L'Art du Son 501 TR - Martina Schoener's masterpiece
I recently met Martina for the first time at ETF2019 in Belleme... we had a loooong chatting and her enthusiasm and volcano-like sharing everything audio was impressive and re-freshing.She displayed...
View ArticleDisc of the Month - Barre Phillips' End to End (ECM - 2018)
I recently attended to a very intimate acoustic concert of Barre Phillips, at 85 years young one of my most beloved musicians and double-bass players ever... his playing is so beautifully complex and...
View ArticleBallfinger reel-to-reel player
A reel-to-reel player - yes, not a recorder, just a player - for the third millennium...Elegant.
View ArticleKen Ishiwata, Marantz Brand Ambassador, passed away
Ishiwata-san's bright colored silk-attire - always different, perfectly co-ordinated - and his pony-tail hairs at the several audio exhibitions around the globe during the last 20+ years were a...
View ArticleThe Bear Tapes
Owsley Stanley was known as the foremost underground LSD chemist of the 1960s. But he was also an exacting pioneer of live concert sound, a man who helped invent both monitor systems and high-fidelity...
View ArticleArt?
I really don't know if I'm infusing any "art" on these oil-on-canvas... I sure know I'm playing with quite large canvas and oil colors and brushes when (mostly) listening to jazz... To avoid handling...
View ArticleAn Uber Garrard 301 - a new boss is in town!
From The Netherlands... I'm I m p r e s s e d, folks...That's a no compromise Garrard 301, indeed.Compliments and kudos to Mr. Huib Muilwijk HuibertBravo!!!
View ArticleAAA
The ultimate high-end analog sound experience- Map & Krzesimir Dębski - Grooveoberek [Limited Reel To Reel Tape Edition by AC Records] Unique Analogue Sound Productions and Mastering by Sean Magee...
View ArticleStone Speakers' Venetia 487
Thanking my pal Frank who hosted for some weeks these seldom seen speakers...Handmade in Northern Italy out of a local, solid volcanic stone called "euganean trachyte", the density and weight of a...
View ArticleDubbing 4 tracks to 2 tracks
Tandberg 9200XD 4-tracks playing into Revox G36HS 2 tracks recording... amazed by the result!WOW!
View ArticleHerbert von Karajan
Look at his bespoke, so elegantly tailored suit... and his fiery eyes... Just: wow!
View ArticleGoto 4 ways 12 db/octave passive crossovers
Just unwrapped... these old, bespoke Made in Japan crossovers are really a beauty of home/handmade job, same as a passionated, skilled and motivated audio DIYer would do for his personal use.Amazing...
View ArticleEMT 927st new platter
Dipl.Ing. J.P. Vsn Vliet is a legend: he made myth of EMT to live forever!Michael Fabritius and Louis Dush were the beginner heralds of the resurrection and worldwide loyal fellowship, years ago, but...
View ArticleElla & Louis - the definitive pressing! (Verve Orange label 1956)
Own several pressings... this is "the one"!
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
I wish you a Merry Christmas!Enjoy these days, thinking about who's in troubles, too... how I'd wish health, wealth and peace for everyone!Ho, hooo, hoooo...
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