The VC Audio Labs MB-45 KT120 Monoblock Power Amplifier Kit (Manufacturer's Comment Added)

Putting in monetary perspective this $1095, 45 watt RMS mono block all-tube amplifier kit manufactured in Detroit, Michigan USA: back in 1960 a Dynakit Mark IV 40 watt mono block all-tube amplifier kit manufactured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA cost $60. That's about $500 in today's dollars.

T-Bone Burnett-Produced Lost On the River: The New Basement Tapes Set For November 11th Release

Back in March while out in Los Angeles to help with the Audio Fidelity TRON reissue, I followed up on Al Schmitt's invitation to visit him at Capitol Studios where he was working on a still secret all-analog production. Schmitt took me on a tour of Capitol 's famous studios—the site of so much recorded history—and I captured most of it on video.

MONOCHROME Recordings Takes Vinyl Exclusivity to New Extremes

Monochrome Recordings is a new vinyl label with a seriously exclusive business model.

Nick of Time   Flawlessly Reissued By Capitol Records

Back in 1949 Guy Lombardo and then Doris Day had hits with a song called “Enjoy Yourself (it’s later than you think)”. The chipper tune composed by Carl Sigman with lyrics by Herb Magidson advised down in the dumpers to get busy enjoying themselves:
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as a wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

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Artist: 
Bonnie Raitt
Album: 
Nick of Time
Cred Label: 
Capitol B0020721-01 JK02 180g LP
Cred Prod: 
Don Was
Cred Eng: 
Ed Cherney
Cred Mix: 
Ed Cherney
Cred Mast: 
Ron McMaster at Capitol Studios Mastering
Back in 1949 Guy Lombardo and then Doris Day had hits with a song called “Enjoy Yourself (it’s later than you think)”. The chipper tune composed by Carl Sigman with lyrics by Herb Magidson advised down in the dumpers to get busy enjoying themselves:

Mr. Leefe's Wave Radio Days Numbered!

The outpouring of offers to help Eric Leefe move beyond the "room filling" sound of the Wave radio has been overwhelming, both in the comments beneath the story and in emails.

Eric Leefe Deserves The Chair

Eric Leefe deserves the chair. Not the electric chair and not the wheelchair in which he's lived his entire life. The chair Eric Leefe deserves and today got was my listening chair. Or rather his chair where mine normally goes.

Still Belafonte At Carnegie Hall   After All These Years?

First released in "Living Stereo" way back in 1959, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall continues to captivate listeners, both audiophile and non. The question that needs asking is: Were this not such an astonishing recording, would it still hold interest?.

Listening yet again to yet another vinyl reissue of this 55 year old recording and performance I have to conclude "yes", but the "you are (still) there" recording doesn't hurt!

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Artist: 
Harry Belafonte
Album: 
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall—The Complete Concert
Cred Label: 
RCA/Analogue Productions APF-6006 2 200g LPs
Cred Prod: 
Bob Bollard
Cred Eng: 
Bob Simpson
Cred Mix: 
Bob Simpson
Cred Mast: 
Ryan K. Smith and Sterling Sound, NYC
First released in "Living Stereo" way back in 1959, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall continues to captivate listeners, both audiophile and non. The question that needs asking is: Were this not such an astonishing recording, would it still hold interest?.

TRON Soundtrack Released on Double 180g Vinyl

Yes, it's a horrendous conflict of interest, I suppose, for me to be reviewing this double LP TRON soundtrack reissue since I originally supervised it, back in 1982, but I was there, so who better qualified to do it?

I watched for the first time the other day "TRON Legacy" the sequel issued in 2010. I watched it at home in 3D and of course the visuals were astonishing. They were, I'm sure, what director Steve Lisberger saw in his head that back then simply could not be brought to the screen.

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Artist: 
Wendy Carlos (Songs by Journey)
Album: 
TRON Original Soundtrack
Cred Label: 
Audio Fidelity AFZLP2 177 2 180g LPs
Cred Prod: 
Wendy Carlos (live sessions produced by John Mosely, Bob Hathaway, Disney Sound Dept.)
Cred Eng: 
Wendy Carlos, BBC Remote
Cred Mix: 
Wendy Carlos
Cred Mast: 
Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Yes, it's a horrendous conflict of interest, I suppose, for me to be reviewing this double LP TRON soundtrack reissue since I originally supervised it back in 1982, but I was there, so who better qualified to do it?

Balanced Audio Technology VK-P6 Phono Preamplifier Produces A Luxurious, “Velvet Fog”

Last year's purchase of Balanced Audio Technology by Jim Davis, who also owns Music Direct and Mobile Fidelity has resulted in major product upgrades and lower prices. This new VK-P6 phono preamplifier is an example of what the newly revitalized company can do given an adequate infusion of resources.

The new $3495 VK-P6 is the company’s entry level phono preamplifier, yet in terms of build and parts quality it shares a great deal with the top of the line $12,495 VK-P12SE, though trust me, you’d have little trouble hearing the differences between the two.

Polish Progressive Rock Band INDUKTI's Debut Gets Double 180 Vinyl Release

Not being heavily steeped in progressive rock, I can't say in what esteem the Polish group INDUKTI is held but thanks to the persistence of one young man, Robert Guilarte-Mantellini and his Sunspot Record label (not to be confused by the Washington, D.C. Reggae label of the same name that shuttered in 1994), the band's debut album S.U.S.A.R. ((Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reactions) has gotten a double 180g vinyl release.

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Artist: 
INDUKTI
Album: 
S.U.S.A.R.
Cred Label: 
Sunspot INDK-001 1 180g LPs
Cred Prod: 
Indukcja
Cred Eng: 
Tomasz Rogula
Cred Mix: 
Tomasz Rogula
Cred Mast: 
TR Studios, lacquer cutting by Stan Ricker
Not being heavily steeped in progressive rock, I can't say in what esteem the Polish group INDUKTI is held but thanks to the persistence of one young man, who I met at last year's Newport Audio Festival and his Sunspot Record label (not to be confused by the Washington, D.C. Reggae label of the same name that shuttered in 1994), the band's debut album S.U.S.A.R. ((Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reactions) has gotten a double 180g vinyl release.

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