The Man Who ‘Sold’ The World?
“I thought you died alone, a long long time ago…” (David Bowie, 1947 – 2016)
Project dark
If you’re allergic to vinyl scratch, don’t bother to read more.
Smart Tivoli design
Advertising is art of its own. Sometimes ads are art.
Ayon CD3sx – to preamp, or not to preamp
One of world’s top CD players, Ayon Audio’s 3sx, has tubes for two different outputs; a pair for the CD player, two pairs for the preamp. Which way to go?
Gradient 1.4 – NEW
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 5.0, 6.0 … What’s missing? 1.4 is missing, Gradient’s next loudspeaker model. Once again, design and acoustics go every bit hand in hand.
Mercuriale FC413
Mercuriale FC413 is an interesting looking French loudspeaker from the 1970s. A pair of FC413 was refurbished in order to hear how this vintage beauty sounds.
Mali Blues
When tourism has virtually dried up and the musicians can no longer make a living like they once could.
Musica Nova 2017
The biannual music festival of contemporary music, Musica Nova, was held in Helsinki 2 – 12 February 2017. A breakthrough of electronics?
Re-defining arts – steamrollers and urinals
When an man places a metal counterweight at the other end of a tonearm in order to fine-adjust the tracking force of the 10 gram cartridge, it’s called audiophilia. When another man places 40 tons of concrete to counterweight a steamroller at the other end of a massive balk, it’s called art. Is it art? What is art, anyway?
