South America meets the Baltics
Two modern musical pioneers, Robert Jürjendal and Miguel Noya, combine their ethnic background and musical forces in their new album The Power of Distance.
Northen sounds
The nature itself as the main artist, humans merely accompanying as featuring artists.
Noise perceivers
Industrial designer and sound-enthusiast Lola Mijouin is not indifferent about noises.
Copenhagen Highend 2019
The Novotel Fair in Paris just closed, the Warsaw Fair two weeks ahead, it’s time to direct the sight and steps to Copenhagen where the annual HighEnd Show will be held this weekend for the 22nd time in a row.
Complexity of hi-fi design
How to design electronic devices to people who not only are ambivalent about design/outer appearances but often openly hostile to it?
Horns at art’s service
A sound artist Yuri Suzuki unveils a new participatory artwork at Tuner Contemporary. Once again horns occupy the lead role.
Bodily music to the letter
One-plus-one-is-three performs using EEG signals to control sounds, lights and images.
Helsinki Hi-Fi 2019
Snapshots. Quick thoughts.
Highend from Scandinavia – Part II
Extracts from the Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki Highend Shows. Part II: Stockholm.
The legendary Lohstroh-Otala Amplifier revisited
Amplifier freaks may know The 2 Channel Audio amplifier, and even its forerunner The Lohstroh-Otala amplifier. Less well-known is that the latter gave rise to DIY-following soon after its introduction.
INNER under spotlight
Yours truly interviewed by the High Fidelity magazine for their “The Editors” series.
Men, masculinity and technology
Two recent independent exhibitions reflected masculinity. Neither of them too optimistically.
Captiva
Zeena Parkins’ latest album makes captivating listening.
Musical value and its reproduction
In the article Jules L. Coleman criticizes putting the fidelity to the recording first and suggests that the true aim of our hobby should be some musical point.
SABA Professional 1300
The German electronica giant SABA produced in its hay day not only radios but quality loudspeakers as well. The Professional 1300 was one of them.
Haydn String Quartets Op. 64
The Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet’s mono LP is wonderful both in terms of performance and sound quality.
Opus 3 goes Blues
The Swedish record label Opus 3 is widely known for its audiophile grade recordings. In early days it was more jazz and classical music, nowadays increasingly blues.
Munich Highend 2018 – 3
Part III: loudspeakers, and some favourite systems.
PHY E17 LB15
Famous for its eight-incher, PHY now offers a more affordable six-incher E17.
Audio Note CDT4 & DAC 4
Squaring the circle with the Audio Note UK’s top CD combo.
Plastic heart
Mika Taanila’s multi-channel sound installation pays homage to the Futuro-house.
Elite etudes
On his first album Pure Cello Vincent Belanger premiers on Grutzmacher’s Elite Etudes.
Instrumation
The British pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock performing with the City of London Sinfonia.
UNIFONY
The audiophile spontaneity of kindred spirits turns fleeting moments into sweeping cinematic tracks.
Habitare – HiFi
The best in the Helsinki Hifi Show 2018.
filigree. solid. modular.
Kombatibel designs makes modular furniture from concrete for consumer electronics.
Munich Highend 2018 – 2
Part II: selected amplifier treats, tubes and semiconductors.
KEF LS50 Model Loudspeaker
KEF LS50 starts to be an iconic loudspeaker but even its full potential is not immediately revealed.
Biblioteq Mdulair
Analog sound devices are popular, and so is modularity. The sound artist Emma Souharce commands both the analogue and digital sound sources.
Winners and loosers
Carlos Aires’ vinyl cuttings depict the life behind fairytales.