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Always Something There to Remind Us

Issue 182Opening Salvo

Burt Bacharach has passed away at 94. This hits especially hard. Bacharach was a hero to me and one of the greatest songwriters ever – along with lyricist Hal David,...

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On the Road Again

Issue 182Parting Shot

A scene in Bisbee, Arizona. The Art Deco-style building houses restaurants and shops, including a bookstore which stocks some vinyl. Street musicians often play in Bisbee.

The Ears Have It

Issue 182Audio Anthropology

There was a time when Nakamichi cassette decks ruled the world. Here’s a Nakamichi 550, made between 1974 and 1980. This top-loader offered Dolby B noise reduction and three mic...

Connecting With Hemingway Audio’s Z-Core Power ...

Issue 182From the Listening Chair

For the most part, I won’t participate in social media arguments concerning the efficacy of audiophile signal cables and power cords. Even when considering a binge-watching session of Keeping Up...

Lexii Lynn Frazier: A Young Guitarist’s Career ...

Issue 182Idle Chatter

These days, you’ll hear more and more guitarists shredding up and down the fretboard like the ’80s all over again. Guitarist/singer/songwriter Lexii Lynn Frazier can rip it up with the...

Don Leslie’s Whirling Dervish Speaker Contraption

Issue 182Featured

There are a few gentlemen in particular who deserve strong recognition for the development and evolution of several modern-day musical instruments. Included in this distinguished group of instrument makers are...

The Chamber Music of Gabriel Fauré

Issue 182Something Old / Something New

Sometimes all it takes is one outstanding teacher to release a young student’s artistic gifts. French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924) found such a mentor in Camille Saint-Saëns at...

CTI Records Part 4: Sax (and Violins)

Issue 182Featured

Like any jazz record label, CTI Records was no stranger to saxophone players. The label had its share of talent, from established names such as Stanley Turrentine and Paul Desmond...

Ulrike Schwarz, Jim Anderson, and Their New Par...

Issue 182Featured

Soprano saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom’s Picturing the Invisible: Focus 1 recently garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Immersive Audio Album. Produced and engineered by multiple Grammy winners/nominees Ulrike Schwarz and...

Clickbait Articles Belie Reality: The Vinyl Man...

Issue 182Featured

New trade advocacy group, the Vinyl Record Manufacturers Association, is establishing best practices and standards Two recent online articles ushered in the new year with headlines that the vinyl boom...

Lounging with In-Ear Monitors, Part Three

Issue 182Featured

In our previous two articles (Issue 180 and Issue 181) we have briefly considered some of the factors which may affect the sound quality of in-ear monitors, aka IEMs, in-ear...

Artificial Reverberation in the Analog World, P...

Issue 182Revolutions Per Minute

In the previous episode (Issue 181), we had a look at various types of analog-domain reverberation options for music production and recording. A couple of years back, during the “big...

The Cranberries: Time Was Ticking Out

Issue 182Off the Charts

When Dolores O’Riordan died suddenly in 2018, the blow reverberated around the indie music world. She was more than just the lead singer of the Cranberries; her ghostly, emotional voice...

An Audio Journey, and More Photos from Capital ...

Issue 182Show Report

One of the most interesting and revealing aspects of an audio show is how it forces one to consider their own audio journey. Mine was pretty simple. It started with...

NRBQ: Not Playing Around With Tiddlywinks

Issue 182Disciples of Sound

NRBQ has always been a band that rock insiders considered to be the best in the game. Founded in 1966 as the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet, they have had...

Blues Master Otis Taylor Releases Banjo… on Oct...

Issue 182Octave Pitch

Octave Records has released Banjo… by blues master Otis Taylor. One of the most compelling blues artists working today, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Taylor is the winner of five DownBeat awards, and Living...

Treehaus Audiolab: Striking Design, Performance...

Issue 182Speaker Stories

Sometimes, a certain combination of sight and sound is impossible to forget. Among the open-baffle speaker systems on exhibit at the New York Audio Show 2022, Treehaus Audiolab’s Phantom of...