I posted this on Facebook a few minutes ago...
Andy Singer
Forgive me as it has taken me a while to get my thoughts together about the terrible news that Andy Singer had passed. I first met Andy Singer in 1989 when I moved to New York to work at Shearson Lehman Hutton. I had an Adcom system...
Great article and fortunately no paywall.
I heard some cool stories at Axpona about tapes from labels being left at Bernie Grundman's place and the labels just not picking them up for many, many years. Sort of boggles the mind how sloppy the music business is.
It was such a great show!
I’m writing a detailed report for Positive Feedback but these were some standout rooms and gear for me:
Devore Orangutan Bronze (so musical and natural)
Quintessence Alexx V, Relentless, Vivaldi, Clearaudio (incredible dynamics, detail, and musicality)
T+A Audio...
No, it’s not just about clarity. I just quickly picked that as one of several that came to mind. I had been listening to some guitar recordings I did and the Vs did a remarkable job of transporting me back to the venue. Clarity was one aspect.
So these Wilson examples are in my Alexia Vs...
So I looked up the JBL M9500 speakers and they appear to be circa 1994. Why not include modern technology like tighter speaker cabinets, better drivers, and better capacitors? Seems maybe that would be the best of both worlds.
I have an open mind about different approaches sounding better but...
Jay's in a tough position in that he wants to do audio full-time but making real money on it via just a YouTube channel is very difficult unless you have 100K+ or even 200K+ subscribers. I believe he would say that he needs to make money in other areas like audio consulting for a fee, being a...
Just a reminder as someone with deep experience in creating hires digital recordings...digital has it's own share of distortions: lossy ADC and DAC, zero crossing distortion, jitter, etc.