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Combine Cannonball Adderley with Clarence Clemons, pour in a large beaker of R&B, garnish with eye-grabbing stagecraft, and you have the essential ingredients of a … Read More “Gearhead: Mindi Abair Stays Unattached”
Stereo receivers once formed the core of practically every audio system. By combining a power amplifier, preamplifier, and AM/FM tuner in one box, they offered … Read More “AudioFiles: The Revolution Doesn’t Have to Be Televised”
There are a few absolute certainties in life besides death and taxes. One is that the volume level at the annual winter NAMM (National Association … Read More “New Offerings from Yamaha, Fender and Casio at NAMM”
With 4.3 million units sold in just the second quarter of 2018, smartspeakers such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home are the biggest thing … Read More “AudioFiles: Smartspeakers Step Up”
Meyer NY Alto Saxophone Mouthpiece Cannonball Adderley, among many others, used what’s commonly referred to as Meyer’s “New York” mouthpiece: made of hard rubber, fat-bodied … Read More “A New Meyer NY Mouthpiece and More”
Modern technology is helping record players work in today’s audio systems. Read More “Vinyl Goes Wireless”
CEntrance MixerFace R4R Interface/RecorderLike its predecessor the MixerFace R4, the R4R is a mobile recording interface with three inputs (two doing double duty as ¼” … Read More “A MixerFace and More”
Moog One Polyphonic Synthesizer You may have already experienced the Moog One’s online publicity campaign, centered around a deliciously retro promo film in which ’70s-style … Read More “The Moog One and Miscellany”
In the battle for better sound, no one has it tougher than students. Most are on limited budgets—and if they’re music students, their reeds, strings, … Read More “Great Sound on a Student Budget”
Ask any serious music fan, and they’ll probably tell you that the holiday gifts they remember best were audio products. The Sears 8-track player I … Read More “Jingle Bell Swing”
