By: Kari Nevalainen
Jan 31, 2012
New Releases
The problem of this disc is not David Aaron Carpenter (viola) or Ashkenazy directing Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, nor the slightly distant sound of the recording. The problem is Berlioz. ...
By: Ilkka Pusa
Jan 25, 2012
Vintage
While fixing a Quad 22 preamp for a friend, it occured to me how would the Quad 22 work and perform with no negative feedback? To the best of my knowledge, hardly anybody has tried it. ...
By: Kai Ekholm
Jan 23, 2012
Reviews
Is it possible to improve the sound in five seconds? I once reviewed Chisto's Black Analoguer and Disc Analoguer, and was pleased with the results: they factually reduced the statics all over my system as you can read here. This time the chief editor asked me to review Chisto's two follow up products, Easy Groove and Hi-End Show Gloss, ...
By: Kari Nevalainen
Jan 20, 2012
News
Three new loudspeakers in Finland: Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution, AudioExklusive P3.1 and Amphion Argon7L. ...
By: Kari Nevalainen
Jan 17, 2012
New Releases
Now this is how a cello should be recorded and sound! Without the delicious recording of the solo instrument (appears to be a baroque cello, although the linear notes provide no guidance) the disc would have been just one more mortal recording of Vivaldi's cello concertos. Well, not quite. ...
By: Kari Nevalainen
Jan 16, 2012
Reviews
For long I have desired to arrange a duel: B&W 805D and KEF Reference 201/2 back to back. These two top of the line models represent the best what the two major British loudspeaker manufacturers can do in the class of standmount monitors. Well, didn't work out this time either. So I decided to give a try to the KEF 201/2, not in a form of standard review but by means of an ad hoc listening session with the attitude and music I normally use for critical listening. ...
By: Kari Nevalainen
Jan 15, 2012
News
TelluriumQ has launched a new series of cables - speaker cables as well as interconnects - called Graphite. According to the manufacturer, the cables were made to outperform the Ultra Black, which I'm sure owners of the latter will be surprised to hear given the adulatory response that they've got . ...
By: Kari Nevalainen
Jan 10, 2012
New Releases
What is lasting and what not? By now we know that only the coming generations and centuries can tell. We don't even know if music is going to survive. And if it survives, in what form? But if some loose speculation is allowed, my firm intuition or hunch is that from the second half of the 20th century Krystof Pendercki's music will survive,
By: Kari Nevalainen
Jan 9, 2012
News
JBL's large studio monitors have a dignified history dating back to 1963 when the 'orginal' 4320 monitor was launched. The new member of the family, the 4365, feaures JBL's new compression-driven Bi-Radial horn, first developed for the Project K2S9900, and large-format woofer (15"), engineered for quick, tight bass at all listening levels without suppression. ...
By: Kari Nevalainen
Jan 7, 2012
New Releases
No help from the outside world is required for the interpretation. Gubaidulina's music is music, not emotions, images, landscapes etc. That's what makes her music so great, not the background stories. ...