns at improvising, playing for eight (or four, etc.) bars at a time.” In...

Donovan’s Muse: an interview with the Real Jenn...

Issue 112TWISTED SYSTEMS

  For those who don’t know, Jenny Boyd is a former model and was a big part of the 1960s British rock scene. She’s also Pattie Boyd’s sister. (Pattie was...

Little Richard: The Architect of Rock and Roll

Issue 112MUSIC TO MY EARS

This incredible story is about one of the most influential vocal stylists of our generation and generations to come. Giants will remember Little Richard and the debt owed to his...

Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Issue 112WAYNE'S WORDS

I knew I was all in with the new Fiona Apple album was when I had my “Shameika” moment. “Shameika” is the first single and second song on Fetch the Bolt...

Riders in the Sky

Issue 112PARTING SHOT

Contributed by reader Michael Walker. These bicycles look ready to go places.

Routine, Ritual and Wabi-Sabi

Issue 112TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

In the past few weeks, I’ve rediscovered something: routines can be comforting. They offer a sense of order when things get jumbly. Even humble food or drink habits help us...

It's a Lonely World, Redux

Issue 112MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

I didn’t set out to be a hired gun, but it occurred to me pretty quickly that this was the likely path to earning a living through music – either...

Where the Action Is!

Issue 112AUDIO ANTHROPOLOGY

Man, I can dig it! Take me to school! From Audio, August 1966. Admit it, you remember this ad. From Audio, December 1972. There's nothing like a well-behaved tonearm. From...