1- The seeds of hi-fi were planted when World War Two and Korean war vets who took electronics training programs during their service started building their own electronics. (source: AudiophileReview.com / Steven Stone)
Founder of Le Studio, the iconic, pop-culture defining music studio tucked in the Canadian wilderness, Andrรฉ Perry worked with some of the biggest artists in the biz. Did he have any favourites?
They donโt 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…
By 1967, the Motor City is still monopolizing the music charts and airwaves, cruising full speed ahead, rivaled only by Britain’s Fab Four. But thereโs turbulence and static on the horizon stemming from a strong current blowing from the West Coast, along with inner tensions within Hitsville U.S.A., a.k.a. Motown Records.These combined factors would eventually…
Now that LPs are once again the biggest selling form of physical media, industry players large and small are getting into the LP game. Waiting times of nine months or more are now common at LP pressings plants. New artists who are smart about managing their careers routinely produce many limited-edition LPs in various colors.…
It all started withโฆ 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.
Okay, so I finally caught up with Paul McGowan, but it wasnโt easy. I cornered him in a room, and with a light shining on him border guard-like, I grilled him about stuff I was dying to know about him and PS Audio. Okay, thatโs not quite accurate. Truth is, Paul was at his home…
When the CD came out, many vinyl record enthusiasts decried the format. โIt sounds mechanical!โ Theyโd protest. โIt sounds cold!โ Digital sucks became their mantra. A format war ensued. And while most of them today will concede that CD playback sounds leagues better than it used to, many still canโt fully warm up to it.…