The problems facing the music industry are well-known: the CD market is fast disappearing thanks to digital downloads, both legal and illegal, and income gained from downloads does not look likely to match that lost from CD. But what about the niche market for recordings of superior quality? Universal Music Japan has come up with [...]
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Peter Gabriel’s high-res music bargain with scratch my back
Peter Gabriel’s Scratch my Back is an intriguing release – an album of cover versions of pop and rock songs, but with an orchestral backing. It actually works, once you set your expectations accordingly. The thing I want to draw attention though is a remarkable offer that comes with the deluxe version of the CD [...]
AVI ADM 9.1 loudspeaker review – should we all go active?
I have reviewed the AVI ADM 9.1 active speaker system. This is a distinctive system, in that it builds amplification – both pre- and power amps – and a DAC into the loudspeaker cabinets. There is a remote to control volume and to select between two digital inputs or an analog input. Why distinctive? Well, [...]
CDs to downloads: the noose tightens
I’ve just received my copy of David Bowie’s A Reality Tour, a double CD for which I paid £11.98 from Amazon.co.uk – though if I’d waited a few days, I would have been able to buy a US import for £8.59 including shipping, at today’s prices. For my money I get a tri-fold package with [...]
A few jottings on hi-fi and misleading science
My interest in hi-fi began a few decades ago when I was out looking for a new cassette deck. At that time I had the view that all amplifiers sounded the same, pretty much, because I was aware that the frequency response of an amp was flat and its distortion low across the audible range. [...]