Description: CD-R recorder with CD-rewrite capabilities and digital S/PDIF inputs/outputs (coaxial and optical). Recording: S/N Ratio: 90dB. Dynamic range: 95dB. THD: 85dB. Record sample rate: 44.1kHz for line input/output; 32–48kHz for coaxial or optical digital inputs (automatic sample rate conversion). Maximum analog input: 700mV RMS. Analog input impedance: 50k ohms. Playback: Frequency range: 20Hz–20kHz. S/N Ratio: 105dB. Dynamic range: 98dB. Line output voltage: 2V RMS. Power consumption: 15W. Operating temperature: 5–35°C.
Dimensions: 17" (435mm) W by…
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Sidebar 5: Specifications
Composer Kevin James looks a bit tired of making field recordings. Recordings for 100 Waltzes for John Cage were captured during 45+ nearly continuous hours of driving around New York City. Photo: The [kāg] ensemble.
Tuesday–Thursday, August 21–23, 7:30pm: In celebration of John Cage’s 100th birthday, The [kāg] ensemble will perform Kevin James’s 100 Waltzes for John Cage at the DiMenna Center, Mary Flagler Cary Hall (450 West 37th Street, New York).
Inspired by Cage’s 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs, for which a score was created by randomly selecting 147 locations on a…
And speaking of birthdays, today is Thurston Moore’s. To celebrate, let’s groove and flail to Chelsea Light Moving’s latest track, “Groovy & Linda.” The song, like most from Thurston, is a twisted love story. I’ll let him tell it:
Not to be confused with the 1968 coffee house folk song by Tom Parrott (recorded for Smithsonian Folkways), this chug n’ shred burner is a psycho reflection of late 60s NYC East Village hippie idealism slayed and splayed in an Avenue B tenement boiler room. Groovy was the boy born James Leroy Hutchinson from modest American means and Linda was Linda…
After all this time, I think I finally get it.
*****
I was recently reunited with an old friend from high school. My best friend from high school, in fact. Our families got together, everyone got along, and as the dust of conversation settled toward the rug of companionable silence, talk turned to work. And when the inevitable happened, and my old friend and his wife—classical-music lovers both—asked how much a person had to spend these days in order to get a good music system, I answered their question with a question—a question that, crazily enough, just popped into my head:…
Joplin: Treemonisha
Anita Johnson, soprano; AnnMarie Sandy, mezzo-soprano; Chauncey Packer, Robert Mack, tenors; Edward Pleasant, high baritone; Darren Stokes, Frank Ward Jr., basses; others; Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers, Rick Benjamin
New World 80720-2 (2 CDs). 2012. Judith Sherman, prod., eng. DDD. TT: 99:06
Performance ****
Sonics *****
Anita Johnson, soprano; AnnMarie Sandy, mezzo-soprano; Chauncey Packer, Robert Mack, tenors; Edward Pleasant, high baritone; Darren Stokes, Frank Ward Jr., basses; others; Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers, Rick Benjamin
New World 80720-2 (2 CDs). 2012. Judith Sherman, prod., eng. DDD. TT: 99:06
Performance ****
Sonics *****
The great ragtime composer Scott Joplin had grander ambitions than just the magnificent miniatures for piano he's famous for. When he died, in 1917, he had spent much of the previous 10 years polishing and campaigning for his…
When I first met Josh Ray at a hi-fi show several years ago, I was impressed by his desire to bring high-end audio to a larger audience—an endeavor that I can easily appreciate. At the time, Josh sat atop the masthead of the forward-thinking audio review website, Sonic Flare. Along with Danny Kaey and a small cast of writers, Josh made Sonic Flare a fun and interesting web destination. But while SF’s reviews were consistently informative, I always wondered if Josh’s interests were more aligned with promoting the overall idea and allure of high-end audio.
Today, Danny Kaey has…
It was three or four years ago, at a CEDIA Expo, that I first happened upon Advanced Dynamic Audio Monitors, aka ADAM Audio. What grabbed me was the array of imposingly high-tech speakers comprising their elite Tensor line. Sitting out in the middle of the floor of the Atlanta Convention Center, they not only looked more advanced than anything else around, they had the audacity to sound superb in a totally inappropriate acoustic situation. Despite the surrounding busyness of the Expo, I was able to sit down and actually enjoy the Beatles' Love on DVD-Audio. Clearly, these guys knew what they…
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Considering all the technical attention ADAM has lavished on their X-ART drivers, it was interesting that my attention was first drawn to the low end of the audioband. The extreme bottom end was extremely detailed and extended. A classic test track, "Cosmic Hippo," from Béla Fleck's Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (CD, Warner Bros. 26562-2), offered a good demonstration of the Column's bass. The first verse usually sounds full and deep through most competent systems, but in the second verse the bass line is an octave deeper, which often results in a significantly more woolly…
Considering all the technical attention ADAM has lavished on their X-ART drivers, it was interesting that my attention was first drawn to the low end of the audioband. The extreme bottom end was extremely detailed and extended. A classic test track, "Cosmic Hippo," from Béla Fleck's Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (CD, Warner Bros. 26562-2), offered a good demonstration of the Column's bass. The first verse usually sounds full and deep through most competent systems, but in the second verse the bass line is an octave deeper, which often results in a significantly more woolly…
Sidebar 1: Specifications
Description: Three-and-a-half-way, reflex-loaded tower loudspeaker. Drive-units: X-ART ribbon tweeter, X-ART ribbon midrange, two 7.5" (186mm) HexaCone woofers. Crossover frequencies: 150, 800, 2800Hz. Frequency range: 33Hz–50kHz. Nominal impedance: 4 ohms. Sensitivity: 90dB/W/m. Power handling: 200–300W.
Dimensions: 47.5" (1205mm) H by 9" (230mm) W by 12" (300mm) D. Weight: 70.5 lbs (32kg).
Finishes: Gloss Black, Cherry, Walnut.
Serial Numbers of Units Reviewed: H-06021, H-06022.
Price: $7000/pair. Approximate number of dealers: 12. Warranty: 10…
Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital Sources: Sony XA-5400ES SACD/CD player, Oppo BDP-95 universal Blu-ray player.
Preamplification: Meridian HD621 HDMI audio processor & 861 Reference v6 digital surround controller, Bryston SP-3 surround processor.
Power Amplifiers: McIntosh MC303 (three-channel); Bel Canto Design REF1000 Mk.II, Anthem Statement M1 (both monoblocks).
Loudspeakers: Aerial Acoustics 7T, Bowers & Wilkins 800 Diamond.
Cables: Digital: Black Cat Veloce. Interconnect: van den Hul Flat 180 HDMI, AudioQuest Vodka HDMI & Cheetah/DBS balanced.…