PrimaLuna EVO 400 preamplifier

I am an artist-painter and an audiophile. When I listen to recorded music, I sit in the sweet spot and stare at the empty space between the speakers. And while I listen, I survey and critique the soundfield, as if it were an unfinished landscape painting in my studio. As I observe the soundstage and…

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The Day the Music Died

If you’re a music fan—and if you’re reading this, you probably are—you’ve heard this already: On June 11, the New York Times Magazine published an investigative report about a 2008 fire that destroyed a vault at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Workers were repairing a roof on an oft-reused movie set, heating asphalt tiles with…

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Bryston’s New BDA-3.14 Streamer/DAC

Before the revelation of Bryston’s new BDA-3.14 streamer/DAC/digital preamp ($4195) came another, far less welcome one: The Gaylord Resort and Convention Center is huge. Ridiculously huge, and constructed with less-than-penetrable logic. “You’re sure going to get your 10,000 Fitbit steps in today,” quipped a fellow audio reviewer as we both attempted to navigate the quarter…

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C’est le plus grand mystère du Seigneur des Anneaux, et il n’est pas dans les films !

Personnage emblématique dans les écrits de Tolkien, l'énigmatique Tom Bombadil est absent de la trilogie du "Seigneur des Anneaux" réalisée par Peter Jackson. Mais pourquoi ? L'interprète de Pippin a une explication. De tous les personnages qui peuplent les pages du Seigneur des Anneaux, ou plus largement les écrits de J.R.R. Tolkien, Tom Bombadil fait…

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