The other is a new label that records only new jazz, released in elaborate packages that include a poem and original artwork, not to mention transparent 180gm pressings, tying into the newly fashionable idea of a vinyl lifestyle.
In both cases, hope truly springs eternal. While the larger music business continues to be roiled by changing formats and the impact of streaming, the old and the new labels,…
Description: Two-way, reflex-loaded, stand-mounted loudspeaker. Drive-units: 0.75" polycarbonate-dome tweeter, 6.5" polypropylene-cone woofer. Crossover frequency: approximately 2kHz. Frequency response: 46Hz–20kHz ±4dB. Sensitivity: 89dB/W/m. Nominal impedance: 8 ohms. Amplifier requirements: 15–85W.
Dimensions: 17.25" H by 9" W by 11" D. Weight: 48 lbs/pair.
Price: $300/pair (1989); no longer available (2017). Approximate number of dealers: 250.
Manufacturer: Ohm Acoustics Corp., 76 Degraw Street, Brooklyn NY 11231. Tel: (800) 783-1553, (718) 422-…
Cuscuna thinks that perhaps the next logical, the most compact and convenient physical medium is the USB thumb drive, but admits that there's nothing sexy about them. "I remember when Universal was gonna be ahead of the curve, and there was some new thing they were going…
It's often said that audio design involves tradeoffs. But what differentiates good design tradeoffs from the indifferent and the bad? In my opinion, this has to do with the relationship between "revealingness" and "forgivingness."
By "revealingness" I mean the component's ability to pass on the information in the source material in complete, unexpurgated detail. Lewis Lipnick has used the expression "ruthlessly revealing" to describe a particular component that he felt had a lot of this characteristic. We all know components like that:…
Analog front end: Lingo'd Linn, Ittok, and AudioQuest AQ7000, replaced in the latter half of the review period by the new AQ7000nsx (footnote 1), which, believe it or not, is even better than the cartridge it supplants. Digital: McCormack Signature (footnote 2) CD player, and, for most of the listening, the same player acting as transport, feeding a PS Audio UltraLink via TARA Labs Digimaster coax. Late in the auditioning period, I had to return the McCormack Signature to its manufacturer, and so had to regress to using my old Philips CD-650 as transport. Don't…
I measured the Unity Signature 1 with serial number 4405051. The Signature 1's impedance magnitude and phase are shown in fig.1. The cursor position—2.7 ohms at 138Hz—reveals the speaker to be a very demanding load; although RD didn't have sonic problems with his low-powered Luxman tube amps other than limited loudness, I suspect that this speaker will generally work much better with good, current-capable, solid-state designs. The large difference in impedance below and above 1kHz means that the speaker will tend to sound uptilted in response with an amplifier…
Description: Three-way, ported, floorstanding loudspeaker. Drive-units: 1" silk dome tweeter, 7" cone midrange, downward-firing 10" cast-frame woofer. Crossover frequencies: 155Hz, 2.4kHz, 18dB/octave. Frequency response: 34–20kHz ±2dB. Sensitivity: 90dB/W/m. Impedance: 8 ohms nominal, 7 ohms minimum. Amplifier requirements: 30-100W.
Dimensions: 44" H by 9" W by 9" D. Weight: 58 lbs.
Serial numbers of units tested: 4405051 & '5052.
Price: $2995–$3295/pair depending on finish; $250 for bi-wiring (1993); no longer available (2017). Approximate…