Author: Nelson Brill
SILVERLINE AUDIO SR11 MINI-MONITOR LOUDSPEAKER
January 11, 2006
SILVERLINE AUDIO SR11 MINI–MONITOR LOUDSPEAKER LISTEN AND YE SHALL HEAR January 2006 “The original Commodore Record Shop in New York City was just nine feet wide. If you were a jazz fan, those were [Read More]
THE MAGNIFICENT C.E.C. TL-51XZ BELT DRIVE CD PLAYER
October 17, 2005
THE MAGNIFICENT C.E.C. TL-51XZ BELT DRIVE CD PLAYER October 2005 “I attach more importance to the purity of brushstroke – I try to give it maximum purity and intensity. It is the passion [Read More]
CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE OF INTEGRATED AMPS: SHOWCASING THE MBL 7008 AND THE CHALLENGER, MARK LEVINSON 383 INTEGRATED AMP
May 19, 2005
CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE OF INTEGRATED AMPS: SHOWCASING THE MBL 7008 AND THE CHALLENGER, MARK LEVINSON 383 INTEGRATED AMP May 2005 Recently, I had the privilege of spending some time tinkering with and listening to MBL’s [Read More]
Laszlo Gardony – “Ever Before Ever After” & Shelley Neill “Entrée Blue”
April 25, 2005
A Spring Sampling: Jazz and Blues Gem Recordings From Local Boston Artists: Laszlo Gardony – “Ever Before Ever After” [Sunnyside 1107] Shelley Neill “Entrée Blue” (with Laslo Gardony, Yoron Israel and Ron Mahdi) [Cobalt Blue [Read More]
Tab Benoit – “The Sea Saint Sessions
February 4, 2005
Tab Benoit – “The Sea Saint Sessions“ [Telarc Blues CD-83573] Roots and Blues Gumbo February 2005 Take me down to the small town of Houma, Louisiana, to the juke joints and Cajun swamp pop [Read More]
THE PENAUDIO REBEL2 LOUDSPEAKER
January 17, 2005
THE PENAUDIO REBEL2 LOUDSPEAKER Rebel With A Cause Nelson Brill January 2005 “If a sick person is not cured by tar, spirits or sauna, then they will die.”– Finnish proverb Recently, I had the good [Read More]
VAN SCHWEIKERT AUDIO’S VR-1 STUDIO REFERENCE
December 5, 2004
VAN SCHWEIKERT AUDIO’S VR-1 STUDIO REFERENCE Follow-up! Nelson Brill December 2004 “The saxophone is, unaided, a humorist. It looks like a sea horse and sounds like a canned fiddle.” (Music Critic writing in 1912 about an [Read More]
Alison Brown Quartet- “Replay”
November 29, 2004
Alison Brown Quartet- “Replay” [Compass Records 743212] Swinging Into Fall Nelson Brill November 2004 “When you want genuine music – music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your [Read More]
Virtual Dynamics David Series Cables
October 19, 2004
Virtual Dynamics David Series Cables Translucent Soul Nelson Brill October 2004 “Embrace what you have in common/celebrate what sets you apart/it takes more than the color that you find on a palate/ to turn [Read More]
TWO FROM CUBA WITH LOVE: CANDIDO & GRACIELA-INOLVIDABLE
October 13, 2004
TWO FROM CUBA WITH LOVE:CANDIDO & GRACIELA-INOLVIDABLE [CHESKY JD 249]ORLANDO CACHAITO LOPEZ [WORLD CIRCUIT 79630-2] Nelson Brill October 2004 There is nothing like good music to break down the artificial borders of this planet. With American [Read More]
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