Ken Kessler

Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, September 2024
Ken Kessler,  |  Nov 25, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review and test releases from: Giovanni Guidi, Micah Thomas, David Darling, Flukten, and Kjetil Mulelid
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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, September 2024
Ken Kessler  |  Nov 25, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: Dr John, Peter Frampton, The Long Ryders, and Tom Amend Octet
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl, September 2024
Ken Kessler  |  Nov 25, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: Shelly Manne & His Men, The Amboy Dukes, Dire Straits, and L. A. Edwards
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From the Vault
Angle poise
Ken Kessler  |  Nov 20, 2024  |  0 comments
hfnvintageAcoustic Research launches a range of electronics that aims to combine good looks, useful facilities and fine sound. Ken Kessler hears a selection

For as long as hi-fi has existed, consumers have been forced to choose between pure sound quality and ergonomic/aesthetic delight. In short, the best-sounding equipment has always been either spartan, ugly, expensive, or simply a pain in the butt to live with or to use.

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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, August 2024
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 29, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: John Prine, Gasoline Lollipops, Jan James, and Various Artists
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl, August 2024
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 29, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: Willie Colón/Héctor Lavoe, Babybird, Bob Dylan, The Gordian Knot
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Audiophile Vinyl
Vinyl Deluxe
Ken Kessler  |  Oct 23, 2024  |  0 comments
Indulge yourself with linen-wrapped slipcases, in-depth liner notes and heavy art-card covers as Ken Kessler brings you 20 of the best deluxe reissue LPs coming your way...

With the vinyl revival now so firmly established that new pressing plants are being built, the competition has heated up regarding mastering, pressing techniques, vinyl thickness, playback speed and, as seen here, presentation. Deluxe packaging and pressings cost more, so it is applied mainly to milestone albums.

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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, August 2024
Ken Kessler,  |  Oct 21, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review and test releases from: The Music Improvisation Company, A Tonic For The Troops, Urvanovic, Greg Skaff, and various artists.
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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, July 2024
Ken Kessler  |  Sep 25, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: The Crickets, Eric Deutsch, Steely Dan, and Various Artists
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl, July 2024
Ken Kessler  |  Sep 25, 2024  |  0 comments
This month we review: Miles Davis, Curtis Counce, Sandy Salisbury & Curt Boettcher, and The Undertones
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