Positive Feedback Review Sneak Peek: The Audio Note (UK) CD 4.1x ‘Level Three’ Red Book CD Player: Digital Transcendence!
The feature review of the Audio Note (UK) CD 4.1x ‘Level Three’ Red Book CD player has now been published at Positive Feedback HERE. As is my custom, I like to give you a 'review sneak peek' into my soon to be published feature articles for Positive Feedback. This time the feature article 'sneak peek' is about the Audio... Read More »
Jeff checking in: 4 systems, Audio Note (UK), DIY, First Watt & Pass Labs, Soundsmith, and much more!
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. It seems like my audio list of topics to write about just keeps growing, and at times I ponder how I'll be able to keep up with everything going on. Not necessarily a bad 'problem' to have for an audio nut. However, particularly - at least for... Read More »
Listening: 4 systems ... with components from Audio Note (UK), Pass Labs / First Watt, and Triode Lab! Part 1.
I've been working on an update about the 4 audio systems that are cooking here at Jeff's Place right now, and I'll be parsing out updates as Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4, as I get a chance to finish writing them up, so stay tuned for much more to come as I get more time... Read More »
Musings on Audio: A retrospective ... all those reviews, the overall journey, and lessons learned.
I've been reflecting on my audio writing of late, as I've recently arrived at the milestone of 1000+ articles published here at Jeff's Place, as well as 79 feature articles for Positive Feedback, and before that 52 articles for Six Moons. You can find links to my Positive Feedback and Six Moons articles under my Jeff's Pages links at my Archives link (HERE). Alas,... Read More »
Jeff checking in: 1000 articles milestone, Pacific Audio Fest, SETS, and other stuff!
With the publication of the "Long term report: 13 happy years with the Leben Hi-Fi Stereo Company RS-30EQ phono stage!" article (HERE), I just published my one-thousandth article here at Jeff's Place - woo hoo! My first Jeff's Place article was published way back in March of 2010, a little over twelve years ago now. How time flies.... Read More »
Long term report: 13 happy years with the Leben Hi-Fi Stereo Company RS-30EQ phono stage!
My goodness, the Leben Hi-Fi Stereo Company RS-30EQ phono stage has certainly had 'legs' in my audio life. It was way back in Positive Feedback Issue 43 that I first wrote about the Leben RS-30EQ, nearly 13 years ago now! There's only two amplification components that are still here with me as trusted references over that lengthy... Read More »
Listening (and watching): Audio Note (UK) Meishu Phono Silver Tonmeister 300B SET Integrated Amplifier!
I've been having a ball getting reacquainted with single-ended-triode (SET) amplifiers. Over the past few decades I've owned numerous SET amplifiers built around 45, 2A3, 300B, and 845/211 vacuum tubes. They were all unique and all had their desirable traits, and I really enjoyed my time with them. I can tell you for sure that... Read More »
Long term report: The Audio Note (UK) Oto Phono SE Signature integrated amplifier!
Greetings friends, I hope you are well. I also hope you had a chance to read my feature article about the Audio Note (UK) Oto Phono SE Signature integrated amplifier in Positive Feedback Issue 108 (HERE). The Audio Note (UK) Oto Phono SE Signature integrated amplifier arrived here at Jeff's Place in October of 2019, I wrote the feature... Read More »
Positive Feedback Review Sneak Peek: The Triode Lab 2A3 P-SET RSR Monaural Amplifiers - Double the SET Fun!
The full feature review of the Triode Lab 2A3 P-SET RSR monaural amplifiers is now live at Positive Feedback HERE. As is my custom, I like to give you a 'review sneak peek' into my soon to be published feature articles for Positive Feedback. This time the feature article 'sneak peek' is about the Triode Lab... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The Audio Note (UK) AN-K/SPe loudspeakers!
The Audio Note (UK) AN-K/SPe loudspeakers have arrived from Peter Qvortrup at Audio Note (UK)! Woo hoo - I've been looking forward to these arriving! 🙂 I promise to get some better photos for you soon, as these are gorgeous loudspeakers with their satin finished palisander (rosewood) book matched veneers, and my accompanying photos just don't... Read More »
Jeff checking in: Triode Lab 2A3 RSR monos, Audio Note (UK), and Soundsmith!
Greetings music lovers, and welcome to Jeff's Place! I hope you are doing well, and that life is treating you kindly. I can't believe it is March 2022 already. The days seem to be racing past right now. I'm finding it challenging to keep up with everything going on that I want to do, and to... Read More »
Books: "Experiencing Gigli with Quality Audio" by Paul James!
Bold. Thought provoking. Wise, even profound. A great read! "Experiencing Gigli with Quality Audio: Exquisitely Beautiful Singing", by Paul James, from Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Before I go any further I should tell you that you should add Paul's book to your library ASAP. It is an absolutely brilliant book, and if you don't get a copy before it... Read More »
Jeff checking in: Sergio Mendez at Jazz Alley in Seattle, Audio Note (UK), Triode Lab, analog, digital, SET, solid-state, music, and other stuff! Part 3.
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! In Part 1 of this post I told you about "other stuff" first, starting with my trip to Jazz Alley for a Sergio Mendez concert with friends, and some side activities we enjoyed. I mentioned my Seattle trip to give you some ideas for other activities for... Read More »
Jeff checking in: Sergio Mendez at Jazz Alley in Seattle, Audio Note (UK), Triode Lab, analog, digital, SET, solid-state, music, and other stuff! Part 2.
In Part 1 of this post I started telling you about the "other stuff" first, which was my trip to Jazz Alley in Seattle to attend a Sergio Mendez concert with friends. There's two reasons for that. Firstly I wanted to give you some ideas of additional things to do for those of you contemplating... Read More »
Jeff checking in: Sergio Mendez at Jazz Alley in Seattle, Audio Note (UK), Triode Lab, analog, digital, SET, solid-state, music, and other stuff! Part 1.
I'm getting back into the swing of things for 2022, now that the Holiday Season has receded in the rear-view mirror. I have a lot to tell you about, including Audio Note (UK), Triode Lab, analog, digital, SET, solid-state, music, and of course some other stuff. Hopefully I'll be able to lightly touch on each... Read More »
Listening: Triode Lab 2A3 Parallel Single-Ended-Triode RSR Monaural Amplifiers!
Greetings, and I hope you are doing well. I also hope you got a chance to read my First Listen impressions of the Triode Lab 2A3 parallel single-ended-triode RSR monaural amplifiers in my vintage Altec A5 Voice of the Theatre loudspeakers based audio-visual system (HERE). I was impressed with their performance. I often put new arrivals here... Read More »
Third Anniversary of Jeff's Place at Positive Feedback, and other stuff!
Greetings friends, welcome to Jeff's Place, and I hope that 2022 is treating you well so far. I just happened to notice that today is the third anniversary of Jeff's Place at Positive Feedback! Woo-hoo! 😃 Many thanks to Dave Clark and Dr. David Robinson for offering to host Jeff's Place at Positive Feedback. It's been terrific to... Read More »
Seven Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Trip to the Pacific Audio Fest in 2022 - Part 1!
We're all hoping that 2022 will become more normal in terms of social gatherings, coronavirus will recede, and we'll be able to get back to doing the things we enjoy, like attending an audio fest or a live concert performance. For those of us living in the Pacific Northwest of the USA, the Pacific Audio... Read More »
First Listen: Triode Lab 2A3 Parallel Single-Ended-Triode RSR Monaural Amplifiers!
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 »
Jeff Checking In: Audio Note (UK), Triode Lab, SET Renaissance & Other Stuff!
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: Triode Lab Parallel 2A3 Single-Ended-Triode RSR Mono Block Amplifiers!
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 »
The Jazz Guitar Chronicles: Paul Desmond & Ed Bickert - The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings!
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 »
The 18th Annual Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Awards for 2021 ... and other stuff!
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 »
The 78 Experience - Feeling the Music: Nimbus Records Prima Voce, 'The Spirit of Christmas Past!' & 'Marian Anderson'!
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 »
First Listen: The Audio Note (UK) CD 4.1x Level 3 Red Book CD Player!
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 »
Today's Fresh Catch: The Audio Note (UK) CD 4.1x Level Three Red Book CD Player!
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! Today's Fresh Catch is the Audio Note (UK) CD 4.1x Level Three Red Book CD player! You have probably already read the feature review I wrote for Positive Feedback about the Audio Note (UK) CD 2.1x/II Level Two Red Book CD player last November (HERE). The Audio Note (UK)... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The Audio Note (UK) 300B Meishu Phono Silver Tonmeister Single-Ended-Triode Integrated Amplifier!
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. Today is the Thanksgiving Holiday in the US, and as you will read in a moment, I have a lot to be thankful for today, and my hope is that you do too. Today's Fresh Catch is the all-new version of the Audio Note (UK) 300B Meishu Phono... Read More »
A Guest Article From Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki (Updated): "My Adventure with My Old Marantz Model 7, Part 10"
It is always a pleasure to hear from our good friend Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki. Today Yazaki-san is sharing Part 10 of My Adventure With My Old Marantz Model 7, his ongoing series of articles with us, and telling us about the discoveries he's made during his audio adventures since we last heard from him, and more! Please note... Read More »
Positive Feedback Review Sneak Peek: Leben Hi-Fi Stereo Company CS-300F Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier - A Blockbuster of an Integrated Amplifier!
Update: The full feature review of the Leben Hi-Fi Stereo Company CS-300F vacuum tube integrated amplifier has now been published at Positive Feedback. You can read it HERE. As is my custom, I like to give you a 'review sneak peek' into my soon to be published feature articles for Positive Feedback. This time the feature article 'sneak peek'... Read More »
Jeff checking in: What was, what is, and what is to come!
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. I always get retrospective in the closing months of a year, looking to the past, and giving consideration to where I'm at in life, while I try to 'crystal ball' my best guess for what the future holds. There's been so much change in my life over... Read More »
The Jazz Guitar Chronicles (and other stuff ...): The Paul Desmond Quartet and Larry Goldings!
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. We are in the midst of Fall weather flurries here in Washington State of the USA, with the temperatures dropping, and inclement weather making more frequent appearances. Temperatures have dropped down into the low 40F range making it a bit chilly to go for motorbike rides on... Read More »
Jeff checking in: Adventure Travel on a BMW R1250GSA!
Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well. This is an 'other stuff' post about a fun adventure motorbike ride I just got back from, with a brief mention about the Leben CS-300F integrated amplifier that I'm writing a review about now. Man cannot live on hifi alone. At least that's what I've found to... Read More »
The Jazz Guitar Chronicles: Three Albums With Ed Bickert!
Greetings folks, I hope you are doing well, and welcome to Jeff's Place! For me, the late Canadian jazz guitarist, Ed Bickert, is one of the 'great lights' of jazz guitar. Like a lot of the great jazz guitarists, Ed played a Gibson ES-175 archtop jazz guitar early on in his career, before switching over... Read More »
Jeff checking in: Music, HiFi, and Other Stuff!
Greetings folks, I hope you are doing well, and welcome to Jeff's Place! Other Stuff I'll start with the other stuff. I've been ogling new motorbikes ever since I gave away my vintage Honda CR450 cafe racer in January to a young lad and his father for a little father-son fun-time of getting it back up... Read More »
Canadian Rhapsody: Ode to Frankie & Live at the Senator!
Today I had a really nice afternoon taking a jazz guitar lesson from David Gitlen, and afterwards hearing a terrific couple of jazz albums that David had brought along for us to listen to. After David and I finished up with the jazz guitar lesson, we followed our usual ritual of having a couple of... Read More »
The Long-Term Report: Twelve Years with the Tannoy Westminster Royal Special Edition Loudspeakers!
I ordered my Tannoy Westminster Royal Special Edition loudspeakers on October 19, 2009. Tannoy built them, shipped them from Coatbridge, Scotland, and they arrived here at Jeff's Place on December 30, 2009. That's knocking on the door of twelve years ago now! Twelve years ago feels like a long time ago, and my world has changed... Read More »
