Listening #161
By Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.—Robert Frost Perhaps it was different for other audio hobbyists in other parts of the world, but to this American, the Naim Audio of the late 1970s and early ’80s seemed a bit prickly. It wasn’t just their road-less-traveled-by attitude […]
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Diamonds in the Disco
“Got a match?” (“Uh-uh”) “It’s a fabulous party! . . . Look at all the fabulous people.” “You wanna dance?” (“Yes I’d love to . . .”) “Let’s party a little bit.” (“All right . . .”) And off we go with what this camp intro promises will be just another computer-produced piece of disco […]
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Audio Research LS5 preamplifier & BL2 input controller
From the front, the LS5 looks identical to Audio Research’s popular LS2: two knobs on either side of the Audio Research nameplate, and a row of toggle switches along the bottom. But that’s where the similarities end; the LS5 is a completely different animal from the LS2, or even the balanced LS2B. For starters, the […]
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Bow Technologies ZZ-Eight CD player
“Something’s coming, I don’t know what it is, but it is gonna be great!”—Tony, West Side Story While the Sharks and the Jets rumble in the consumer electronics playground, knife-fighting for supremacy in the next software go-round, in 1998 we’re still living in the 16-bit/44.1kHz audio world, and will be doing so for the foreseeable […]
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Gramophone Dreams #26: Nelson Pass & Harmonic Distortion
Every time I fly to California, my brain gets stuck on the lyrics of that Arlo Guthrie song: “Coming into Los Angeles / bringing in a couple of keys . . .” Even landing in San Francisco, I’m always smiling, because I’ve never been busted in California. Which means that I’m a lucky guy. In […]
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Schiit Freya + line preamplifier
What am I doing with a vacuum tube preamplifier? I haven’t owned a tubed preamp since I bought a Sonic Frontiers Line 3 preamplifier at the turn of the century. I set that aside within a few years as I moved into multichannel because multichannel tube-based electronics were, and still are, rare. My last home […]
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Sonus faber Omnia wireless loudspeaker
Pop quiz. What does the following verbiage describe? And what does it mean? “It’s about what we love the most. It’s about what we hate the most. It’s about what we wait for but never happens. Relationships turn on, interrupt, and resume. Or sometimes they just stay still. Floating and suspended. So breathe in. Let […]
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Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 9 live results: Kota Ibushi vs. Mike Bailey
The ninth edition of Josh Barnett's Bloodsport promises to be a newsworthy one as it will feature the return to action of former NJPW star Kota Ibushi. Ibushi will face "Speedball" Mike Bailey in his first match since he injured his shoulder in the 2021 NJPW G1 tournament finals. He became a free agent earlier […]
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Ce soir à la télé : l’un des meilleurs films d’horreur des années 2010
Chaque jour, AlloCiné vous recommande un film à (re)voir à la télé. Ce soir : un thriller horrifique signé Jordan Peele. Surtout connu pour être l’un des deux membres du duo d’humoristes de la série télévisée comique Key and Peele, Jordan Peele s’oriente vers un autre registre en passant à la réalisation en 2017 avec […]
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AEW ALL IN PPV PRIMER: Preview and Predictions for AEW’s Wembley Stadium event headlined with MJF vs. Adam Cole for AEW World Title
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… All In returns for the first time since AEW acquired the rights to the name after their purchase of ROH. All In was the event that led to the eventual creation of AEW. Now the name lends itself to what AEW calls their biggest, most […]
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