Alex Halberstadt

New York

Senior Writer at MoMA Magazine

Journalist at Freelance

Author of “Young Heroes of the Soviet Union” and “Lonely Avenue,” MoMA, NYU, New York Times Mag contributor, Merle Haggard superfan 🎸

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Brilliant Corners #26: Racks, Cleaners, Cables, Resonators

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Alex Halberstadt

7 hours agoTanchjim Origin - I Was Wrong! Back to the Origin! - Honest Audiophile Impressions ReduxA BIG thanks to Tanchjim Audio for providing the Origin for review. Revisiting the Tanchjim Origin, what changed my opinion?
Brilliant Corners #26: Racks, Cleaners, Cables, Resonators

1 month ago | stereophile.com | Alex Halberstadt

Some years ago, I visited the home of a well-known American author who happened to be an audiophile. His cramped, dimly lit listening room contained a tube amp, a DAC, and a pair of inexpensive floorstanding speakers surrounded by what looked like a museum of audio tweaks.
Tokyo's Jazz Kissaten Are Still the Best in the World-Here Are 3 to Know

1 month ago | cntraveler.com | Alex Halberstadt

All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. The Japanese concept of the jazz kissa, a café-bar where you can hear records played on astonishingly fine sound systems in the company of other enthusiasts, dates back a century.
Tokyo's Jazz Kissaten Are Still the Best in the World-Here Are 3 to Know

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alex Halberstadt

All products featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by Condé Nast Traveler editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. ©Graydon HerriottThe Japanese concept of the jazz kissa, a café-bar where you can hear records played on astonishingly fine sound systems in the company of other enthusiasts, dates back a century.
Tokyo's Jazz Kissaten Are Still the Best in the World—Here Are 3 to Know | Flipboard

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Alex Halberstadt

1 hour agoSoldiers demolish homes of alleged attackers in Kashmir following the region’s deadliest civilian assault in decades. Soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir have demolished the homes of two men suspected of carrying out the disputed region’s deadliest attack against civilians in nearly two …
Brilliant Corners #25: Devon Turnbull and the Klipsch-Ojas kO-R1 loudspeaker

2 months ago | stereophile.com | Alex Halberstadt

"Paul Klipsch was a genius," Roy Delgado told me recently, with the sound of genuine amazement in his voice. "Me, I'm just a tinkerer." I've spoken to Delgado, Klipsch's chief audio engineer, a handful of times over the past few years and find him affable, plainspoken, and almost absurdly humble.
Brilliant Corners #24: Consolidated Audio "Monster Can" & Fairchild 235 MC Step-Up Transformers

Feb 27, 2025 | stereophile.com | Alex Halberstadt

One of my favorite things about this pastime is the modesty of its aims. Despite the sometimes-astronomical sums spent on gear, and the small handful of drama queens who populate various corners of this hobby, all we're doing is trying to enjoy recorded music at home. No one here is reversing planetary warming or solving the Riemann hypothesis. The sole purpose of the pursuit we write about in these pages is to please, enlighten, and entertain. I like that about it. This means that aesthetics matter.
Brilliant Corners #23: Japanese Kissaten

Feb 7, 2025 | flipboard.com | Alex Halberstadt

1 hour agoTime to dust off those baseballs – 2025 Cubs spring training is hereHere’s all you need to know about the Cubs’ unique upcoming spring training.
Brilliant Corners #23: Japanese Kissaten

Feb 7, 2025 | stereophile.com | Alex Halberstadt

Arriving in Japan from the United States is like being turned upside down. This condition lasts for much of the first week. When I visited in November, the time difference between Tokyo and New York was 14 hours. "The floating world" is a term for the pleasure-addled urban culture of Edo-period Japan, but it's also an apt description for the twilit and not-entirely-unpleasant weirdness of first arriving in Tokyo. Everything seems slightly unreal.
Brilliant Corners #21: German kitchens, Japanese amps, and Afropop gems

Dec 5, 2024 | flipboard.com | Alex Halberstadt

4 hours agoSeven Creedence Clearwater Revival Albums Get Color Vinyl ReleaseThe albums from the iconic American band will be rereleased in February 2025. Good news for fans of Creedence Clearwater Revival: seven of their albums …4 hours agoadidas' Tokyo Decon Goes For Goldadidas is finally giving the Tokyo Decon, a certified sleeper sneaker, the shine it deserves.

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