Sensible Sound articles from July 2002

Sensible Sound archives from July 2002

Ramblings.(Editorial)
July 1, 2002... Welcome to Issue #91, an issue that focuses on one of the most important parts of the high fidelity chain, the loudspeaker. We have included several loudspeaker reviews and an updated $ensible Choice list that covers loudspeaker pairs,...

Contents may settle during shipping. (Surveying The Soundscape).
July 1, 2002... Contents May Settle During Shipping: I spotted Time-Life's "Essential Jazz" box in one of the wholesale club stores, plunked down a $20, got some change back, and walked out with a package of CDs purporting to offer "the very best music...

The flying egg and I. (Surveying the Soundscape).(Evaluation)
July 1, 2002... The Flying Egg and I: The first time I heard (and saw) the curiously appealing U-Vola loudspeakers, I looked forward to settling a pair into my personal listening space and giving them a good going over. Little did I know that when they moved...

New age audio: more DVD-A technical observations. (Skeptimania).
July 1, 2002... In several of my record-review columns, I have mentioned that most, if not all, of the significant differences I have heard between the DVD-A, Dolby Digital, and DTS tracks on a number of DVD-A music releases were probably the result of...

The flip side. (From The Flip Side).(Quantum Octave, connector)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
July 1, 2002... There are no more Laser Discs being manufactured in the USA. Quantum Octave Last issue HF issued a rather unflattering view of a number of connectors and isolation devices. Recently, I have been using an eight-outlet noise and surge...

EOSS Musiko System.(Evaluation)
July 1, 2002... Manufacturer. EOSS, 19420 Hallmark Lane, Cerritos, CA 90703; 562/809-8630; www.soundpoles.com Price: $4,990 Source: Manufacturer loan EOSS is a new company, formed to build and market the impressive SoundPoles speakers. These...

Legacy Signature III speakers and Step One Environmental Processor.(Evaluation)
July 1, 2002... Manufacturer: Legacy Audio, 3023 E. Sangamon Ave., Springfield, IL 62702; 800-283-4644; www.legacy-audio.com Price: Signature III, $3,950; Step One, $1,195 Source: Manufacturer loan I've heard speakers that sound great on one type...

Home theater musings.(Nautilus speakers)(Evaluation)
July 1, 2002... For some strange reason, B&W has never seen fit to lend me five or six Nautilus speakers to try as home theater speakers. The beautiful snail shell enclosure available in various colors could make it easy to wire five, six, or seven channels...

The sensible choice list: speakers and subwoofers. (Staff Picks).(Evaluation)
July 1, 2002... Speakers are where it's at when it comes to audio, recordings are where it's at when it comes to music, and we just hope the rest of the stuff pretty much stays out of the way, which it pretty well does. Amplifiers sound largely the same. CD...

More jazz than not. (The Music).
July 1, 2002... Bruce Arnold: Give 'em Some (Muse-Eek MSK 116) When was the last time you heard a of power trio dedicating a composition to Arnold Schoenberg? "Blues for Arnie" opens this all-instrumental CD with a tip of the hat to the 12-tone pioneer, as...

Double double. (The Music).
July 1, 2002... Long-time readers know that Tom Lyle and I are fans of large-scale orchestral music. The symphonies of Mahler, Shostakovitch, and Bruckner have been the subjects of many of our comparisons, and for this issue, we are once again comparing two...

The house at carousel corner. (The Music).
July 1, 2002... Chapter XCI. IN WHICH Pooh and Piglet discover that treacly power ballads, pseudo hip-hop posturing, and cheesy dance music are international phenomena; Pooh finds solace in his hunny addiction, and Piglet goes hungry. CDs. This ish we...

Reissue roundup. (The Music).("Satchmo" Armstrong and his art)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... It would be nearly impossible to overemphasize Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong's importance in jazz--or Americana, for that matter. He was one of the most influential artists in the music's history (b. August 4,1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d....

Scoping software. (The Music).
July 1, 2002... Two Channels: Anschell, Bill: When Cooler Heads Prevail. With Rodney Jordan and Neal Starkey, both on bass, Woody Williams on drums, and Anschell on piano. Recorded in 2000, in Atlanta. Engineer: Bill Allgood. 61+ minutes. Summit 311. ...

John Puccio reviews ... (The Music).
July 1, 2002... Bach: Goldberg Variations. Markus Becker, piano. CPO 999 831.2 According to Bach's first biographer, Nikolaus Forkel, Bach wrote the Goldberg Variations in 1742 for a Count Keyserlingk, who requested them to be played by his protege, Johann...