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"Those two albums got a tremendous reaction. I was kinda proud that Wynton Marsalis said that these were the best recordings that Armstrong had made since the 1930s—because they really are! Part of that is the subject material. When I got a chance to record Armstrong, I already knew what I wanted to do for the first three or four albums. We had talked about it, because he had befriended me in . . . well, that would be about 19 . . . let's see, it had to be whenever I found those unreleased Hot Fives and Hot Sevens [which Columbia released on 78s]. I was in college as a sophomore, so that…
On Thursday, August 11, Cut Copy performed for a massive crowd at Brooklyn's Prospect Park, putting the perfect end to what had been a beautiful summer day. Concert photos by Natalie.
The enormous sky above Brooklyn's Prospect Park was a dazzling watercolor. Warm, soft shades of yellow, orange, and violet swept across a saturated canvas as the sun slowly dissolved into the horizon and day reluctantly gave way to night. It was the second week of August and, though no one wanted to admit it, the days had become noticeably shorter.
I walked alone through turnstiles that led to the…
The two-way Energy CB-10 is a bass-reflex design. A large rear-firing port has an internal diameter of 2" and flares out to 2.75". The speaker uses a 1" aluminum-dome tweeter and a 5.5" woofer with a ribbed elliptical surround, the latter said to increase excursion, decrease distortion, and create a larger piston area for greater efficiency, making the CB-10 an easy match for amplifiers. The CB-10's frequency range is listed as 66Hz–20kHz, its in-room sensitivity as 90dB, and its nominal impedance as 8 ohms. In Energy's Convergent Source Module design, the tweeter and woofer are meant to act…
Sidebar: Contacts
Boston Acoustics, 300 Jubilee Drive, Peabody, MA 01960. Tel: (201) 762-6429, (508) 538-5000. Web: www.bostonacoustics.com.
Energy Speakers, Klipsch Group, Inc., 3502 Woodview Trace, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46268. Tel: (800) 544-1482, (317) 860-8100. Fax: (317) 860-9170. Web: www.klipsch.com.
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc., PO Box 1540, Long Beach, CA 90801-1540. Tel: (800) 421-1404. Web: www.pioneerelectronics.com.
Look eye! Always look eye!
Friday, December 2, 6–9pm: Whetstone Audio (2401 East 6th Street, #1001, Austin, Texas) will host an evening of music with Bob Clarke of Profundo (Heed, Transfiguration, VivA, Trenner & Freidl, Silent Source) and Colleen Cardas of Colleen Cardas Imports (Unison Research, Opera Loudspeakers).
Brian Di Frank of Whetstone Audio says this is just “the first of many hootenannies” and he offers a warm invitation:
Here’s the deal. Many folks are buying turntables now and really don’t know much about them. There is also a big interest in…
The massive Clearaudio Statement (seen here: just the topmost 567 pixels) will be on display at Hi-Fi Expo Sophia in Bulgaria.
Thursday–Sunday, December 1–4: The second Hi-Fi Expo Sophia will take place at the Grand Hotel Sophia in Sophia, Bulgaria.
Last year’s show featured more than 250 high-end brands, and the show’s organizers expect bigger numbers for 2011. A look at the manufacturer list reveals many familiar names: Wilson Audio Specialties, Spiral Groove, Sonos, Rega, Nordost, Koetsu, dCS, and Ayre are just a few.
For more info, visit www.hifiexpo.bg.
SoundCloud, the neat “social sound platform” that allows users to create and share sounds with anyone who has an internet connection, turned to design company, The Wilderness, to help answer the question, “What is sound?”
See what the experts—Moby, Imogen Heap, Julian Treasure, Martyn Ware, and others—have to say.
“The more differences you perceive, the richer your life is.”
Indeed.
Thanks for the link, SP.
Let's not beat around the bush: this is what an amplifier is supposed to look like. The silver front panel contains over a dozen knobs and switches, yet somehow avoids seeming cluttered. The solid wood cabinet wouldn't look out of place next to Hugh Hefner's cognac decanter. And the controls! The SQ-38u is as full-function as they come ("as they used to come" would be closer to the truth), with a Balance knob, separate Bass and Treble Tone Controls, a low-frequency cutoff (aka "rumble") switch labeled Low Cut, a Mono/Stereo switch, and a mute button; plus switching and connectors for two…
Sidebar 1: Specifications
Description: Two-channel tubed integrated amplifier. Tube complement: four EL34, four ECC83S, three ECC82. Line inputs: 4 plus tape loop. Phono inputs: 1 (switchable for MM, high-output MC, or low-output MC). Input sensitivity: 1.0V. Output power: 25Wpc into 8 or 4 ohms (14dBW or 11dBW), 30Wpc into 6 ohms. Frequency response: 20Hz–100kHz, –3dB. Total harmonic distortion: 0.5% at 30Wpc, 1kHz.
Dimensions: 17.2" (440mm) W by 7.6" (196mm) H by 12.1" (310mm) D. Weight: 44 lbs (20kg).
Serial Number Of Unit Reviewed: G81100022.
Price: $5990. Approximate…
Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Analog Sources: Garrard 301, Thorens TD 124 turntables; EMT 997, Schick tonearms; Ortofon SPU, EMT OFD 25 & OFD 65 pickup heads.
Digital Sources: Wavelength Proton USB D/A converter; Apple iMac G5 computer running Apple iTunes V.10.2.2, Decibel V.1.0.2 playback software; Sony SCD-777ES SACD/CD player; Sony PlayStation 1 (as CD player).
Preamplification: Auditorium 23 Standard (SPU version), Silvercore One-to-Ten step-up transformers; Shindo Masseto preamplifier.
Integrated Amplifiers: Leben CS300
Power Amplifiers: Shindo Corton-…