It was the summer of ’75, when a garbage strike left tons of stinking trash piled high on flat-broke Gotham’s sweltering streets. Five-dollar hookers and fur-coat-clad pimps strutted around the Lower East Side, and junkies turned abandoned slums into squalid shooting galleries. But amid that dystopian nightmare sat a grungy dive on the Bowery called CBGB that was home to bikers, neighborhood drunks and the seeds of a musical revolution that … [Read more...]
Yamaha Introduces R-N402 Receiver, Heavy on Wireless and Hi-Res
Buena Park, CA, August 30, 2016 -- Yamaha today introduced the R-N402 MusicCast enabled Hi-Fi network receiver that combines the simplicity of wireless connectivity with the sophistication of MusicCast multiroom streaming and high-resolution audio. The elegantly styled receiver brings together the legendary Yamaha craftsmanship that has led the Hi-Fi movement for more than a half-century with the freedom of multiroom music streaming from … [Read more...]
Jethro Tull’s Stand Up Gets The Hi-Res Steve Wilson Treatment
Jethro Tull‘s second album, 1969’s Stand Up will be reissued in November as a three-disc set, featuring new Steven Wilson mixes and a wealth of bonus material. Dubbed ‘The Elevated Edition’, this new version of the album comes in the same book-style packaging as other Tull reissues of late and a very cute touch is the fact that they’ve included the ‘pop-up’ element which came with the original vinyl. (see image above). This is a 2CD+DVD set … [Read more...]
How Engineers Get That Analog Sound Using Digital Gear
If you’re looking for a prime example of what Toffler wrote about in "Future Shock", look no further than analog tape. In little more than a decade, the two-inch multitrack tape machine has gone from studio staple to relic rarity. And while many audio veterans wax nostalgic for that warm analog sound, few will admit to missing the work that went with it. These days, owning an analog tape machine is somewhat akin to driving a classic car, with … [Read more...]
Five Reasons You Still Need a Dedicated Audio Player in 2016
There was a time, around that of the iPod Mini, where almost everyone I knew would refuse to leave the house without a music player tucked into their pocket. Personally, I stopped using an MP3 player (or digital audio player / DAP as they're referred to in audiophile circles now) when I got my first smartphone. It might not have had the slickest interface, but it felt so much more convenient than carrying around two devices. Recently though … [Read more...]
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