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In Defence of Audiophiles

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In his article, I, Audiophile, in the online magazine Slate, author Fred Kaplan presents an excellent of the much maligned and misunderstood audiophile.

Click here to check it out.

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Leading Audio Manufacturers Choose IsoTek

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IsoTek products have earned a reputation as the best performing and most neutral power cleaning solution on the market, with more industrial awards than any other specialist audio power cleaning brand.

Many respected audio manufacturers also recommend IsoTek. Click here to see what they say.

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High End 2015, 14. – 17. May 2015 Munich

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High End 2015, the best audio show in the world, runs from Thursday 2015-05-14 to Sunday 2015-05-17.

Serious Music is not attending this year but MY-HIEND audiophiles Forum provides show coverage, with an extensive collection of excellent photos.

Check out the MY-HiEND coverage of High End 2015 in Munich.

 

© Wayne Butcher

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AURALiC Aries wireless streaming bridge now on demo

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57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners

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Here's the list of the winners of the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

The 57th GRAMMY Awards Ceremony was held on 2015-02-08, in Los Angeles, California.  Big winners on the night included:

Sam Smith, with four awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year

  • Pharrell Williams - 3 awards
  • Beyoncé - 3 awards
  • Roseanne Cash - 3 awards

Let's discuss the winners. 

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Download all 25 track of Linn Records’ 24-bits of Christmas free until 2014-01-06

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Linn 24-bits of Christmas 2014

Each day in December leading up to Christmas Linn Records provided free a track from their catalogue for download.  Tracks were available in several resolutions, up to 24/192.

Now, until 2015-01-06 you can download the whole of 25 track collection free here.

©Wayne Butcher

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UK vinyl sales pass 1 million in 2014

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Vinyl album sales in the UK have passed 1 million in 2014.  It's the first time since 1996 that the 1 million mark has been passed, further evidence of vinyl's revival.

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A Peek into the World of the Audiophile

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We audiophiles love music.

To get the music right you need to get the sound right, so our quest is to perfect the sound: tone, harmonic richness; dynamics; coherence; imaging; soundstage; timing; rhythm (just some of the terms we use to describe sound).  By doing this we seek to experience the music more deeply.

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Behind the Scenes: Sennheiser Factory Tour

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If you ever wanted to know how headphones were made, check out this Sennheiser Factory Tour YouTube video.

Based in Germany, Sennheiser has been for almost 70 years is one of the world's leading manufacturers of:

  • Microphones
  • Headphones
  • Wired microphone and monitoring systems
  • Conference and information technology
  • Products for assistive listening
  • Aviation headsets.
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Nominees for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Announced

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The nominees for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on 2014-12-05.

Leading the list of nominees are  Beyoncé, Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams, with six nominations each.

GRAMMYs will be awarded in 83 categories at the awards ceremony on 2015-02-08, in Los Angeles, California.

Lets discuss the nominees.  Please comment share your thoughts.

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