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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile – July, 2013

Jason CrawfordJuly 16, 2013

There's A Riot Goin' On, by Sly and the Family Stone, is one of my favorite albums of all-time. I have a pretty clean original copy with only a couple of minor ticks here and there, but I got super stoked when I saw that ORG Music had tackled a reissue and put it all on 45 rpm double 180-gram vinyl pressed at Pallas. It's about time.

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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile – June, 2013

Jason CrawfordJune 11, 2013

Big Jack White was ambassador for this year's Record Store Day. I don't know what that means except that he had a video of some sort that I never watched on the official RSD website. I think the word's pretty much out about this guy by now. He likes analog. In fact, there's a note in the Elephant liners explaining that "No computers were used during the writing, recording, mixing or mastering of this record." And Elephant is why we're here. The White Stripes classic was reissued for RSD on double vinyl. Double crazy super vinyl, that is. I'll try my best to explain...

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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile – April, 2013

Jason CrawfordApril 4, 2013

I'd not paid a lick of attention to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds until 2008's Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! That album rocked. Their latest does not. It's called Push The Sky Away, and it is fantastic. Like a lot of what's going on nowadays...

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A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile – February, 2013

Jason CrawfordFebruary 19, 2013

It doesn't seem like that long ago that Big Boi sat squarely atop the Hip-Hop world as one half of the inimitable OutKast. But time gets away from me, and I realize that their last vital release was almost ten years ago. Big Boi hasn't exactly been prolific in the interim...

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Audio Desk System Automated Vinyl (LP) Cleaner

Rick SchmidtOctober 1, 2012

For all of these years that I've been extolling the virtues of analog (LP a.k.a., vinyl) playback I've known that it just isn't really practical for most people. Even less practical, is the necessity to clean your LPs once in a while to keep those pops and ticks out of the music. Several companies make devices that clean your LPs. The Audio Desk System Automated Vinyl Cleaner is one of them, and we review it here.

Audio Accessories Misc

A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile – September, 2012

Jason CrawfordSeptember 11, 2012

My feelings about the actual recording have not changed in the last few years. This one's a strange classic. The group was trying to keep up with changing tastes in soul music with Sly Stone and others making a play for the Tempts' heavyweight title.

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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile – July, 2012

Jason CrawfordJuly 6, 2012

I read a Dickinson quote about one of his recent NMA albums that he was trying to make as raw as possible. He thought it still came out too clean. It's nice to know that someone is trying.

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DVDO

SecretsMay 11, 2012

DVDO offers the ultimate in HD Freedom. DVDO's video processors give you the ultimate in video processing...

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PSB Imagine mini-Monitors

Piero GabucciMay 10, 2012

For the audiophile world to take seriously a small bookshelf speaker, let alone a "mini"-monitor there has to be some significant backing and/or history. Much has been said and written about the NRC, or National Research Council located in Ottawa, Canada.

Bookshelf Speakers

Samsung BD-D6500 Blu-ray Player

Chris Heinonen December 26, 2011

One of the major differentiations between Blu-ray players now has been their online content support.

Blu-ray Players

Winter 2011 CD and DVD-Audio Reviews for the Audiophile

Jason Victor SerinusNovember 29, 2011

The extremely evocative, beautiful voice of Annette Cantor that elevates this album of seven songs for meditation and healing is the same voice that, years ago, helped make master musician Deuter's Garden of the Gods (New Earth Records) one of my favorite New Age albums.

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Home Theater Build Chapter 4 – What’s next and where are we going?

Mark VignolaOctober 18, 2011

In the last section of this series I am going to talk little about where I am looking to go with this theater. I think we all have a wish list of things that we'd like to address in our systems...new equipment we want to get and places we want to make changes. I'll address my own personal thoughts here, and talk a little about what goes in to my decision making.

Custom Home Theaters

ChromaPure 2.2 Video Calibration System and Lumagen Radiance Mini-3D Video Processor

Chris HeinonenOctober 4, 2011

If you've read the previous DIY calibration articles here at Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity, then you've seen us cover ChromaPure and CalMAN calibration systems, and the DVDO Duo video processor. This time we're going to look at the newest release of ChromaPure, version 2.2, as well as the Lumagen Radiance Mini-3D Video Processor, both individually and together.

Video Calibration

Optoma USA

SecretsApril 6, 2011

Optoma Technology, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of award-winning digital display products and home entertainment...

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Dynaudio

SecretsApril 1, 2011

While the intricate nature of the details of the construction might easily be overlooked, the results will undoubtedly be seen, felt, and above all heard.

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