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Industry Profile: Kate Koeppel, Record Dividers

Jana Dagdagan Jul 26, 2017 First Published: Jul 26, 2017

Last month, our sister site AnalogPlanet.com published a brief post about one of Koeppel Design's recent releases: the LP Block ($76; engraved or stenciled, above). The majority of the comments on the blog criticized the LP Block and few of Kate Koeppel's other products purely for being too expensive. When I read these comments, I felt that the value of her products weren't being appropriately considered. I believe it's because there isn't currently a huge market for record dividers, record stands, and casual record-carrying totes. Consumers have little to compare and therefore lack perspective.

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George Winston Climbs Aboard his Carousel

Robert Baird Jun 27, 2017 First Published: Jun 27, 2017

New Age. Most of it was acoustic. While there were vocals here and there, much of it featured instrumentalists playing solo or in groups. Some of it was meant to alleviate stress. Some of it was marginally connected to a similarly named movement in spirituality. Environmentalism and respect for nature were constant themes. Some New Age artists created moody, ambient sounds that were intended as background music, to promote healing and relaxation.

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High-End Dealer Jeffrey Catalano Talks Horns, Tubes, & LPs with Herb Reichert

Jana Dagdagan Jun 26, 2017 First Published: Jun 26, 2017

This video is about Jeffrey Catalano and his shop High Water Sound, located in Manhattan's South Street Seaport, right under the Brooklyn Bridge. Though it was my first time meeting Jeffrey, I had long been familiar with his nameoften associated with good sound at audio shows and a true appreciation for music.

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Zu's Sean Casey Talks Loudspeakers

Jana Dagdagan Jun 22, 2017 First Published: Jun 22, 2017

At the Los Angeles Audio Show, held June 24, John Atkinson spoke with Zu Audio's founder, owner, and chief engineer Sean Casey about the Zu Audio Druid (pictured), Sean's background and his "unconventional" approach, and historic speaker designs. And toward the end of the video, Sean Casey turns the tables on JA by interviewing him about the role of the audio reviewer!

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Elac's Andrew Jones Talks Loudspeakers

Jana Dagdagan Jun 18, 2017 First Published: Jun 18, 2017

At the Los Angeles Audio Show, held June 24, John Atkinson spoke with Elac's Andrew Jones about speaker design, building affordable loudspeakers, and Elac's Adante AF-61 speaker, which made its debut at the show, driven by Audio Alchemy amplification.

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Philadelphia Retailer Doug White on Tidal Audio Loudspeakers

Jana Dagdagan Apr 03, 2017 First Published: Apr 03, 2017

Last week, we shared a conversation between John Atkinson and Philadelphia-area audio retailer Doug White (of The Voice That Is) that centered around audio retailing. Here's the second, and final conversation from our Philly trip. In this video, JA and Doug are joined by Stereophile writer Herb Reichert as they discuss the new Akira loudspeaker from German manufacturer Tidal Audio. Doug has been a fixture at regional audio shows the past few years, demonstrating Tidal speakers. (It is important to note that the high-end manufacturer Tidal Audio has no relation to Tidal the streaming service.)

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Musicians As Audiophiles: Adam Rogers

Ken Micallef Apr 02, 2017 First Published: Apr 02, 2017

"For years, I had a terrible listening situation," guitarist Adam Rogers recalls. "I had a Vector Research amplifier that the guys at the hi-fi store called 'Victim Research.' I'd fallen into the contemporary trap of listening to music on computer speakers or headphones, all the while feeling that at some point I would like to invest in a great listening scenario."

Adam Rogers is one of most astute and industrious players in the world of jazz, a native New Yorker who has seen every era of the Big Apple music scene, and risen to become one of the best guitar players in the world...

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A Conversation with Philly Audio Retailer Doug White

Jana Dagdagan Mar 29, 2017 First Published: Mar 29, 2017

This past weekend, John Atkinson, Herb Reichert, and I drove down to Philadelphia to visit audio retailer Doug White of The Voice That Is. In this video, Doug and JA discuss the challenges of a rapidly changing internet based market, the differences between buying online versus buying from your local dealer, and much more.

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Reviewer Video Profile: Herb Reichert

Jana Dagdagan Mar 09, 2017 First Published: Mar 09, 2017

When we released the "Thoughts on CES 2017" video, we received an overwhelming amount of feedback from readers who were pleased to finally be able to associate faces to the writers they had long read and revered on paper.

This video attempts to capture the essence of Stereophile writer and audio industry veteran Herb Reichertat least as much as is possible in a 10-minute, streamed video.

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Southern Avenue: The New Stax!

Jana Dagdagan Feb 27, 2017 First Published: Feb 27, 2017

Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Sam & Dave, Otis Reddingfew studios have ever achieved the kind of distinct sound that once poured out of Stax Studios in Memphis, TN. A bit of that gritty, funky mojo lives again in the music of Southern Avenue, a new R&B act from Memphis that's named after the street that runs by the old Stax Studio.