In the following video interview that is now posted on the AP YouTube channel, Ken Micallef speaks with Acoustic Sounds head honcho Chad Kassem about the upcoming Vinyl Summit that is being held in ...
Two in a row, everybody knows — at the green light, you rev it on the red line. Gearheads know what I’m talking about here — and so do fans of the blended British/American rock collective known as ...
One question I am often asked when installing a new cartridge is how long it will take to break in. My usual answer is that break-in happens on a logarithmic curve. A new cartridge will sound ...
Originally released on Tamla on August 28, 1973, Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On LP was a landmark recording that resonated with audiences at the time of its release, and it has continued to do so for ...
Three acoustic-driven rock records — one from the 1960s, and two from the 1990s — have recently gotten the Vinylphyle audiophile treatment from UMe. As most regular AP readers likely know, the ...
Something About Him: Tom Scholz, lost in thought and doing what he does best, behind the board. Photo by Ron Pownall, courtesy Boston and Impex. As soon as you hear those distinctive, fade-in opening ...
In the bicentennial year of 1976, progressive pioneers Yes were arguably at the top of their game in terms of their accumulated fanbase and sales clout. Rebounding from December 1973’s excellent but ...
In My Life. Drive My Car. Nowhere Man. The Word. I’m Looking Through You. Just that partial list of song titles alone tells you what’s coming next — namely, that The Beatles announced today that ...
In the early 1990s, two incredible albums were issued by Jellyfish, a group of musicians emanating from San Francisco’s Bay Area. For a moment in time, Jellyfish successfully encapsulated all that was ...
It’s always good to hear when companies take in feedback from their customers — and then actually implement changes that heed their end users’ suggestions. Evidently, that’s the case with the recently ...
Smashing Pumpkins’ full-length debut album on Caroline, May 1991’s Gish, was regarded as one of the most successful independent releases back in the day, and it is arguably one of the defining moments ...
Now spinning! You may have already seen the unboxing video, but now it’s time for an SRP — Sneak Reel Preview, that is — of Ken Micallef’s review of the Soulines tt23 turntable that’s coming soon to ...