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  • An Interview with David Chesky โ€“ ‘The Great European Songbook’ Live at Montreal’s Bourgie Hall

    David Chesky, audiophile pioneer and Grammy nominee, shares insights in an exclusive interview ahead of his trioโ€™s live performance of The Great European Songbook at Montreal’s Bourgie Hall on January 23. Tickets are available now, for $19 – $38.

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  • One on One with Vincent Bรฉlanger, cellist virtuoso

    They donโ€™t come more musical family than the spanning-four-generations family of 42-year-old cellist Vincent Bรฉlanger. His relativesโ€™ musical accomplishments are too many to be enumerated here, but suffice to say that the musical career that Vincent chose for himself, and the success he achieved in it, are not uncharacteristic of his lineage. Among his own…

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  • Why 24-bit doesnโ€™t matter, and does

    I vividly remember the first time I heard a high resolution file. It was a 24/96 download from HDtracks.com of Vivaldiโ€™s Spring played by violinist Anne Akiko Meyers. It sounded amazing. But it got me thinking: was the better sound really due to the hi-res format or, rather, to the quality of the recording itself?…

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