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CANADA: PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO
I was shocked and greatly saddened by the news of the passing, at age 68, of Brian W. Russell, president and co-founder (along with his brother Chris) of Bryston Ltd. Established in 1973, Bryston’s first product was a power amplifier for the professional market.
The First Watt F8
I spent my childhood summers on the Reichert family farm near Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, where, inside the red 1880s barn, my uncle Harold played 78rpm records for his cows.
Something's coming
So, what’s “this thing of ours”?
Rotel Michi P5
PREAMPLIFIER
THE WIND CRIES MARTY
Composer Sasha Matson talks to veteran reedist Marty Krystall about film music, studio work, recording, and working with musicians from Serkin to Zappa.
Marten Oscar Duo
LOUDSPEAKER
Grandinote Shinai
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
Valley of the Sun
Audio Research Reference 6SE - LINE PREAMPLIFIER
Line Preamplifier
Alta Audio Alyssa LOUDSPEAKER
It was a “Wow!” audio moment I’ll never forget.
A gift at war (for Veterans Day)
In March 2003, as news networks broadcast images of American tanks racing north toward Baghdad, my infantry platoon dug shallow foxholes in south-ern Iraq. We were part of a defensive perimeter guarding FARP Exxon, a helicopter refueling point for the Army’s 101st Airborne Division.
Musical Fidelity M8xi
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
Polk Audio Legend L100
LOUDSPEAKER
NAD Masters Series M33
STREAMING INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
Göbel High End Divin Marquis
LOUDSPEAKER
REVINYLIZATION
Bill Evans’s best late album
RE-TALES
George Vatchnadze’s newest gig
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
WITH DATA LORDS, MARIA SCHNEIDER MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD AND SOCIETY.
Naim Mu-so 2nd Generation
ALL-IN-ONE MUSIC SYSTEM
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
Communing with immortals “Future generations will be able to condense into the brief space of twenty minutes the tone pictures of a lifetime—five minutes of childish prattle, five moments embalming the last feeble utterances from the death-bed. Will this not seem like holding veritable communion with immortality?” —BERLINER GRAMOPHONE COMPANY CA. 18771
ANALOG CORNER
25 years and counting
Analog Corner
Some cartridges and analog accessories
Analog Corner
Insiders views on everything vinyl
GoldenEar BRX
LOUDSPEAKER
“What's Going On”
MY BACK PAGES
CLASSICAL ROCK / POP JAZZ- RECORD REVIEWS
Editor's Pick
What Am I Worth
REVINYLIZATION
Yamaha A-S3200 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
Yamaha: The name evokes memories of my youth when those much-coveted receivers were out of financial reach, leading me to rely upon entry-level Kenwoods and Pioneers and others that sounded worse.
THE TIME IS NOW
ON HIS NEW ALBUM HERO TRIO, RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA COMES FULL CIRCLE
HERB REICHERT-LKV Veros PWR+
POWER AMPLIFIER