Sound & Fury LLC announces the acquisition of AXPONA (Audio Expo North America), the largest high-end audio event in North America.
Since its inception, AXPONA has served audiophiles, manufacturers, and music enthusiasts as a premier destination to experience high-fidelity…
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Peter Ledermann's head rose from his Neumann SX-74 cutting lathe. He looked concerned. "The platter stopped turning the other day and I'm not exactly sure why," he said. "It started working again, but you know, these things are old..."
Normally, such a stoppage might mean only one lacquer lost during the transfer to disc of a tape or digital file, but on this day in late November, Ledermann was readying the lathe for a direct-to-disc recording session at the Soundsmith Corporation's…
Billy Corgan is a busy man. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman has a schedule that would exhaust artists half his age. (He's 59.) Right now the guitarist/vocalist is guiding Smashing Pumpkins on "The Rats in a Cage Tour," in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the alt-rock giants' biggest release, 1995's 5× Platinum, double-album epic Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (footnote 1). He also hosts a popular podcast called The Magnificent Others, now in its second season. He wrote a book. Plus, he cofounded Madame Zuzu's in Highland Park, Illinois, which combines…
Would that things were…
With those lines from Richard II, Shakespeare unwittingly described a phenomenon in digital audio called "word clock jitter" and its detrimental effect on digitally reproduced music. "Clock jitter" refers to timing errors in analog/digital and digital/analog converters—errors that significantly degrade the musical quality of digital audio.
Clock jitter is a serious and underestimated source of sonic degradation in digital audio. Only recently has jitter begun to get the attention it deserves, both by high-end…
But here and there in the world of new music, musicians are unconvinced that rhythm has totally vanquished melody. These same true believers are also certain that the greatest melodies are still out there waiting to be written. Enter the Lemon Twigs.
Raised on Long Island, the two brothers at…
Like fellow East Texas native Lee Ann Womack before her, Kacey Musgraves has increasingly embraced restraint. On Middle of Nowhere, she eases away from the powerful vocals that defined much of her early work, choosing instead to sing in a lower, warmer register. It's a smart decision. These songs are concerned with unexpected solitude, and the more grounded vocal approach gives them added…
Stereophile has a new owner. Who is it? It's Stereophile.
For 27 years, Stereophile has been led on the business side by Keith Pray. This spring, Keith formed a new company, Pray Media Holdings, for the express purpose of buying Stereophile and related titles including Analog Planet and Sound & Vision. On June 1, 2026, Pray Media Holdings became Stereophile's new owner.
The deal was amicable and fully…