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Ken Kessler  |  Dec 29, 2023
This month, we review: J. Geils Band, Trondheim SO Baroque Ensemble, The Fraternal Order Of The All and Audiophile Masters Volume VII/VIII.
Mike Barnes  |  Dec 28, 2023
This month we review: Lol Tolhurst X Budgie X Jacknife Lee, Emma Anderson, Animal Collective and Catatonic Suns.
Steve Harris  |  Dec 28, 2023
This month we review: Tenderlonious, George Freeman, Hiromi and Joshua Redman Featuring Gabrielle Cavassa.
Peter Quantrill  |  Dec 28, 2023
This month we review: Pierre-laurant Aimard, SFS/Salonen, Pygmalion/Raphael Pichon, Danish CO/Adam Fischer and Philharmonia Orch & CH/Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Andrew Everard  |  Dec 26, 2023
This month we review and test releases from: A.R.C., Trichotomy, Leverton Fox, Jørn Øien and Vince Guaraldi.
Martin Colloms  |  Dec 22, 2023  |  First Published: Feb 01, 1998
hfnvintageThe Indian company has reworked its hybrid electrostatic speaker ready for production as the Arca. It's an ambitious project, says Martin Colloms

When they weren't playing, I found the appearance of these loudspeakers to be disconcerting because their normally exposed electrostatic elements are shrouded in a black cloth hood to keep out the dust. But when the cloth is removed, and the elements are exposed for use, their silvery perforated stator elements are presented in striking full view.

Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Dec 21, 2023
hfnoutstandingFrom Japan's Soulnote comes one of the most flexible phono preamps ever developed – RIAA, plus no fewer than 144 legacy playback curves, and support for 'optical' pick-ups!

In the quest for a universal phono stage, designers have to accommodate all manner of cartridges, but for most of us they fall into just two categories: moving-coil (MC) and moving-magnet (MM). Even within those types, however, there are plenty of variants such as moving-iron, moving-flux, whatever you call Deccas, both high- and low-output MCs and even low-output MMs. The list is endless, but Soulnote's E-2 phono amplifier handles all of the above configurations plus DS Audio optical cartridges via a built-in energiser and equaliser.

Steve Sutherland  |  Dec 19, 2023
Orff, Stockhausen, Cage... founded in the '50s, this facility was a mecca for composers who used machines to reimagine the future of music. Steve Sutherland tells the tale

Nobody writes letters anymore, but back on the 11th of March 1913 an Italian artist called Luigi Russolo wrote one to a fellow countryman called Francesco Balilla Pratella, who was a musician and composer. Both men were followers of the writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti who, in 1909, had founded the Futurist movement.

Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Dec 18, 2023
hfnoutstandingIt wouldn't be a PMC loudspeaker without transmission line bass loading, and the diminutive prodigy1 is no exception

One of my secret loves has long been transmission line speakers. I miss IMF (named after the designer, Irving M. Fried), the doyen of the genre, although the technology has been used by other brands – most notably PMC. You can therefore imagine my delight when the prodigy1 arrived at a mere £1250. I'd been hearing about it for months, as the prodigy1 (with lowercase 'p') was a talked-about launch at the 2023 Munich High-End Show.

Mike Barnes  |  Dec 15, 2023
Not content with being part of the 'rock 'n' roll revival' of the early 1970s, this Canvey Island-based band took inspiration from Detroit's MC5 and the Delta Blues to develop a unique sound that would be captured in all its glory on their 1974 debut album

Dr. Feelgood grew out of a 1960s teenage skiffle band who played in Canvey Island, Essex, at the edge of the Thames estuary. The members included John 'Sparko' Sparkes on guitar, while Lee Collinson – who later became Lee Brilleaux – was originally on banjo but became the band's vocalist by default. The reason? He was the only member who could remember the words to the songs.

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