SXSW 2017: Spinning Coin
And finally there were the Scottish bands . . .
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Musical Magic at San Francisco’s Tone of Music Audio
Beautiful sound was the order of the day at Tone of Music Audio (1303 Castro Street, Suite D, San Francisco, CA 94114), as the small retailer, headquartered in the heart of San Francisco's Noe Valley, held the first of two spring open houses. Judging from what the 30 or so visitors heard at the first open house, on March 18, those who show up for the second listening session on Saturday, April 1, between noon and 5 pm (RSVP to info@toneofmusic.com), are in for a treat.
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Chuck Berry 1926-2017
"If you tried to give rock'n'roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry.'"John Lennon
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SXSW 2017: Chicano Batman
Space Soul Rock in Austin. . .
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SXSW 2017: Is a Mega Artist Going to Stand Up For Hi-Rez Music?
Can high-resolution audio become "The New Cool?"
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SXSW 2017: Whitney Rose
Women are bringing much-needed new energies to music of all kinds
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Katz’s Corner Episode 14: Guest Listeners Shoot out Audeze LCD-4 vs. Focal Utopia
This story originally appeared at InnerFidelity.com
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It’s nice to hear different listeners’ perspectives: Each listener brings something different to the table. I learned a lot about how different people perceive sound and their preferences when putting together this post about experienced listeners listening. Come enjoy our quintet of expert listeners' take on the Audeze LCD-4 vs. the Focal Utopia.
SXSW 2017 Day 2: the Ultimate Analog Medium?
"Crafted out of aluminum and coated with nitrocellulose lacquer, this truly fascinating object is the ultimate analog medium."
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MQA-Encoded CDs? Yes!
On March 17, Japanese label Ottava will release the first MQA recording on compact disc, A. Piazzolla by Strings and Oboe. Recorded by the UNAMAS Piazzolla Septet, whose videos you can view online, the short disc was mastered by the Tokyo-based label's CEO, Mick Sawaguchi. The recording is also available for download.
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Recommended Components: 2017 Edition
The ratings given components included in this listing are based entirely on performanceie, accuracy of reproductionand are biased to an extent by our feeling that things added to reproduced sound (eg, jitter, distortion, colorations of various kinds) are of more concern to the musically oriented listener than are things subtracted from the sound (eg, deep bass or extreme treble). On the other hand, components markedly deficient in one or more respects are downrated to the extent that their deficiencies interfere with the full realization of the program material.
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