It’s been far too long since I’ve listened to Jack Johnson. Well, for myself at least. His music is everywhere for my kids. As such, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and want something else at the end of the night. But here we are. My wife purchased his latest album for my birthday and thus …
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Another week, another record to drink tasty beverages to. Or at least that’s what my wife would probably accuse me of. Today, I want to take a step back and listen to one of the greatest folk/rock albums to be put to vinyl – in my humble opinion of course. I’m actually a bit surprised …
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t giddy when I heard about Abraham’s first full length album. I was introduced to him by way of Leon Bridges – another well loved artist in my household. That said, Abraham has slowly climbed the ranks as my top played due to his voice and how …
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve talked about Audial and their D/A Converters. In fact, I’d say this review is long overdue. I had so quickly accepted the Audial S5 as my new reference that the notion of writing something about it quickly vanished as I turned my gaze elsewhere. As mentioned before, the …
On the turntable for review this week is an album I used to listen to religiously – James Blake’s Overgrown. I know his first album garnered a lot of attention, but I am a hardcore believer that Overgrown is his best, by far. Why, you may ask? Well you just had to, didn’t you. I …
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve reviewed an album while also enjoying a fine beverage. In for review today is Odesza’s newest offering, The Last Goodbye. It seems like only a few years ago that Odesza entered the scene with their freshman album and became a sensation; I still find myself enjoying their previous …
It was inevitable that another vacuum tube amplifier would make its way to my doorstep. Despite the naysayers, it is hard to deny the divine nature of tubes and the sound they produce. I know, I know. Solid state is superior and it’s possible to replicate the sound profile of vacuum tubes. I completely believe …
It’s not often that you listen to a speaker that truly blows you away. Not in the “how loud can it get” or “how low can you go” sense, but instead in that “I didn’t think that was possible sort of way. This is a speaker where the whole is indeed greater than the sum …
When I think back on my last decade of musical enjoyment, I sometimes think about how much the room played an impact in the music I was hearing. Was it “huge”? Or was it rather insignificant? I think the answer is that it was a bit of both. I’ve had systems setup in rooms as …
Nearly six months ago I started this “project” of renovating a new media room in a new house. While I was unable to affect the the room’s dimensions, I could do something about the the sound profile. Incessant ringing, boom’iness, poor sound-staging… all of these problems were classic symptoms of a poorly treated room. Or …
