Stereophile

Adrienne Barry, Violin
Patrician Dinkins-Matthews, Piano

Emerson Concert Hall
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
Emory University
Saturday, March 24, 4PM

I had the pleasure of attending a free recital of Ms. Barry this day, and what a remarkable concert it was. The playing was first rate. The venue, Emerson Concert Hall had acoustic to die for. And, it was free for crying out loud. How could people be sitting at home listening to mp3s with an opportunity like this?

Shocking headline from the BBC:

"DUP 'would share power in May'"

Our DUP?

Hello all, I purchased a cheap system on the internet to digitize my LP collection, a Gli-Pro Model #BD-1600, with an Audio-Technica cartridge.

The problem I've noticed is that with most LPs I get distortion when a singer's lyrics hit S's or when the drumers cymbles are hit or high notes from flutes.

Is this a limitation of the cartridge?

I'm thinking of upgrading to the Shure M97xE. Would this be a good upgrade for my system?

Any feed back would help.

TIA

After years of ignoring high end audio I decided to get back into it a year ago. I'm surprised that after 20 years of really smart people working on making digital sound better that a lot of people don't think it sounds better. Does analog really sound better than digital? (Specifically an LP vs. a CD) I know everyone will tell me to listen and make up my own mind. I will do that. I'm wondering what other people on here think. Also do the Editor, authors and contributors to Stereophile continuously listen to both analog and digital? If not why not?

Atlanta Percussion Trio

Very interesting concert my wife was kind enough to order tickets for months ago. Performed in a quaint little beautifully renovated theater seating about 1,000 in Cartersville, GA., north of Atlanta. 99% percussion instruments from all over the world. These cats could play. The leader also plays with the ASO. Very nice.