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03-27-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul on Craft Recordings Small Batch LP, and Sounding Better Than Ever!

Craft Recordings' has just released the sixth installment in their premium Small Batch audiophile LP series with a reissue of Isaac Hayes' 1969 sophomore effort, Hot Buttered Soul. Long considered a landmark release of Sixties soul music, Hot Buttered Soul created the template that would serve as the launching pad for Isaac Hayes' future successes... Read More »

03-27-2024 | By Wojciech Pacuła

Siltech Royal Single Crown Interconnect

Siltech is one of the three brands that make up International Audio Holding BV. Founded in 1983 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, it specialized in silver cabling. In 1992 it was bought by Edwin van der Kley Rynveld, an electronics engineer, who introduced it to the exclusive world of high-end. We are testing an RCA analog... Read More »

03-25-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Alice In Chains, Jar of Flies 30th Anniversary Edition from Sony/Legacy

Sony Music Entertainment, Columbia Records, and Legacy Recordings have just reissued Alice In Chains' classic 1994 EP Jar of Flies in a 30th Anniversary special edition. Jar of Flies, despite only being an EP, was one of Alice In Chains most important releases, and included several of their biggest hits from the 1990s. The EP... Read More »

03-25-2024 | By Frank Doris

Flaunt the Audio Imperfection

Frank Doris is a valued colleague at Positive Feedback, a Senior Associate Editor here, as well, and Editor of Copper magazine, the publication of PS Audio. We republish the best of Frank's writing, with the kind permission of Copper. This reflective essay was first published on October 16, 2023, in Copper, Issue 199, as his "Frankly Speaking"... Read More »

03-24-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Getz/Gilberto, Sounding Better Than Ever on 1STEP 45 rpm LPs from Impex Records!

Impex Records has just released another of their incredible 1STEP 45 rpm LP box sets, this time featuring the classic Bossa Nova album Getz/Gilberto. Impex's 1STEP process is fairly labor-intensive, in that it requires cutting a new set of lacquers for every pressing run of 500 LPs. This nearly insane level of precision guarantees that... Read More »

03-24-2024 | By Greg Weaver

Southwest Audio Fest 2024 Best Rooms - High End by Oz

With this episode of the audio analyst©, "Episode 167: Southwest Audio Fest 2024-Best Rooms - High End by Oz," I’m highlighting the remarkable sonic achievements of Room 1401 at that show. It was sponsored by 3mA, a Houston retail establishment, United Home Audio, and High End by Oz. This is the first of several in-room... Read More »

03-18-2024 | By Robert Pincus

Bill Snyder -Themes Of Distinction from Great Motion Pictures

Who the heck was Bill Snyder? Based on the scarce info I could find, William P. Snyder (1916-2011), from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, was America's most recorded light music pianist during the 1950s. Unfortunately for Bill's legacy, today's music lovers don't listen to the dim lit sound of light pianists, especially on mono LPs from... Read More »

03-09-2024 | By Lee Scoggins

Florida International Audio Expo 2024

One of my favorite audio events every year is the Tampa show. For the past four visits the weather has been sunny and in the 70s every day. This year it rained straight through the weekend. Yet it totally did not matter. There was a level of energy all four days I was there (Thursday... Read More »

03-06-2024 | By Stephen Francis Vasta

Silvestrov Postludium No. 3

Silvestrov, Postludium No. 3. Matt Haimovitz, cello; Nadia Shpachenko, piano. Pentatone Music PTC5187305 (digital single). TT: 4.53. It's been two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, and Pentatone has chosen to mark the date with this single track of music by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. (To have labelled the release as "A Celebration of Ukrainian Culture," however, is... Read More »

03-04-2024 | By Roger Skoff

Is it Really all BS? Part 2

Roger Skoff of RSX Technologies at the LAOC Audio Society Gala, December of 2023 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Roger Skoff writes more about the weirdest thing about our hobby. In Part 1 of this article, I wrote how some people who claim to be audiophiles seem to be constantly on the... Read More »

03-04-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Jascha Heifetz: The Lark on 180 gram LP from Impex Records

I've had the immense pleasure of being able to evaluate a number of Impex Records' excellent LP releases over the last year or so, with results that have been uniformly superb. That list includes unexpectedly great albums, like Barbra Streisand's triumphal Live at the Bon Soir and the truly magnificent Al Di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco De... Read More »

03-01-2024 | By Norman Varney

RP22 Immersive Audio Guidelines v1.0

Norman Varney of AV RoomService Ltd. has joined Positive Feedback as a Senior Technical Editor as of Issue 113. His expertise in his field of audio acoustics and experience in the field makes him a helpful voice in our creative community for the audio arts. As has been our wont from the beginning of PF, we do welcome... Read More »

03-01-2024 | By Editors at Positive Feedback

The Twentieth Century and the Birth of Audio Technology

This article by John Pearsall originally ran in Positive Feedback ISSUE 3 October/November 2002, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online.  The Twentieth Century and the Birth of Audio Technology: Some... Read More »

03-01-2024 | By Robert Pincus

Hawaiian Holiday

My old friend and former roommate, Dave, suggested that I write about my Leni Okehu record. What a cool idea. The music is a boatload of fun, it's beautifully recorded, and Dave and I used to love the way it sounded on his ADS L880 speakers. The album's title is Hawaiian Holiday (International Award Series... Read More »

03-01-2024 | By Wojciech Pacuła

Flow Three Integrated Amplifier

PREMIERE Flow by Allegro is a Hungarian company, founded in 2018, specializing in audio amplifiers. Its founder and designer is Mr. Bela Teleki, but it's a family business—50% is owned by his wife, Mrs. Andrea Ohar. We are testing its smallest amplifier, the Flow Three model. Flow by Allegro is a small company based in... Read More »

02-26-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

More Classic OJC LPs from Craft Recordings, Featuring Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans, Art Blakey, and Ron Carter

Craft Recordings has announced the first group of new titles for 2024 in their Original Jazz Classics (OJC) reboot, featuring three albums that were released within months of each other in 1962. Those include the classic Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans session, Know What I Mean?, along with the equally classic Art Blakey & the... Read More »

02-26-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Rhino High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series Continues with Classic Albums from Television and Ornette Coleman

The Rhino High Fidelity Premium Vinyl Series continues with the release of two new titles, and as with the previous group of offerings, the selections are eclectic. The one constant is that Rhino has again chosen both rock and jazz titles, featuring Marquee Moon (1977, Elektra Records) from art-punk darlings Television and avant-garde saxophonist Ornette... Read More »

02-21-2024 | By Frank Doris

Creating a Musical World With the Slambovian Circus of Dreams

This article is republished from Copper Magazine, edited by Frank Doris, and was written by him. Frank is also a Senior Associate Editor here at Positive Feedback, where he is a valued member of our editorial community. Enjoy! I first heard about the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, aka the Slambovians, a few years ago, from the guys... Read More »

02-19-2024 | By David W. Robinson

Impressions: Photo Essay of AXPONA 2023 Audio Oasis! Awards, a Final Wrap-Up [Updated]

Ye Olde Editor, before the tsunami... Personal tsunami, 2023. Such a strange year for me, one that threw me for a loop right in the midst of the two main audio show that I attended:  AXPONA 2023 and Pacific Audio Fest 2023. Normally, I'm able to issue my considered judgements and Audio Oasis! Awards within... Read More »

02-15-2024 | By Rushton Paul

Horenstein's Mahler Third - Jerry Bruck's Excellent Recording from HDTT

A great new listening experience for this well loved performance, perhaps the greatest performance of Mahler's Third Symphony in the catalog. Mahler Symphony No. 3, R. Strauss Death And Transfiguration, Jascha Horenstein LSO, recorded by Jerry Bruck. HDTT 1970 2024 (24/192k 4.0 Surround and Stereo) HERE We all know this famous Horenstein Mahler Third Symphony... Read More »

01-18-2024 | By Claude Lemaire

Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 39

This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 231. André Hodeir, American Jazzmen Play André Hodeir's Essais. Savoy Records – MG 12104 (mono 1957), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: cool jazz, third stream. French composer, arranger, violinist, and musicologist André Hodeir had two album releases signed under the Savoy label—this is the first, the other being... Read More »

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Zesto Audio Andros Spirit...

03-22-2024 | By Robert H. Levi

The Zesto Audio Andros Spirit Phonostage (image courtesy of Zesto Audio) The new Zesto Audio Andros Spirit Phonostage is an inexpensive wonder. It is so precisely cut from the same cloth as the Andros II and Deluxe II, all... Read More »

Waters on the Hardware:  Mola...

03-13-2024 | By Dean Waters

Dean Waters at Pacific Audio Fest 2023: A Portrait with a Cigar. (Photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson)  About four months ago I received a Mola-Mola Tambaqui DAC and a Mola-Mola Perca stereo amplifier from... Read More »

Bella Sound Kahili Amplifier

03-13-2024 | By Will Wright

Bella Sound is the brain child of Michael Vice. Educated at UC Berkeley and Stanford in Physics and Electrical Engineering, Mike has poured his decades of experience and over 40 patents into his unique designs. Bella Sound's... Read More »

Vanguard Scout Loudspeakers from...

03-10-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

I've been reviewing a ton of LPs over the last few years, and to enhance my review process, I set up a dedicated, all-analog system in one of my audio rooms. That system features dual turntables from ProJect and Rega, a PS... Read More »

WAY Cables: From Serbia with Love

03-09-2024 | By Gregory Petan

  WAY Cables Poetry X Analogue XLR interconnects   Despite having access to a pretty wide range of very enticing gear, I really try to avoid the marry go round of constantly swapping gear in and out of my reference... Read More »

CleanerVinyl Ultrasonic Record...

03-01-2024 | By John Hoffman

Playing vinyl is some of the most fun you can have in this hobby. Sliding a record out of its sleeve and setting it on the platter, throwing a switch and watching a turntable to come up to speed, cueing down a tonearm and... Read More »
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JBL TT350 Classic turntable

03-01-2024 | By Ed Kobesky

To paraphrase Lawrence Welk: there are more new turntables than ever to choose from, good and bad, and this is certainly one of them. That's actually how a lot of reviews seem to go these days, and who can blame the poor... Read More »

The Swiss Digital Fuse Box and the...

02-24-2024 | By Bruce Kinch

A Swiss Digital Fuse Box (SDFB for short) is a $395 device that replaces the generic $2 power fuse in high performance audio gear. Yes, you read that right. It is also potentially the most disruptive audiophile add-on... Read More »

Vera-Fi Audio VBH-1 Vibration Black...

02-11-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Since my move to South Carolina, I've been in the process of slowly refining and (hopefully!) finalizing my seemingly ever-evolving audio systems. With regard to the analog system, the recent addition of the PS Audio Stellar... Read More »

Quad Revela 2 Loudspeaker

02-08-2024 | By John Zurek

For the last few years I've been audio lucky. Fat and happy while discovering new music on Qobuz augmented by the convenience of Roon, or listening to CDs and LPs. My system was delivering the goods and communicating the... Read More »

Topping A90 Discrete...

02-08-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Mid last year, I reviewed the Topping E70 Velvet DAC, which is a Delta-Sigma design that in my view offered astounding performance at a surprisingly low price point. Most of my love of the E70 Velvet revolved around its very... Read More »

Richard Gray's Power Company RGPC...

02-06-2024 | By Juan C. Ayllon

We've all heard horror stories of stereos destroyed by electrical storms and events. Towards that end, many of us use surge protectors or power conditioners, and if you're like me, you take it a step further and when... Read More »

Puron AC Power Conditioners,...

02-03-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

There are two recent observations I've made in high-end audio: 1) There are a plethora of relatively inexpensive devices that can add significantly to your enjoyment of music and video playback, even if those devices may... Read More »

Aidas Mammoth Gold Moving Coil...

01-31-2024 | By Tim Aucremann

Phono cartridges, like musical instruments, use their body's resonance to influence the unique character of their sound. The cartridge body holds the cartridge's suspension and its electrical generating system—its stylus,... Read More »

Vera-Fi Audio's Vanguard Caldera 10...

01-28-2024 | By Tom Gibbs

Back in 1984, before all the cool old independent hi-fi shops started vanishing into oblivion, there was a nice older dealer in northwest Atlanta called High Fidelity SSS. The shop had McIntosh amps, JBL Hartsfields, and all... Read More »

Estelon Aura Loudspeakers

01-22-2024 | By Gregory Petan

Having been in the audio world for going on 30 years, I've been keen to the rise and fall of many brands. Names like Classe, Apogee, Wadia, Thiel, and Sonic Frontiers, once ubiquitous mainstays, have long gone by the way of... Read More »
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Austin, TX, March 26,2024---Austin AudioWorks is a new company, with products that are very...

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Greetings friends, I hope you are doing well! I really love my A-V system that's based on vintage Al...

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If you're not familiar with the Duelund Coherent Audio's tinned-copper cable product line you can ca...

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I hope you've had a chance to read through the latest article by Yazaki-san, A New & Exciting A...

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Greetings friends, I hope you are well! It is March Madness here at Jeff's Place! No, no, I'm not ta...

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Der neue EVO 100 Tube Phono Preamplifier von PrimaLuna gehört zur Premium-Baureihe...

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Audio Group Denmark wants to tap into new customer groups with its new Axxess brand. The three...

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