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Not that it mattered much. With the Shinai–Voices combo, "Flat Backin'" sounded dynamic and vibrant, its soundstage a big-cityscape of light and movement, airy with a…

Description: Two-way, standmounted, reflex-loaded loudspeaker. Drive units: 1.14" (29mm) textile-dome tweeter with waveguide, 6.1" (155mm) mineral-filled polypropylene-cone mid/bass driver. Frequency response: 55Hz–24kHz, ±3dB. Frequency range: 45Hz–30kHz, –6dB. Sensitivity: 89dB/2.83V/m. Nominal impedance: 6 ohms. Recommended power: 50–150Wpc.
Dimensions: 7.9" (200mm) W × 13.8" (350mm) H × 11.4" (290mm) D. Weight: 10.35lb (4.68kg) each.
Finishes: Black piano, white piano.
Serial number of units reviewed: MV2221390030BG. (Designed in Canada, built in…

Analog source: Rega P5 turntable with RB700 tonearm and Audio MusiKraft Denon DL-103 cartridge.
Preamplifier: Sonic Frontiers SFP-1 Signature phono preamp.
Integrated amplifier: Grandinote Shinai.
Loudspeakers: Focal Aria K2 936.
Cables: Interconnect: Audience Studio ONE. Speaker: Audience Studio ONE, Kimber Kable Monocle XL. Power: Shunyata Research Black Mamba CX, LessLoss DFPC.
Accessories: Shunyata Research Venom PS8 power conditioner; a component rack and a wood plinth stand (under turntable) whose brand names are lost to time.—Rob…

I used DRA Labs' MLSSA system and a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone to measure the Simaudio Moon Voice 22's behavior in the farfield, and an Earthworks QTC-40 mike for the nearfield responses. As the loudspeaker's manual recommends that the grille be left off for the "best results," the measured behavior was taken without the grille.

The Moon Voice 22's sensitivity is specified as 89dB/2.83V/m; my B-weighted estimate was inconsequentially lower…

Molto Molto—Works for Jazz Orchestra by Sasha Matson Stereophile STPH-023

The Music
Concerto For Piano & Jazz Orchestra (CD Tracks 1–3; LP 1, Sides A & B)
Adam Birnbaum, piano
I: Find the Pocket 7:14
II: Distant & Sweet 7:02
III: Molto Molto 8:44

Capt. Trips 8:12 (CD Track 4; LP 1 Side B)
Steve Cardenas, guitar

Symphony No.3 For Jazz Orchestra (CD Tracks 5–8; LP 2, Sides A & B)
I: Vamp Till Ready 4:52
II: Song Torch 6:32
III: Bossa Alla Calli 5:20
IV: Life…

I got down to studying the scores Sasha sent me, learning the instrumentation, deciding on possible editing points, and wondered where the project could be recorded. I had played bass in the 1970s with what we used to call a "rehearsal band," and I still remember how loud it was. Using the minimal microphone technique I prefer for conventional classical works, we would need an enormous space, like a concert hall, for the sessions.

Capt. Trips, Matson's tribute to Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, represents a return to his roots. He grew up in Berkeley, CA, playing keyboards in a psychedelic band and listening to groups like the Grateful Dead.

"We viewed those kinds of groups as our big brothers. They were a slight generation older than we were, and we were just young teenagers absorbing all everything they had absorbed. Jerry, I think, could have been a really fine, straight-ahead jazz player. His background was mainly bluegrass and folk, but the way that he phrases stuff, the…

New England Hi-Fi was founded as the New England Music Company by Derek R. Burt (footnote 1), in 1965—on the early side of hi-fi's heyday. Back then, the store carried the 1965 KLH line and other pioneering products, with a self-…

Better still, as listeners have become more knowledgeable and demanding, vinyl releases…