Gary Lea

Oct 14, 2024 | positive-feedback.com | Gary Lea

Roger Eno, the skies:rarities. 2024. Desutche Grammaphon. Available HEREAs I am shifting away from 24 years of equipment reviews and focusing more and more on sharing music I find, I was recently afforded the opportunity to listen to a wonderful new album by Roger Eno. The album is titled the skies:rarities available on Deutsche Grammaphon. Yes that is spelled correctly. My copy happened to be a promo copy. I got an introduction to the music via a pre-release download and then later on with this vinyl.

Jun 20, 2024 | positive-feedback.com | Gary Lea

Elton John and Bernie Taupin, "Friends" 50th Anniversary Edition. The Original Soundtrack Recording. Paramount 3555744. Pinky Vinyl Edition. Sourced new from eBay. $26For those who look at the title Friends you should know this is definitely not the soundtrack of the famous and still wildly popular sitcom. This album is the soundtrack for a French movie from the early 70s.

May 2, 2024 | positive-feedback.com | Gary Lea

Fifty years ago SAE hit the market with its first amplifier, the venerable MK 1. A 60-watt per channel affair that stunned the audio world and received rave reviews by none other than J. Gordon Holt when he stated that under most conditions it was the best sounding solid-state gear he had ever heard. Big praise to be sure. It rocked the audio world. (Intended double entendres.) Here we are 50 years on, and again we have a new and improved amplifier and matching preamp.

Oct 17, 2023 | positive-feedback.com | Gary Lea

Some 20 plus years ago, as a fledgling cub reporter for a local HiFi group, I was attending CES and the high-end show at the Alexis Park. That's when I had my first encounter with the Von Gaylord Legend speaker. I wandered into their room and waited for the next demo session. I took my seat and was staring at two trapezoidal boxes approximately 15" or so high with a slightly slanted baffle. No other speakers in the room. Just the two diminutive boxes.

May 9, 2023 | positive-feedback.com | Gary Lea

Cary Audio SLP-98P Tube Preamplifier05-09-2023 | By Gary Lea | Issue 127Audiophiles that might be reading this are most likely very familiar with Cary Audio, originally the brain child of Dennis Had who is something of a legend in our industry. The venerable Cary 805 Mono Block Power amplifiers are legendary, and the audio equivalent of the Lamborghini Countach and Ferrari 512 Testa Rosa.