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  • Monitor Audio Presents Hyphn, ‘The Shape of Genius’

    May 16 Written By Manufacturer / ร‰crit par le manufacturier Essex, UK โ€“ 2nd May 2023: The production version of the Concept 50 prototype released in 2022, Hyphn is the sum of the Monitor Audio teamโ€™s collective experience and expertise. With its radical design, technical innovations, power and performance, it delivers a dramatically enhanced listening…

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  • Michael Fremer bares all in exclusive interview with PMA Magazine, Pt 1/3

    It was early Sunday morning when I met veteran audio critic Michael Fremer, aka Mikey, suitcase in hand, preparing to return home from his visit to the Montreal Audiofest. Heโ€™d been invited by the showโ€™s organisers to present his popular turntable setup seminar along with the showโ€™s annual Lifetime Achievement Awards, conferred on those whoโ€™ve…

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  • Where did my music go? Signal loss, Pt 2

    Life is full of noise. Donโ€™t you want less of it from your system?

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  • Luxman America debuts a new integrated amplifier and upgraded turntable

    The L-507Z integrated amplifier and PD-151 MkII turntable BALLSTON SPA, New York, September 2022 โ€“ Featuring Luxmanโ€™s original LIFES1.0 distortion canceling feedback engine, the new L-507Z is a Class AB integrated amplifier of exceptional sound quality. The first model in Luxmanโ€™s Z Series, the new integrated amplifier joins the PD-151 MkII turntable, which incorporates a…

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  • Rock Chronicles, Part 3 โ€” The British are coming!

    Last we heard, producer David Anderle and recording engineer John Haeny had given British producer Glyn Johns a test pressing of Delaney & Bonnieโ€™s new album, Accept No Substitute, which wound up in the hands (and ears) of George Harrison.

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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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  • Rock Chronicles, Part 2 โ€” The adventures of Delaney & Bonnie

    Last you heard from me, husband-and-wife singing duo Delaney & Bonnie were working on their album Home, their first recording on the Memphis-based Stax label, between February and November of 1968. The general idea in the minds of the Stax executives was to create an album that would introduce the world to the โ€œfirst white…

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  • Diving into Disco, Part 2 โ€“ Uncovering the Roots of Dancefloor Magic

    It all started withโ€ฆ the Beat. That rhythm inside us that keeps us alive, that reminds us… We Are Alive! It races when we’re excited to meet someone new. Its pounding pulse is primal.

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