Box Furniture Co.’s Anthony Abbate designs and manufactures handsome single- and double-width equipment racks and amp stands, and has also been responsible for DeVore Fidelity’s elegant speaker cabinets.
Laughter.
Because sometimes booze is better than music.
Conversations cross the room.
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Last Thursday night, I had the great pleasure of accompanying Michael Lavorgna, John DeVore, and Nori Komuro on a visit to the home of gentleman, painter, and tube amp designer, Don Garber. Garber’s unique Fi amplifiers have been mentioned in a number of Art Dudley’s “Listening” columns, and when John Atkinson and I visited Art’s listening room on our way home from Montreal’s Salon Son et Image, I got my first close-up look at a Fi product, Garber’s new 2b preamp. I was immediately charmed by its striking appearance—it…
In “Old-School Hi-Fi in Search of the New New Thing,” Hal Espen visits the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and ponders the inherent dilemma of hi-fi.
How can a decidedly old-fashioned hobby move forward in an increasingly newfangled world?
Outside the listening rooms, the story of this year's Rocky Mountain Audio Fest traced the mood-swings and anxieties that buoy and beset the retro-futuristic world of high-end audio.The article is well written and filled with strong arguments from intelligent people who seem to suggest that a way…
The band tore through fiery numbers from the new album as well as 2007’s eponymous debut. “Kitchenette,” “Palaces of Montezuma,” “Worm Tamer,” “Heathen Child,” “Evil,” “Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye…
New York City’s Other Music is Light In The Attic’s “Record Store of the Week.” Check out the interview with OM’s co-owner, Josh Madell.
Other Music is my favorite NYC record shop, and Light In The Attic is one of my favorite record labels. I love it when great things come together happily.
I didn’t even know there was an Ottawa in Ohio. But there is. Turns out to be a village in the northwest section of the state, about 155 miles west of Cleveland. The Mayor is Kenneth A. Maag, and in 2009, the village celebrated its 175th anniversary. Can you believe that? The Village of Ottawa has a population of 4,367, and among them are at least two music lovers.
Joe from Ottawa, Ohio, writes:
I always enjoy reading…
The company has now introduced their “Performance Pack” upgrade for the RP-1.
It includes a Bias 2 phono cartridge, the drive belt upgrade (reviewed in our November 2010 issue), and a thicker wool platter mat, also found in Rega’s P3, P5, and P7 turntables. The Performance Pack upgrade for the RP-1 costs $195…
Douglas has a half-dozen or so bands going at any one time, each with very different ensembles, and he gears his compositions and projects to the specific traits (or personnel) of each. For instance, the music for his Charms of the Night Sky group (trumpet, violin, bass, and…
"A CD player," I said.
"They're still making those?"
Yes—and better than ever, for the most part. But I understood Mark's confusion. When a "Vote!" question on the Stereophile website asked readers what digital source components they used, a surprising number responded that they did not, or hadn't bought a dedicated player in years. Topping the list were computers and universal players.
Heck, even I had relegated the superb Simaudio Moon Evolution SuperNova CD player to duties in…