Dick Olsher | Oct 10, 2017 | First Published: Aug 1, 1987 High fidelity took a giant step forward in 1956 with Peter Walker’s introduction of the Quad ESL. Walker’s research efforts had been motivated by his firm belief in the superiority of the electrostatic dipole over the box loudspeaker, but actually to take the economic plunge and market such […]
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Art Dudley | Stereophile – October 2017 Turntable & Tonearm We got our wish. Phonograph ownership is once again depicted as commonplace, even hip, in popular films, TV shows, and ads for other products. Turntables and LP jackets show up in photos in Elle Decor and Vanity Fair. New LPs are sold in stores in
by Michael Fermer | Stereophile August 2017 Issue Ortofon, which turns 100 next year, launched the original Windfeld cartridge nearly a decade ago. Named for cartridge designer Per Windfeld – Who had just retired at age 75, after 30 years with the company – that top-of-the-line cartridge cost $3,400 at the time of its introduction.
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Robert Deutsch | Jul 11, 2017 If Stereophile gave an award for Loudspeaker We’ve Most Frequently Reviewed, the hands-down winner would have to be the Quad ESL. The list of past and present Stereophile contributors who’ve written about the ESL’s various incarnations includes John Atkinson, Martin Colloms, Anthony H. Cordesman, Art Dudley, Larry Greenhill, J. Gordon Holt, Ken Kessler, Dick Olsher,
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By Art Dudley | Mar 22, 2017 On March 16, audio manufacturer Luxman Corporation, now in their 92nd year, announced the establishment of a new US subsidiary, Luxman America: the first time in 30 years that the Japanese tube-amp specialist has had a corporate-owned presence in the US.The announcement was made at the Manhattan showroom of
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By Herb Reichert | Posted: Feb 23, 2017 In the United Kingdom, the first seeds of perfectionism in audio separates were sown by Goodmans Industries, founded in 1925. Then, in 1930, Garrard (est. 1722) produced its first commercial gramophone. Shortly thereafter, England experienced the Great Slump, the British name for the worldwide catastrophe known in the
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By John Atkinson Posted: Jan 18, 2017 “Dammit!” No sooner had I praised small loudspeakers while dismissing large speakers as potentially having “large problems,” in my review of the Crystal Arabesque Minissimo Diamond in the www.stereophile.com/content/crystal-cable-arabesque-minissimo-diamond-loudspeaker “>October issue, than I had to eat my words. Only days after that issue had gone to press, Magico’s
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