My Heroes Dept. - Steve Job's audio system
That's for us, Mac users and aficionados... Mr. Job's audio system was dissected... as per Orion Blue Book, these gears whould be worth USD 8,200.00 or so... Denon, Mitchell, Stasis, Acoustat... not...
View ArticleAudioqette - user's instructions
I recently discovered something which frightened me... audio is pure elusiveness and every audio-related item which hasn't a relationship, of human beings touching each others, isn't worth my...
View ArticleWalt Bender, Hi Fi Town and Audiomart - where all began
Only few words... I already wrote and will never be tired doing so... my passion wouldn't have be the same without Walt Bender, his wife Lennice Werth and his son Early Bender-Werth, period!I was one...
View ArticleThe Return of the Super Compact Cassette
For a time, the cassette tape absolutely dominated the sales market. In 1990 alone, a staggering 442 million tapes were sold. However, with the rise of the CD, the birth of the mp3, and the eventual...
View ArticleA superb, sought-after EMT 930st
A true beauty... Everything included: seismic base, glass platter, TSD15, 155st, plexiglas cover... everything is pristine, shiny and like new... WOW!
View ArticleElodis' new creation - a three way speaker of amazing quality
Three ways, mid and high horns, 98 db/W/1m at 2,83V... cut-offs frequencies 275 hz and 1400 hz... more words?!?! ... naaaaah... the piexies are enough... and says it all.My dear friend Franz "Elodis"...
View ArticleLundahl LL-6810 PHMPHM - The best cable of the world?
Cannot say, pals... yet, if looking for a definitive solution to those gremlins-like mains induced hums which, sometimes, afflict our audio systems, well...This cable with built-in 1:1 transformer...
View ArticleThe Sounds of the Mics
Here is a rather large (five megabyte) MPEG sound file of many of the microphones on this site. This provides a means of comparing them. To keep the comparison equitable, no processing was used during...
View ArticleHarmonia Mundi - a brief history
Thanking The Audio Beat Blog... a much worth reading essay.Harmonia Mundi headquarters in Aix-en-Provence, France... and thanking Harmonia Mundi for the decades-long commitment to great music and...
View ArticleJack White's "Lazaretto" vinyl disc... the weirdest disc, ever...
One side is shiny, the other is mat... one side begins from... the most inner groove and ends at out groove, near rim... there are electric & acoustic songs intro suddenly merging in the complete...
View ArticleHis Bobness crowned with Medal of Freedom
Well deserved, Bob... but, hey... who's that guy near His Bobness?:-)
View ArticleRollei 35
I recently decided to undust and use again my old, trusty little cutie, the Rollei 35... found a 1,35V adapter in UK to use non-mercury cells as previously used and now discontinued and still have a...
View Article- 2 days countdown to Munchen Hi-End Show
See you at Silbatone's Shrine, folks!In the name of Music, audio and friendship
View ArticleWomen and vinyl records - what a marriage!
Macho, male-only... maybe also (slightly) sexist and (sometimes) unrespectful, this very site - gladly suggested by my pal Reinhard - still shows us all a romantic, poetic way our beloved "other half"...
View ArticleJenny Lysander's new video, produced by Piers Faccini
From Piers - "Jenny Lysander is the first artist to have signed to my label Beating Drum so I'm really excited to be introducing her beautiful songs to you!"Her debut EP 'Lighthouse' will be out very...
View ArticleGoldmine Dept. - Stereo Mono Webzine
WOW, folks... just a loud, sincere WOW...Have a look here and, then and at your convenience, browse here...Every link is a new opening world... thanking Stereo Mono superb site and... Kavi Alexander,...
View ArticleMunchen Blues - first impressions and some thoughts
Blues, so... sadness, you'd say?'cos I had bad time, heavy weather, no parking, bad food, the worst of companies, you'd guess... DEFINITELY NOT, folks!!!Feel bluesy as I already miss, how Mr. Fremer...
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