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Bill Frisell’s Big Sur
Bill Frisell’s new CD, Big Sur (Sony Masterworks/OKeh Records), is at once a reprise and a departure. It features the string musicians from his...
Wilson Audiophile Recordings Return
Many of David Wilson's highly acclaimed, long out-of-print recordings are poised to make old and new generations of audiophiles very happy. On August...
Capital Audiofest, Wrap-Up
On Saturday evening, right after Capital Audiofest closed for the day, everyone seemed to converge upon the hotel bar at the same time: myself, Gary...
Capital Audiofest, Day One
I can see already that this show has something in common with my favorite audio designers, audio dealers, audio writers, and audio enthusiasts: Capital...
Pre-road downs
John Atkinson is a road warrior: When he attended the DC area’s Capital Audiofest in July of last year, he drove there in his vintage Mercedes-Benz...
Astell&Kern AK100 portable media player
Apple's iPod came of age in the fall of 2003, when, with the release of iTunes 4.5, the player was no longer restricted to lossy compressed MP3...
I'd Love to Turn You On
For over three decades, I have felt compelled to turn people on to music. Throughout my career as a DJ, all of my endeavors have been linked by the...
Home Theater Merges with Sound & Vision
Stereophile's owner, Source Interlink Media (SIM), announced today that it is merging the two most powerful print and online media brands in the...
2013 Recommended Components
Note: There is a new 2013 iPad app version of this Recommended Components list that includes additional functionality such as Quick Search and...
The Good Rats' Peppi Marchello dies at 68
Peppi Marchello, founder, lead singer, composer and arranger for the rock band, The Good Rats, died on July 10, 2013 from cardiac arrest. He was...
Emily Tries but Misunderstands
"At last!" I rushed to open the UPS package with the familiar Amazon logo. "It's arrived!" "What's arrived?" My 13-year-old daughter Emily showed...
Amar G. Bose, PhD: 1929–2013
Photo: Bose Corporation Dr. Amar Bose, founder and CEO of the most successful privately-held consumer-electronics company in history,...
Wayne Coyne
It’s been a tough half year or so for Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips. Last November he accidentally shut down the Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers Airport...
