Here is Vol.1 No.1. Wow. The thing nearly turned to dust when I took it into my hands. Inside, the Contents page informs us that the issue's main articles include:
—Amplifier Power; How Much Is Enough?
—Antennas for Fringe-Area Multiplex
—How to Write…
About a month ago, we met 17-year old audiophile, Sarah Witkowski, whose exceptional knowledge and appreciation of classic rock left many of us feeling happy and encouraged. (And left me feeling like I had a lot of catching up to do.)
However, I suspect there are many more young people like Sarah, people who love music and sound, and who can remind us of the elements of our enthusiasm. Take, for instance, 16-year old David MacRunnel.
"I am always striving for better sound, as I am obsessed with music and reproducing it accurately," says David.
In…
This controller is one of the neatest consumer-electronics products I have encountered: it is sealed to prevent damage from liquid splashes; it has modes for both deep and shallow sleep, from which it can roused by being picked up; and as well as a motion sensor, it…
Russell was one of the great unsung heroes of modern jazz. In this summer when many are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, it is worth noting that there would have been no such album—the art of jazz might have languished in post-Parker malaise for a few years longer—had there been no George Russell.
Born in Cincinnati, a prodigy on piano and drums, he moved to New York in the late 1940s, wrote “Cubano Be, Cubano Bop” (…
We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow. That's where we wanna go. Way down to Kokomo.
Over and over again, she played it. Was I going insane, or was this really happening to me? I searched the expressions of nearby passengers to see if they were in on this. The woman sitting directly…
Sennheiser, the popular manufacturer of high-quality headphones and microphones, has an answer for that last one.
This summer, the company is hitting the hot streets with their Sennheiser Sound Tour, a guerilla-marketing campaign designed to increase brand awareness among North American consumers…
Been listening to the Bowerbirds a lot over the last few days, falling in love with the new album, Upper Air, so delicate and powerful with its sparse arrangements, gorgeous vocals, and dazzling images, all of an inherent sadness but with a sort of joy, too, and all beautifully recorded, with sometimes stunning, really frightening, dynamics. You should hear it.
"In Our Talons" is from their first album, Hymns for a Dark Horse. In the future, I'll write more about Upper Air.
Every time we meet, Holter tries to explain his patented SoundEngine technology. He draws diagrams and talks…