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JVC XL-Z1050TN CD player
CD Player/Transport Reviews
Corey Greenberg  |  Feb 16, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 01, 1992  |  5 comments
The $800 JVC XL-Z1050TN 1050 is the Bitstream successor to JVC's popular 18-bit XL-Z1010, which got an enthusiastic thumbs-up from Robert Harley in April 1990 (Vol.13 No.4). Its styling is, in my opinion, much improved over the older player's, with the distinctive brushed-bronze finish of the rest of JVC's XL-Z line. The rear panel sports fixed and variable outputs (footnote 1), as well as Toslink optical and coaxial digital outputs. As with the 1010, the JVC features their proprietary K2 Interface, a circuit that reduces jitter by resampling the pulses with a short-duration gate just ahead of the single-bit JVC JCE-4501 DAC chip.
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Recording of January 1992: The Commitments
Recording of the Month
Corey Greenberg  |  Jun 03, 2008  |  First Published: Jan 03, 1992  |  0 comments
THE COMMITMENTS: Original Soundtrack
MCA MCAD-10286 (CD only). Paul Bushnell, Kevin Killen, Alan Parker, prods.; Kevin Killen, eng. AAD. TT: 46:54.
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Book Review: "High Fidelity Audio/Video Systems: A Critical Guide for Owners"
Reference
Corey Greenberg  |  Dec 21, 1991  |  0 comments
High Fidelity Audio/Video Systems: A Critical Guide for Owners
by Howard Ferstler
253 pages, $23.50 softcover. Published by McFarland & Company, Inc., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. Tel: (919) 246-4460.
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Pioneer CLD-V710 Laser Karaoke CD/CDV/LD player
CD Player/Transport Reviews
Corey Greenberg  |  Jul 13, 2022  |  First Published: Dec 01, 1991  |  3 comments
"JAPANESE BUY ROCKEFELLER CENTER"

"JAPANESE PURCHASE PARAMOUNT PICTURES"

"JAPANESE ANNEX NEW MEXICO; DECLARE ROBERT HARLEY 'PHILOSOPHER-KING'"

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Aunt Corey's Homemade Buffered Passive Preamplifier
ReferenceSolid State Preamp Reviews
Corey Greenberg  |  Nov 06, 1995  |  First Published: Nov 06, 1991  |  0 comments
"An' then ya bring alla ground wahrs to uh, uh single po-wint..."
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The Complete Stax/Volt Singles
Music and Recording Features
Corey Greenberg  |  Sep 29, 1991  |  0 comments
THE COMPLETE STAX/VOLT SINGLES, 1959-1968 (Footnote 1)
244 songs by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the MGs, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, The Bar-Kays, The Mar-Keys, and many, many others Atlantic 7-82218-2 (9 CDs only). Reissue producer: Steve Greenberg. AAD. TT: 10:52:07
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VTL Compact 160 monoblock power amplifier
Tube Power Amp Reviews
Corey Greenberg  |  Aug 13, 2014  |  First Published: Aug 01, 1991  |  0 comments
891vtl160.250.jpgWhen I reviewed VTL's 25W Tiny Triodes in April 1991, I found them to be incredibly fun little suckers to play with, but got frustrated with their inability to drive my Spica Angeluses to reasonable levels with most of my recordings. I loved what I was hearing, but there wasn't nearly enough of it! As it turns out, John Atkinson was listening; not just to my plea, but also to the new VTL Compact 160 monoblocks in preparation for a full review. However, while all this was going on, David Manley decided that the power-supply voltages in the 160 weren't beefy enough to exploit his new KT90 output tubes; back the amps went for a transformerectomy.
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Muse Model 18 subwoofer
Subwoofer Reviews
Robert Harley, Corey Greenberg, Larry Greenhill, Thomas J. Norton  |  Nov 02, 2011  |  First Published: Jul 01, 1991  |  0 comments
I should begin this review by confessing that I've never been a fan of subwoofers. Most subwoofer systems I've heard have been plagued by a familiar litany of sonic horrors: poor integration between subwoofer and main speakers, boom, bloat, tubbiness, slowness, excessive LF output, and an overall presentation that constantly reminds the listener he is hearing a big cone moving. To me, subwoofers often sound detached from the music, providing an accompanying thump that bears little relationship to the sound from the main speakers. Rather than revealing the music's harmonic underpinnings, subwoofers often obscure them in a thick morass of featureless boom. In addition, adding a subwoofer often destroys the qualities of the main speakers that made you buy them in the first place—just to name a few of my observations (footnote 1).

Other than that, I like subwoofers.

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Many Happy Returns
Music and Recording Features
Corey Greenberg  |  Mar 17, 2014  |  First Published: Jun 01, 1991  |  8 comments
Today is the 60th anniversary of the iconic Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, the instrument that in the hands of Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Guy, Hank B. Marvin, and many other virtuosi, shaped and guided rock music ever since. To celebrate the day, we are reprinting the tribute by Corey Greenberg, himself a Strat player, to the guitar's inventor, the late Leo Fender, that was published in our June 1991 issue.—Ed.
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Joint Recording of June 1991: You Won't Forget Me
Recording of the Month
Corey Greenberg  |  Dec 31, 2008  |  First Published: Jun 01, 1991  |  0 comments
SHIRLEY HORN: You Won't Forget Me
Shirley Horn, voice, piano; Charles Ables, bass; Steve Williams, drums. With: Miles Davis, trumpet; Buck Hill, trumpet; Branford Marsalis, tenor saxophone; Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Toots Thielemans, harmonica, guitar; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Hart, drums
Verve Digital 847 482-2 (CD only). Richard Seidel, Joel Siegel, prods.; David Baker, eng. DDD. TT: 71:13
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