Review: Ken Kessler

Turntables, Arms & Cartridges
EAT Fortissimo/F-Note turntable/arm
Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  Published: Nov 01, 2024  |  0 comments
hfnoutstandingHigh style meets high mass in EAT’s flagship turntable, coupled here with one of the most flexible tonearm solutions ever seen – the F-Note even includes an alignment laser!

If anyone doubts we are treated to as much, if not more novelty than back in the day when LPs ruled, EAT’s Fortissimo turntable and F-Note tonearm will put paid to that. Like TechDAS’s vacuum hold-down and air bearing [HFN Jun ’19], or the Reed deck [HFN Apr ’24] available in idler- and belt-drive versions, this EAT combination bursts with clever features.

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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, March 2025
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  Published: Mar 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Neil Christian, Erik Deutsch, and Hawkwind
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Audiophile Vinyl, March 2025
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  Published: Mar 01, 2025  |  0 comments

This month we review: Lori Lieberman, Ars Nova, Johnny Pacheco, and Simon & Garfunkel

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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, March 2025
Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  Published: Mar 01, 2025  |  0 comments

This month we review and test releases from: Pat Metheny, Avishai Cohen, MaskXSoul, Daniel Pardo and Vince Guaraldi

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Audiophile Vinyl
Top 20 Mono Albums
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Apr 12, 2025  |  Published: Mar 01, 2025  |  0 comments
From Sinatra to Buffalo Springfield, Otis Redding to Tangerine Zoo... Ken Kessler brings you 20 monophonic masterpieces that prove stereo is not always the superior choice

Sixty years after its demise, monophonic sound seems a mere curiosity. Like pre-recorded open-reel tapes, there’s a cut-off after which mono was relegated to niche usage. Today it survives only for archival reissues, and this is for two reasons...

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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, February 2025
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Apr 05, 2025  |  Published: Feb 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: The Art Of Hifi Volume 5, JJ Grey & Mofro, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and Texas & Spooner Oldham
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Vintage
Pink Triangle Integral
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Apr 01, 2025  |  Published: Feb 01, 2025  |  0 comments
hfnvintage Designer looks, battleship build quality, superior sonics... Ken Kessler is beguiled by an amplifier that shows off its manufacturer’s true colours

True story: a knowledgeable audiophile arrives at my listening room in mid-November. Pink Triangle’s Integral integrated amplifier is driving a set of Wharfedale Diamond 8.1s, its badge covered with tape. I state to this collector of some repute with a memory spanning 35 years, ‘You will never guess who made this amplifier. Never’.

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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, February 2025
Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Mar 31, 2025  |  Published: Feb 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review and test releases from Anne Drummond & Café, Roger Eno, Nadia Tarnawsky/Cappella Romana, Bill Cunliffe and The Devin Daniels Quintet
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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, January 2025
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Mar 14, 2025  |  Published: Jan 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review: Ron Legault Quintet, John Lennon, Steeleye Span and Neil Young With Crazy Horse
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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, January 2025
Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Mar 13, 2025  |  Published: Jan 01, 2025  |  0 comments
This month we review and test releases from: Sun Ra Arkestra; Janine Jansen and Klaus Mäkelä; Arild Andersen; Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Espen Berg; and Michael Dease
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