Audiophilia

1 week ago | audiophilia.com | Anthony Kershaw

This classic DG Boston recording was one of the first classical LPs I purchased with my “pocket money” from the famous “The Coop” in Harvard Square during one of my many visits to family in Boston. It was released in 1971, and I listened to it incessantly concurrent with my love affair with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, especially its fabulous flute section—I had begun playing the flute a year earlier. I was already set on becoming a professional player, god willing.

4 weeks ago | audiophilia.com | Anthony Kershaw

Schubert Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D. 821Schumann Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102Debussy Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D minorMstislav Rostropovich, VioloncelloBenjamin Britten, PianoProduct ID: ESSD-90303This very famous Decca was recorded by Ken Wilkinson and Gordon Parry in The Maltings, Snape, UK, in 1968 and released on Decca and London in October 1970. The Decca vinyl originals go for over $2000, the Londons less, but still over two hundred bucks.

1 month ago | audiophilia.com | Karl Sigman

Having recently reviewed the superb Infigo Audio Method IS-1 Cryogen Streamer, I continue onward here with a review of their high-end Method 4 Digital to Analog Converter (DAC), USD 35,000, which I had used, along with other DACs, in the Streamer review. Hans Looman (CEO/Founder of Infigo Audio) kindly sent this expensive DAC for review, along with the Streamer. It arrived inside a special three-level packing box for shipping a Method 4, well wrapped in a silk cloth.

2 months ago | audiophilia.com | Karl Sigman

Estimates today show that a worldwide figure is closing in on 1 billion streaming music users, which is expected to double in several years.

2 months ago | audiophilia.com | Anthony Kershaw

I receive between ten to fifteen emails a week from excited PR folks telling me about their latest boutique CD release of a star performer playing all matter of repertoire. Some of it is really “out there”. As the major record companies recede into relative classical obscurity, the recorded legacy of many gifted young players examining varied repertoire continues to grow. Hope. The email introducing American Sketches seemed intriguing—interesting, unusual repertoire played by a young violinist.