I practice a double career. On Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays from the end of August to mid-May I'm a college professor, the Chair of...

In a previous post I described how I was disappointed in one of my new acquisitions – the Kara F preamplifier from Schiit Audio, after...

In my most recent post I described how I have been fiddling with my main sound system. All has gone along well, but one component hasn't...

Audiophilia is a cyclic phenomenon that goes through long periods of stability, then erupts into fits of fiddling. I'm in the fit of...

I suppose I should slap the 'audiophile' label on myself. I'm reluctant to do it. Not because I'm embarrassed in any way by being devoted...

After I had my home's windows replaced with fine new vinyl jobbers, the family-owned window company sent over their dad (the company...

The other night I awoke abruptly after a particularly awful dream that had percolated up from who knows where in my subconscious. It was...

I make absolutely no secret of being a wildly enthusiastic record collector. Some might call it an addiction. But they just don't know a...

Recording venues aren't famous as a rule. Even Abbey Road Studios is familiar not so much for itself, but for the famed Beatles album....

When I took over the chairmanship of the music theory/musicianship department, I inherited a problematic young teacher who had been a...

You gotta admire the sheer cheek of conductors Riccardo Chailly, Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann, and Osmo Vänskä. They’ve done...

The Vienna Philharmonic isn’t just an orchestra. It’s the music world’s ultimate insiders club. You can’t get in merely by playing an...

Fascinated by recordings at an early age, but saddled with a kid’s limited budget and even more limited accessibility from my perch in a...

Certain pieces make me happier like no others, and Mozart Symphony No. 39 ranks high on that list. I'm particularly potty about the slow...

I'm at the end of another semester. Fall 2024 is pretty much a done deal, although I still have a certain amount of scribbling and...

In the wacky and arcane world of audiophilia, there is a little something known as "toe-in." Even if that sounds like some kind of nifty...

For whatever reason, of late I've been listening to a lot of Debussy orchestral music in various recordings, ranging from the 1930s to...