In Response to Ian Masters
For a better understanding of these remarks, go… “Flights of High-End Audio Fancy” by Ian G. Masters. The title pretty well indicates on which side of the audio divide Masters stands.
In Response to Ian Masters
For a better understanding of these remarks, go… “Flights of High-End Audio Fancy” by Ian G. Masters. The title pretty well indicates on which side of the audio divide Masters stands.
Scattershot Screed from Germany
Listening to voices, those oldest of all instruments, might be described as searching the foreign (or Other) for our own sound, and perhaps recognizing / befriending it for what always seems to be the first time.
Scattershot Screed from Germany
Listening to voices, those oldest of all instruments, might be described as searching the foreign (or Other) for our own sound, and perhaps recognizing / befriending it for what always seems to be the first time.
A Remarkable Event: Morton Feldman’s String Quartet 2
I had to correct a prediction as a just-in-time postscript: the unlikelihood of another recording of Morton Feldman’s Second String Quartet.
A Remarkable Event: Morton Feldman’s String Quartet 2
I had to correct a prediction as a just-in-time postscript: the unlikelihood of another recording of Morton Feldman’s Second String Quartet.
One of the Year’s Best Books (and Then Some)
It’s probable that more has been written about Schoenberg’s ideas and influence than about the music itself.
One of the Year’s Best Books (and Then Some)
It’s probable that more has been written about Schoenberg’s ideas and influence than about the music itself.
It Never Ends: Twilight Reflections on the Compact Disc
The question remains, why the perceived need to apply an automotive refurbishing agent — or anything — to one’s compact discs?
It Never Ends: Twilight Reflections on the Compact Disc
The question remains, why the perceived need to apply an automotive refurbishing agent — or anything — to one’s compact discs?
La Folia’s New Look
If you’ve visited La Folia before, perhaps you’ve noticed a new look.
La Folia’s New Look
If you’ve visited La Folia before, perhaps you’ve noticed a new look.
Dear La Folia 8.
Lately I have been having fun playing around with a new DAC.
November Ramble
This is a recording of a man reading philosophy. But the speaker says only single-syllable words and spaces them about eight seconds apart.
November Ramble
This is a recording of a man reading philosophy. But the speaker says only single-syllable words and spaces them about eight seconds apart.
A Letter from the Provinces: In the Dentist’s Chair
A recent (and overdue) session in the dentist’s chair began with the most unusual accompaniment: an excerpt from Górecki’s Third Symphony.
A Letter from the Provinces: In the Dentist’s Chair
A recent (and overdue) session in the dentist’s chair began with the most unusual accompaniment: an excerpt from Górecki’s Third Symphony.
Buxtehude and H. Praetorius
It’s always gratifying to bring worthy new releases of Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) to your attention.
Buxtehude and H. Praetorius
It’s always gratifying to bring worthy new releases of Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) to your attention.
Why Must Audiophiles Be So Predictable?
Shibboleth in its figurative sense encapsulates an aspect of human nature near to universal.
Why Must Audiophiles Be So Predictable?
Shibboleth in its figurative sense encapsulates an aspect of human nature near to universal.
Recordings Alone: Part III, Cage Done Right and Cage Done In
… [a] two-CD set celebrating John Cage enters the category of recordings alone through the intermediation of its producer, Gary Davis, who enables us to listen to the 23 works on the discs as random sequences of arbitrary fragments of the works.
Recordings Alone: Part III, Cage Done Right and Cage Done In
… [a] two-CD set celebrating John Cage enters the category of recordings alone through the intermediation of its producer, Gary Davis, who enables us to listen to the 23 works on the discs as random sequences of arbitrary fragments of the works.