Making compilations has been my hobby since I was a teenager. Recording some of my choice vinyl cuts to digital was something I have done for many years. While I […]
Category Archives: Music Talk
ZZ Top – “La Grange” Growing up on the other side of the pond, I only heard ZZ Tops 1973 hit in 2017. Thanks to HiFi+ for the recommendation. I […]
Sibelius Piano Trio – Piano Trio in D Major, JS 209 “Korpo”: I. Allegro moderato I was honoured to be invited to attend the recording of this beautiful piece of […]
We accumulated approximately sixty songs before we started whittling down the music around the Christmas holidays to finalize on almost 80 minutes of music that will fit on a CD. […]
Since the launch of Gryphon, we have been running around the last three months with a show, seminar and dealer visit schedules right on top of each other, Thanksgiving week […]
I have always been drawn to the early chamber music of the great composers, such as Beethoven & Mozart and have a soft spot for their piano trios. Imagine my […]
Mobile Fidelity One-Step reissue of Santana’s Abraxas I have played a Test Pressing of this monumental album first at AXPONA and more recently at the Newport Show. I already own […]
Merging+ seem to have the lion’s share of the Classical recording scene—talking about Tilsson Thomas’ recent Beethoven cycle, the Concertgebouw, LSO Live and Marinsky recordings. Mastering engineer supremo Bob Ludwig […]
It’s summer here in southern California and a good time to have a look at what interesting new albums have come down the pike in past few months.
Lori Lieberman stopped in at our penthouse suite at the Mirage for an unplugged performance, which we recorded and played back over our system. John Atkinson wrote on Facebook that the highlight of CES 2016 for him was hearing Lori Lieberman’s acoustic performance. It really was a remarkable experience.