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"In a surprising announcement made at last Autumn's AES convention in New York, the well-known American mastering engineer Bob Katz declared in a press release that "The loudness wars are over.” (Sound on Sound magazine, February 2014) Articles available here for your perusal: www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb14/articles/loudness-war.htm Discuss. Mark

Calling all vinyl addicts Now that we're into the new year good and propper I have decided that this the year to bolster my vinyl collection with some quality recordings. So I would be grateful for suggestions for good quality albums that are well...

Last week on Mastermind (a UK tv quiz for people with an IQ greater than their shoe size) a contestant chose The Grateful Dead as his specialist subject round. He did well on that (12 right out of 14) but not so good on the general knowledge so won't...

Ok - let's have some fun. We're all used to those "Best albums ever made" lists, which feature - often with good reason - the same old suspects (Fabs, Pet Sounds , etc).   But what are your 10 fave albums which lie outside the canon? You can...

Did anyone else catch Dave Grohl's excellent film about the classic LA studio on BBC4 last evening? Now I know why so many of my fave albums sound superb. Great stuff. Wikipedia link. John.

The rumour going around is that some big exhibition of Pink Floyd treasures (perhaps prompted by the brilliant Bowie exhibition at the V&A last year, the museum's most successful exhibition ever) is about to be announced. A suitably enigmatic (official) website has also been set up. Not a lot there at the mo' but here's the link: www.pinkfloydexhibition.com

I don't have so much from Liszt right now, while I like piano music a lot. So what would the top recommendations for good recordings from Liszt (preferably focusing in on solo piano) ?

I never knew until reading this evening about Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs production in the 1980's. I'm not sure about the newer releases, but I held DSOTM, Fleetwood Mac, and Abbey Road up to a bright light. Sure enough, you can see through...

Anyone see the BB King on BBC 4? Really excellent and worth catching-up if you missed it.   G

Very rare analogue CD.     A genuine Virgin copy of Genesis - 'Selling England by the Pound'.   With a spelling mistake to boot!   John.    

I'm returning to naim after 10 years in the iPod / mp3 wilderness and have just ordered a ND5XS & SuperNait 2. Two weeks to wait and already thinking about what the first tracks are going to be! If you we're going to give your ears a sonic treat for the first time in a long while what would you choose and why? I look forward to hearing your thoughts

We'll I got my copy ordered, in red. On a good system this sounds.  Good!   http://www.shopradiocast.com/products/Beth-Orton-%252d-Central-Reservation-2XLP.html   I'm not a fan of doubling up on formats, but for this one I will make an...

Dear Friends, I found this link looking for a photo of Elgar's gramophone to post on my gramophone thread.There are about 15 audio extracts to sample, and two factual errors in the article that I can see.Nikisch recorded Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in...

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/hometech/new-audio-format-has-purists-singing-praises-20140212-32gfu.html   Hmmm me I am not so sure it is that new to be fair :-)

I find it hard to believe, but it's true according to AnalogPlanet.com;   Based on numbers publicly disclosed or provided to analogplanet.com by most of the world's vinyl pressing plants, the total number of records pressed worldwide in 2013 was...

Hi folks, I've recently bought a Unitilite as the first component in a new setup.  It seems to be rather skippy on "weathered" CDs and has randomly stopped on a few saying "error reading disk" or similar. I assumed it was just sensitive to less...

From what I can gather this UK pressing that has just been released in the US. Has anyone heard it? I have no Small Faces music and have never come across any used vinyl. Thought this might be a good start. Any other recommendations welcome. According...

OK, so now I have my Unitilite all set up and working and all I need to do now is choose some speakers and cables. It's taken my old and previously dull, low-end Tannoys and belted them with a thick leather strap to wake them up.....and they really...

Any other members that need to share their problem - up late last night can't see me going to bed before two, one album leads to another Blackberry Smoke .. Pat Travers .. Tom Keifer ... now 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' !

Now available from his web site. I have Cape Town 29 June but I'm sure I'll have some more. Check it out.

Hi folks,Just tried to make a purchase from what looks like a brand new HDTracks website, and it seems that the trusty Paypal work-around is no longer functioning for thosebresident outside USA. Has anyone else experienced the same, or am I doing...

I have this on pristine heavy weight vinyl, mint condition double LP. I like the music, I've seen some great performances of some of the tracks on DVD or TV. Problem?? Despite trying really hard to like it, this vinyl is crap! It's compressed and...

Hi I thought I would start a tread for us to post any emerging talent or talented new artist we've discovered recently.my most recent discovery isHozier so far with only a download EP (as far as I am aware anyway) take me to the church  I...

My music collection consists of around 1200 CDs and 450 LPs. With my listening habits of averaging  three albums a day, if I made a point of going through the entire collection it would take me longer than eighteen months to do so. Of course that...

Depeche mode are releasing all the studio albums on 180g vinyl gatefold sleeve. the first batch are out now, Sons of faith and devotion, music for the masses, black celebration and some great reward. second batch on March 25th, A broken frame, ultra,...