CES 2013 Complete Coverage!!
AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer reports live from the show in Las Vegas!
Bert Jansch Mono (?) "Heartbreak" Update
We recently reported the curious case of Omnivore's reissue of Bert Jansch's Heartbreak LP. The 1981 recording sounded "mono" on the LP but stereo on the MP3 download. We contacted the label and today got this reply from Omnivore's Cheryl Pawelski:
High End Audio: Luxury or Necessity?
Is a fine audio system a luxury or a necessity? See what a so called "expert" thinks
Young's lifelong obsession with sound quality is well known and of course welcomed around here. He was one of the first musicians to express serious reservations about digital recording and playback. Back in 1993 he appeared on an MTV News piece along with Peter Gabriel and me too. You can watch it here. "We've lost the sound" Neil laments in the video--and that was before the scourge of MP3.
What's a $8500 Cartridge Doing In a Place Like This? The $399 ifi iPhono Phono Preamplifier
The $399 iFi iPhono phono preamp first spotted at the 2012 Rocky Mountain Audio Festival is the result of a joint venture between ifi micro (ifi-audio.com) and U.K. based Abbington Music Research, also known as AMR. ifi micro also manufactures a fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand 192/24 bit USB DAC, a headphone amp and a USB power supply but the phono preamp is of the greatest interest around here.
Love's "Forever Changes" Finally Gets Long Deserved First Class Vinyl Reissue
The late Arthur Lee exited a California prison in December of 2001, having served more than five years of a twelve year sentence for negligent discharge of a firearm. The long mandatory sentence resulted from California's ridiculous, now repealed "three strikes you're out" law.
Until the publication of this book this past fall, few people have seen this mind-boggling collection of black and white images shot by the late photographer Chuck Boyd in Los Angeles beginning in 1965. Though Boyd passed away in 1991 this set stops with a remarkable double page shot of B.B. King taken in 1978.
Led Zep Reunion "Celebration Day" Triple Vinyl Release Pushed Back to February 12th
The long awaited triple LP vinyl issue of Led Zeppelin's Celebration Day scheduled for release in December in time for Christmas gift-giving but a no-show will finally be issued February 12th according to our sources. (We had been given a different date yesterday, not sure why the further delay).
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