A few selected pics from the seaside fair.

HEM 2026 offered good sound in many rooms, the best with horn speakers.

Cables do still matter.

Jimmie Peggie’s two new releases show delicacy towards peripheral sonic environments.

An outdoor steel sculpture turns gardens into immersive soundscapes.

Behind portable audio pleasure lies strictly manufactured leisure and work.

An upcoming release features two masters of Fender Rhodes electric piano.

Life-celebrating music that J.S. Bach could have gone to listen to.

A story of The Beatles mixing consoles, with tubes or transistors