January 7, 2022

An Introduction to the Analogue Rotary Mixer

In a hobby where gear fetishism seems the rule, not the exception, it should come as no surprise that signal-path purists and audiophiles of a dance-floor bent have come to worship the analogue rotary mixer.
February 1, 2022

Phono cartridges: Moving Magnet and Moving Coil

Understanding the differences between a moving magnet (MM) phono cartridge and a moving coil (MC) phono cartridge is key to getting the most from each design.
March 9, 2022

Heavy Rotation: Live at Massey Hall 1971 – Neil Young

Featuring only Neil Young, several guitars and a grand piano on the stage, sad, lonely, bleak and poignant would all be suitable descriptors for the set list which make up Live At Massey Hall. Only eight out of the 18 songs performed during the evening’s second set had been previously recorded.
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.