Bosendorfer have been making concert pianos for 175 years. This is their first venture into Hi-Fi. Their aspiration was to produce the most authentic sound possible from loudspeakers. So they researched carefully with leading artists and prominent concert halls to help achieve their ambition. Hans Deutsch, their acoustician uses unusual design techniques to satisfy both […]
First, the original ‘desert-storm’ (my phrase) beige and the to me far farmore attractive grey. Back in the 1980s at Subjective Audio, I was a keen if not particularly successful QUAD retailer. I sold sufficient of their electronics, but not too many loudspeakers. I can’t clearly recall how or why this imbalance occurred. What I do recall […]
Originally published on the Art of Sound Forum, nearly two years ago but I still feel this is a very interesting comparison review (I would say that) and still quite relevant, even though the product that the best of 20 years of digital disc spinners and decoders was compared to is now no longer top […]
Do reviewers ever take a break ? Well the answer in regards to myself is sort off….. I have recently returned from a weeks break in Scotland and as per usual I took a few trusty bits of technology with me on which I could listen to some music and have a bit more of […]
Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder, just as much as sound quality preferences are in the ear/mind of the listener and the Opera/Consonance Mini Droplet 3.1 CD player has a fairly unique approach to both, as we shall see. Opera Audio was founded in 1994 in Beijing China by Mr Liu […]
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 […]