HiFi News
Rotel’s New Michi X5 Integrated Amplifier
The big brands are on a roll, offering more than just-a-box designs. Color me, pleased.
HiFi News
The New Marantz Model 30 Integrated Amplifier
Speaking of sexy, the new Marantz Model 30 Integrated Amplifier ($2499) has some serious swirl.
HiFi News
The New Technics Reference Class SU-R1000 Integrated Amplifier
‘Tis the season for the new —one of the sexier items to hit my inbox is the new Technics Reference Class SU-R1000 Integrated Amplifier, a symphony in silver and white and meters! Who doesn’t love a bouncing VU meter?
Art&Culture
Movies That Don’t Suck: 60s and 70s Spy And Crime Films
We have access to 70 million channels between cable and streaming yet there are times I find myself, unfortunately too often, watching crappy movies. If you’ve found yourself in a similar state, I hope you’ll find some movies that don’t suck in this planed series […]
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Angel Olsen | Whole New Mess
Angel Olsen, electric guitar, and an occasional organ in a repurposed church turned recording studio on the coast in the Pacific Northwest. If all that sounds too good to be true, it is but it is.
Art&Culture
The Voice Made Visible: Margaret Watts Hughes and Her Eidophone
Once upon a time in 1885, Welsh singer, songwriter, scientist, and philanthropist Margaret Watts Hughes accidentally invented a method of turning her voice into images.
HiFi Bargains
HiFi Bargains: Nagaoka MP-110 MM Cartridge
My O My, what 134 dollars can buy…
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Duval Timothy
Multidisciplinary artist and pianist Duval Timothy mixes up a world of influence into his new record Help, creating a stirring soul-fed soundworld that defies genrefication offering up the possibility to feel, heal, and learn.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Hegel Music Systems H95 Integrated Amplifier
Hegel Music Systems H95 Integrated Amplifier ($2,000.00).
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Lankum
Dublin-based 4-piece Lankum’s latest album The Livelong Day, released in October of 2019 on Rough Trade Records, is a powerful, stunning, and moving mix of the old and new.
Art&Culture
Favorite Artists: Albert Pinkham Ryder
Albert Pinkham Ryder introduced my young mind to dark wonder with his painting titled “The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse).” This work planted a seed, even though I saw it in reproduction, that continues to germinate to this very day.
HiFi Bargains
HiFi Bargains: Rega P3 (2000) w/RB300 tonearm
The Rega P3/RB300 combo (also called the ‘P3 2000’) is about as classic a HiFi Bargain as they come. So says Captain Obvious.
Music News
Music Resources: 50 Miles of Elbow Room
Where we buy our music determines the music we buy. Even when buying from that giant retailer in the sky, the selection is limited. There’s simply no such thing as a place where you can find everything. This is another internet myth.
Album of the Week
Album of the Week: Fontaines D.C.
I flipped over Fontaines D.C. debut release, Dogrel, released back in April of 2019. Their sophomore album, A Hero’s Death has arrived and while it’s different from Dogrel, why would it be the same?, it’s intense, a bit slower, somber, and oh-so-deep.
Music News
Happy Bandcamp Friday!
Standing in stark and lovely contrast to Spotify, Bandcamp continues to give back to the music community. Today, as they’ve done in the past, Bandcamp is waiving their revenue share so the artists get more money during these troubled times.