For the last three years a record shop called Choons has been trading in the North Down sea side town of Bangor, located in the mall just off High Street. Run by Phil McKee and aided by Ralph Boyd….
Dec 062019
Mar 082015
The audio world is awash with DACs, streamers and servers these days, all vying to give the end user access to the world of computer audio, be it, Red Book 16 bit 44.1, Hi resolution files 24 bit, 88/96/192, streamed or the hot new kid (actually an older kid Mr SACD) in town DSD […]
Nov 252014
The Dawn of Romance – Songs and music of the early troubadours of Provence. EMI CSD 3785 (1978) What is the oldest music in your record collection? For many it would probably be some Baroque: Bach, or Telemann. But this is only early- to mid-eighteenth century. How about Palestrina? Better, however this is still only […]
Oct 172014
Sadly once again I was unable to attend NAS this year, which by all accounts is still shrinking, as a number of previous exhibitors have either stopped exhibiting or have moved to the HiFi News show – which will be held at the same venue as last year – the Beaumont Estate on the 1st […]