Monthly Archives: February 2015

A dyed-in-the-wool orchestra wonk rummaging through, and listening to, 65 compact discs covering the last fifty years of the Vienna Philharmonic as recorded by those spiffy engineers at Decca: we’re talking hog heaven, pure and simple. The Vienna Philharmonic isn’t … Continue reading →

Among the most pernicious buzzwords encountered in audiophile journalism is blackness. By this is meant a lack of background noise such as buzzing or hissing or really anything. You’d think that would be a non-issue these days, but given the … Continue reading →

I make absolutely no bones that I’m almost married to my computer. I use my digital tools with abandon and with a certain amount of skill, if I do say so myself. At home I’m likely to be found in … Continue reading →

It was a special treat, a minor-league family ritual, and now a faded memory. It required dressing up in my only suit, complete with clip-on fake tie and a collar just tight enough to cause sensations of suffocation. The good … Continue reading →