While jazz has historically been something of a “boys club,” women trailblazers have crashed that fraternity since its inception. As we begin a new decade, Carla Bley, Maria Schneider, Anat Cohen, Terri Lynne Carrington, and ...

A clean record not only sounds better, with less surface noise; a clean record also makes your cartridge last longer since there are fewer abrasive elements left in the grooves after a proper cleaning. So, ...

The PSB Alpha P5 is the junior sibling of the Canadian firm’s Alpha T20 floorstander, which I favorably reviewed and thoroughly enjoyed in Issue 302. It’s a two-way design, in a bass-reflex configuration, and like ...

This, 2020’s first outstanding blues album, opens with a blast of Stax-style horns announcing that something special is at hand. Indeed, as the song unfolds with some tasty Clayton Ivy keyboards underpinning the maelstrom, Albert ...

Many years ago, when my original Kiseki PurpleHeart Saphhire moving-coil cartridge finally expired after several years of faithful service, a lot of the magic in my audio system disappeared. I purchased it several decades ago, ...

Did your interest in the high end come from the music side or the electronics side? I was born into a musical household; my mother came from a musical family herself and played piano, while ...

The following is a press release issued by Newvelle Records. July 22, 2020 - Newvelle Records is proud to present The New Orleans Collection, Newvelle’s set of four new recordings from the greatest generation of ...

I almost owned a Naim CDI player as my main source component back in the early 90s. That is more of a positive recommendation than it sounds. I did not change equipment very often, and ...

It’s been 35 years since composer Angelo Badalamenti unleashed his dreampop–influenced Twin Peaks film score on the world. But few know that the 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, featuring members of the Cocteau Twins and ...

PICKERING, ONTARIO, CANADA | JULY 20, 2020 -- NAD Electronics, the highly regarded manufacturer of high-performance audio/video components, announced it is now shipping the M33, a BluOS™ enabled DAC/amplifier that can serve as the heart ...

The following is a press release issued by Luxman. BALLSTON SPA, New York | July 2020 – Befitting the company’s finest SACD/CD player, the Luxman D-10X is the world’s first home audio component with ROHM ...

With the advent and rise of steaming music services (e.g., Spotify, Tidal, and Qobuz) in recent years, along with the ever-increasing use of music servers in conjunction with ripped or downloaded music files in lieu ...

Nobody does neutrality like the Swiss, who haven’t been involved in an international conflict since 1815. They sat out World War I and World War II, didn’t join the United Nations until 2002, and so ...

When Swiss harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret emerged on the New York City jazz scene 20 years ago, his jaw-dropping facility and uncanny expression caught the attention of a slew of heavy-hitters, including David Sanborn, Cassandra ...

A trend I’ve noticed over the last few years is that a number of audio companies are producing a range of audio products intended for younger customers. Companies such as Dynaudio, Devialet, KEF, Elac, Innuous, ...