Month: Feb 2019
GP Hall – guitar maverick
I was drawn to this by the description: ” … a haunting progression … involving … electronic and acoustic instruments … to marry the classical and avant-garde”. Graham Hall invented the musical genre known as ‘Industrial Sound Sculptures’. His story is fascinating …. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP_Hall http://www.gphall.com/
Left-of-centre stereo
Artistic musicians are liberal thinkers generally. That politically is referred to as left of centre. The political terms “Left” and “Right” were first used during the French Revolution (1789–1799) and referred to seating arrangements in the French parliament: those who sat to the right of the chair of the parliamentary president were broadly supportive of […]
Why Super Audio Failed? Really?
This piece generated lots of commentary. https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/why-super-audio-failed-really.813903/
Hi-res audio on a CD
A very informative video about MQA-CD from Japan. An alternative to SACD, and priced around £20, these photopolymer UHQCD discs carry files at 352.8kHz 24-bit. Playing them can be s tricky problem and very expensive. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/feature/Worlds_First_HiRes_CD_by_Universal_Music_Japan https://www.mqa.co.uk/customer/mqacd https://www.stereophile.com/content/mqa-encoded-cds-yes
The phonograph DJ
Amelia Foxtrot is an olde tyme-y DJ who spins on antique phonographs. https://boingboing.net/2019/02/21/amelia-foxtrot-is-an-olde-tyme.html