I have just been made aware of a change in the forthcoming National Sound & Vision Show being held in Dublin (first reported here http://www.adventuresinhifiaudio.com/01/07/2010/all-ireland-national-sound-and-vision-show-new-show-announced-for-ireland/ by AIHFA). A concern I had at the time was that this show would be too narrow in its focus and scope if it only featured Richer Sounds brands and […]
We old fashioned music lovers live in difficult times ! “How so ?” you might ask……”music hasn’t died, has it” ? Let me explain. Many of my generation grew up enjoying music not only as an aural pleasure but also as a visual and tactile one. An important part of the listening experience for those […]
Being reminded once again of the Decca ‘magic’ – the Decca Mk. VI cartridge revisited. Having been granted a special exeat from the Alan Dowker Blumlein retirement home for distinguished audio components, the Decca cartridge was allowed out for good behaviour. I was interested in re-visiting the Decca design and the following notes and observations apply […]
It only seems like yesterday that I came across an article in 6 Moons about an interesting new audio company, based in the UK but with manufacturing facilities in China, that were their own rather than a section of someone else’s. That company was Abbingdon Music Research (AMR), formed in 2006 and the article was […]
In the Whoverse (the Universe in which Dr Who exists) one of the Doctor’s most deadly foes, the Cybermen have their home on the planet Telos. The Cybermen who originally come from Mondas, the tenth planet of our solar system, a kind of parallel version of the Earth have to seek a new home world […]
Grasscut – 1inch 1/2 Mile Ninja Tune ZEN CD145 2010 The brains behind this wonderful new album album on the Ninja Tunes label are Andrew Phillips and Marcus O’Dair. Andrew Philips is an award-winning film and television composer with over 100 screen credits and he is also a former keyboard player, vocalist and arranger […]
Its hard to believe but it is nearly that time of year again (where does the time go?) when many of the leading lights of the British and world audio manufacturers and distributors exhibit their varied wares to the audiophile and general public alike at the National Audio Show being held at Whittlebury Hall Hotel, […]
Prince 2010 (NPG Records Promo 2010) Back in 2007 Prince stunned the music world by snubbing record shops and the conventional channels for releasing music by giving his album Planet Earth, an exclusive UK only release (at that point in time) as a free CD in the Mail on Sunday. This album was eventually given […]
Laurie Anderson-Homeland (Nonsuch records5240055-2) deluxe CD with DVD 2010 It’s hard to believe but it is nearly 10 years since Laurie Anderson’s last studio album, Life on a String (nonesuch lc00286) and unlike that album and the preceding one Strange Angels (WB 9 25900-2) this new work has more in common with her earlier material […]
Chester Group, well known as organisers of quality shows on the UK mainland announce a new All Ireland National Sound and Vision Show to take place on the 30th to 31st of October 2010 in Dublin Ireland. “The Chester Group to team up with Richer Sounds Belfast and The Philips Shop Dublin for the very […]