. Ahead of the AMR CD-777 CD player review (due soon), I am very pleased to be able to republish this review that I wrote for the Art of Sound, featuring the AMR CD-77. . This is a tale of three CD players all using the classic digital technology embodied in the Philips TDA 1541 […]
A Short History of Early Ortofon Pick-Up Cartridges Research by Barry.D.Hunt History The Ortofon company started life as ‘Fonofilm A/S’, founded in 1918 in Copenhagen by Arnold Poulson and Axel Peterson [1], initially manufacturing equipment for the film industry. There were many groups around the world, noteably in America and Europe, all working on the […]
. Its hard to imagine a time when both FM broadcasting and Stereo radio did not exist (and as the proposed analogue switch off is breathing down FMs neck this may be the case again), but back in the 1950’s that was the case. Many audio and radio enthusiasts waited for the first FM radio […]
Adventures in High Fidelity Audio is very keen on supporting and helping to promote any professional causes that seek to address some of the fundamental issues directly effecting the sound quality of the music we play on our audio systems and how its played. Three such campaigns we want to draw your attention too, are […]
The TC-7220 is a unique product these days, very much a one of a kind, not that there were ever too many of these available before. As far as I can recall QED and IXOS both had a switcher that allowed speakers to be hooked up to a pair of amplifiers (only one at any […]
It is hard to believe that the last major audio show to be held in Northern Ireland was back in the year 2000. Since then those interested in specialist audio/video have had to make a trip to the mainland, to visit one of the specialists shows held there; of which there are quite a few […]
Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band ‘Pour l’Amour des Chiens’ 2007, Storming Music CRP2601 In order to discuss this latest offering from the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band, it is necessary by way of introduction to give a little history of the group. Formed in the early sixties, The Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band (affectionately known simply as ‘The […]
When the opportunity arose to formally review the Mark Grant G1000HD (High Definition) interconnect cables, I jumped at the chance but I was also keenly aware of a great deal of the opinion that surrounds these cables both on-line and recently in print. Now a good audio reviewer should have both an open mind and […]
“A sensual and exhilarating album from a unique treasure.” Sarah Bee 2010-05-14 As Kevin Rowland knows, pulling off a whiplash change of musical direction can backfire on you. It can make you look like a sales-chasing dilettante, or worse. But Kelis, an RnB artist for more than 10 years, has made a dance album with such […]
The brothers’ remix work remains the real Tiefschwarz legacy. Chris Power 2010-06-01 Having already made a certain impression as deep house producers at the turn of the millennium, Tiefschwarz reinvented themselves as leading lights of the electro-house scene that peaked around 2004. It was a canny move by the brothers from Stuttgart, but since releasing […]