May 27, 2022

Returning Vintage JBL Studio Monitors to Life with Iwan Arjanto

Iwan Arjanto is a master craftsman who has taken it upon himself to not only rescue damaged, or aging JBL studio monitors, but to also build new cabinets and crossovers from scratch in service of continuing a brand that has long since stopped manufacturing this hugely popular and legendary line of professional loudspeakers.
April 19, 2022

Archetype: Altec Voice of The Theatre

A holistic loudspeaker system mating 15-inch woofers with high-frequency compression drivers and sectoral horns enabled Altec Voice of The Theatre (VOTT) designs to scale effortlessly in demanding cinema applications, making them the de facto choice for replacing long-running Western Electric loudspeaker theatre installs beginning in the 1940s.
April 4, 2022

Clean Records Cheap: The Spindle Spinner

Vacuum-assisted record cleaning machines are a godsend in turning dirty, unplayable LPs into pristine, quiet black slabs from which music may be pulled unmolested, but their cost may cause pause: Enter the budget alternative Spindle Spinner.
March 25, 2022

Listening Space: Tyler Davis – Texas, USA

The very definition of a listening space should be self-evident. A place where one may relax and have the opportunity to unwind from the pressures generated by the daily grind unique to everyone’s lives.
March 18, 2022

Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection from the Arab World Part 2

If you’ve not had exposure to the incredibly diverse and highly addictive music genres of the Arab world – then I can think of no greater album to explore this eclectic, groove and hook-laden trove of hits than Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection from the Arab World Part 2.
March 13, 2022

The Lost Art of Jazz Kissa Revealed in Two New Books

Placing a jazz album from the early ’60s onto a turntable and playing it is akin to time travel, so too, is going through one of Katsumasa Kusunose’s glossy publications exploring the rarified world of authentic Jazz Kissa.
February 25, 2022

Record Weights: The Skinny on Why They’re Heavy

Starting at $35, a record weight requires minimal outlay for what, ostensibly, could be seen as a path to tangible sonic improvement, regardless of how perceptible those benefits could be.