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Soundbytes: Three Times The Fun With Three MoFi Reissues
From this week’sSoundbytes (and online at our always busy Facebook fan page): Three new Mobile Fidelity Releases are street bound, beginning with the 1977 smash in the continuing career of James Taylor. JT, his first release from Columbia, was a major break after his long career @ Warner Brothers, and the first hit album since … Continue reading
Soundbytes: You Can Go Your Own Way With Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours On 45RPM
This week’s Soundbytes launched with the eagerly awaited release of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 smash Rumours. A rapturous customer waiting list can now breathe a sigh of relief as this 2-disc powerhouse set (which is also available as an equally good 33 1/3 RPM, 180-Gram LP) began shipping. As of this writing we are stocked, but … Continue reading
Tone Audio No. 36: An Analogue Assault Starring The Avid Acutus Reference SP
A Veritable Feast For The Senses: Tone Audios Issue #36 reviews three outstanding products, each available at Music Direct. Clockwise, from left: Denons DL-103R, Avids Acutus Reference SP, and Luxmans SQ-38U. Jeff Dorgay’s amazing e-mag, TONEAudio hit in-boxes this week, devoted to the virtues of vinyl. Along with the usual assortment of great reviews of … Continue reading
Passages: Sidney Harman, Roger Nichols
Two notable losses in the world of music and consumer electronics: Dr. Sidney Harman (April 12), whose namesake Harman International and roster of brands (including Harman Kardon (est. 1953)) paved the way for audiophiles around the world to enjoy high performance sound. Dr. Harman, whose career beyond the Consumer Electronics world included stints in politics … Continue reading
Music Angle’s Michael Fremer On Carole King @ Carnegie Hall: ‘Pure Concert Music Making Of The Highest Order’
Need we say more – how about some eloquent praise from Music Angle publisher Michael Fremer in his review of the latest MoFi SACD release of Carole King’s Carnegie Hall Concert: The recording by Hank Cicalo is superb. It captures just enough of the hall sound to bring you to the concert, yet the perspective … Continue reading
Chirp This! Onward To The Record Fair This Weekend!
Several of Music Direct’s music-loving staffers will be in force this weekend as they truck on over to the Chicago Journeyman Plumbers Union Hall in Chicago’s Near West Side for the 2011 Chirp Record Fair. Starting Saturday (April 9th), this two-day lovefest brings dozens of the city and suburb’s best known vendors, including indie distributors … Continue reading
Music Direct & The American Express Card, Take Two
In 2008, Music Direct was featured in a series of commercials for American Express’ all-new Plum Card. The 30- and 60-second spots ran on every channel in the broadcast universe, delivering Music Direct to a whole new audience of music lovers In January, film crews from Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Amex’s agency, visited MD’s headquarters … Continue reading
Soundbytes: Spring Is Here, And So Is ‘The Concert Sinatra’
As we exit from March’s Lion-like conditions (it’s still freezing in Chicago!), today’s Soundbytes should whet your warming musical appetite – the latest in the continuing legacy of Ol’ Blue Eyes with the MoFi reissue of The Concert Sinatra from 1963. In this splendid 180-gram pressing we hear Sinatra in a well executed set of … Continue reading
Soundbytes: Sing Us A Song, Piano Man…on MoFi Limited Edition SACD
In today’s Soundbytes, the newest arrival on SACD is none other than Billy Joel’s 1973 masterpiece, Piano Man: “Billy Joel’s Piano Man established a legend via two elements that became a trademark of his career: simple, yet disarmingly effective lyrics that speak to universal truths and instilled feelings of pathos. With the classic title track, … Continue reading
Tone Audio On Avid’s Pulsare Phono Stage: Top Shelf Debut & 2011 Exceptional Value Winner
Jeff Dorgay, Tone Audio’s outstanding publisher, has started a love affair with Avid’s flagship Pulsare Phono Stage: “You’ll forget about all the fiddly bits when you’re listening to the Pulsare; it sounds fantastic. (Avid’s Conrad) Mas claims that the design’s main goal was to achieve a “big weighty sound with the grip of solid state … Continue reading
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