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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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