Greetings, and a Happy Holiday Season to you all! I hope Santa brought you all your hearts desires this Christmas! I'm feeling particularly blessed at the moment as I sit here listening to film and music and writing about hifi for you, and a big part of that blessedness is due to the presence of... Read More »

2021 is now coming to a close, with just a few weeks to go before 2022 lands in our lap, so this seems like a good time to wish you all a Happy Holidays! Actually, let me revise that slightly, Happy Everything to you! The New Arrivals! The last few weeks have been absolutely thrilling... Read More »

Today's Fresh Catch are the beautiful hand-crafted Triode Lab parallel 2A3 single-ended-triode RSR mono block amplifiers (HERE, scroll down). Frank at Triode Lab asked me if I would like to listen to his 'statement' Triode Lab parallel 2A3 single-ended-triode RSR mono block amplifiers, and I of course said, "Yes!". Below you can see the build... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. I've got a superb recommendation for you today in The Jazz Guitar Chronicles.  On the Thanksgiving Holiday here in the US, my friend David asked me, "Do you have the 7 disc box set with Desmond and Bickert in Toronto?" David knows that along with Jim Hall and... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. In case you haven't read it yet, the 18th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for 2021 have now been published HERE.  I always enjoy reading through the annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards to hear about what awards 'the writers' gave out for the year, and any trends... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are well, and thanks for stopping by to visit. First of all, let me say how thankful I am that there are individuals and record labels who recognize the musical treasures that fall within the early eras of the recording arts, the acoustic (1877-1925) and electrical eras (1925-1945) of recording, and... Read More »

Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well, and thanks for stopping by to visit. Given we are well into the Holiday Season, let me wish you all a Happy Holidays as well! This article's focus is on a 'first listen' of sorts, to the impressive Audio Note (UK) CD 4.1x Level 3 Red Book... Read More »