Ken Kessler

Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital (December 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 01, 2018  |  0 comments
This month, we review: The Doors, The Guess Who, Billy Squier and Negro Church Music.
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl (December 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 01, 2018  |  0 comments
This month we review: Doug MacLeod, Ruth Brown, The Minx Soundtrack, and Matthew Sweet
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From the Vault
British pre-conceptions (August 1985)
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 01, 2018  |  Published: Aug 01, 1985  |  0 comments
Ken Kessler investigates control units from Musical Fidelity and Deltec

By 1985 standards, preamps selling for between £500 and £1000 are thought of as 'upper mid-fi' and not really expected to match the standards of the Krell PAM-3/Audio Research SP-10 variety. But they should bring you close enough to the state-of-the-art that you have to think long and hard about justifying an expenditure of double their prices – or even more. Aah, diminishing returns...

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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital (November 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Nov 01, 2018  |  0 comments
This month, we review: Eleanor Mcevoy, The Flying Burrito Bros, Glenn Frey, and Spirit.
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl (November 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Nov 01, 2018  |  0 comments
This month we review: Buffalo Springfield, Paul Rodgers, Ultimate Spinach, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital (October 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 01, 2018  |  0 comments
This month, we review: Supertramp, Gene Clark, Jethro Tull, and The Who.
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl (October 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 01, 2018  |  0 comments
This month we review: Michael Nesmith, John Butler, Carmen McRae, and Nina Simone.
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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital (September 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Sep 01, 2018  |  0 comments
This month, we review: Love, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Linda Ronstadt
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl (September 2018)
Ken Kessler  |  Sep 01, 2018  |  0 comments
This month we review: Slim Harpo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, A Sea For Yourself, and The Rising Storm.
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Investigation
Quad to the Core
Ken Kessler  |  Aug 01, 2018  |  0 comments
As one of Quad's longest-serving employees hangs up his soldering iron, Ken Kessler talks with Ken Bunting about a lifetime working on iconic kit

It was 15 years since I had interviewed Ken Bunting, in charge of Quad's service department, but back then it was to pick his brains about the company's history. Early this May, I had the privilege of repeating the interrogation, on the occasion of Ken's retirement. Off to the wilds of Cambridge, where I found him on his last day, in a busy-as-ever service area with everything from Quad ESL63s to valve units being repaired – contrary to any rumours or worries that the company had abandoned its legendary back-up division.

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