Category: General
CES Promises Audiophile 2003
Chad and crew are just back from the CES show and Vegas. "Wow, " is the best way we can sum up all that we learned about the year ahead. Clean your ears, and get ready to pad your precious collections. Here's just a bit of the CES excitement: As always, the Acoustic Sounds booth was a happening audiophile haven. One of the highlights surely was a visit to the booth by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray. For those who may have been out of the loop, Hoffman and Gray are the mastering engineers responsible for the Analogue Productions Creedence Clearwater Revival reissues and, most recently, our Top 25 remastered Fantasy Jazz titles on Limited-Edition 45-RPM vinyl.
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Myra Taylor Wins Two Living Blues Awards
Myra Taylor continues to top even the most optimistic expectations. At 85 and with her career recently revived from a nearly-50-year hiatus, it's astounding how much of a wave Myra has made on this year's blues and jazz scenes. The most recent accolades, and perhaps the most substantial in her seasoned life, come with the August issue of the bimonthly magazine Living Blues
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So Which Machine is Right For You?
The most basic model we sell at Acoustic Sounds is the Model 1.0 made by Nitty Gritty. With this machine everything is done manually. The fluid is dropped on a brush and applied to the record. The LP is then flipped over and turned by hand while the vacuum does its job. While certainly effective, this method is a bit tedious. The upgraded Model 1.5 by Nitty Gritty provides rotation to the LP and is thus much easier to use than the basic model.
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Record Cleaning
Many Acoustic Sounds customers have spent big money and countless hours tweaking their analog front-end, but there is one critical area that is often overlooked - the importance of record cleaning. The old-school routine of breaking out the walnut-handled Discwasher may have seemed like a good idea when records were $4.99 and phono cartridges were typically "thrown in" with the purchase of a turntable. But today's high performance analog software and hardware demand a more effective method of cleaning.
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Heard It Through The Grapevine?
You've likely heard the buzz about these CCR reissues. Take a look
behind the scenes at the work of mastering and cutting engineer Kevin
Gray.
Kevin Gray may just be the least known of this industry's heavyweights.
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