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Mark Levinson, The Story of [audi] O [phile]
“The name “Mark Levinson” soon entered the common lexicon, synonymous with “ultra quality,” to such an extent that someone completely unfamiliar with audio might say something like “That’s a Mark...
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Tim Gane (Stereolab), Audiophile
At Home with Tim and Laetitia, Jane Magazine, November 2001 “I went to the Hi-Fi & Record Review show, they had all the new gear. I was shocked by all the appalling music, horrible modern cover...
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Clairtone: The Hippest Hi-Fi Ever?
Clairtone 7002 G2 Hef owned one. Oscar Peterson said that his music sounded as good on a Project G as it did live. images with captions courtesy of Clairtone website I got you, babe. Ol’ Blue Eyes....
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Ossie Clark, Audiophile
c. 1970 Linda Keith, Chrissie Shrimpton, Suki Poitier and Annie Sabroux displaying the Ossie Clark and Alice Pollock winter collection April 1967 photos courtesy: Another Nickel In The Machine
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Daniel Loeb, Audiophile?
Here’s a pic from a recent real estate listing for hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb’s pied-à-terre at 7 MacDougal Alley. An Audio Physic Avanti leans casually in the background and is very discreetly...
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Randy Burns – Evening of the Magician
Another lazy post but I didn’t want this one to get brushed under the rug. From the website: “Three albums by Randy Burns were originally released on the ESP-Disk label during the late sixties. The...
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What’s Wrong With Audiophiles (I lost count)
If you don’t listen to vinyl because of the “pops, ticks, surface noise and endless fiddling with setup” you: a) have shitty records b) have a shitty turntable c) have a shitty hi-fi d) listen for...
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An Audiophile Aptitude Test
This picture illustrates that this guy: A) doesn’t know shit about hi-fi B) doesn’t know shit about music C) all of the above D) none of the above
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Portrait of the Objectivist
Narcissus Caravaggio (1597-1599) Oil on canvas Dimensions 110 cm × 92 cm (43 in × 36 in) Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica If every hard-core objectivist audiophile (all ____ sound the same, cables...
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Hi-Fi Intermezzo
Many years ago I was in a local hi-fi shop looking to buy a used Rega Planet CD player (I don’t remember exactly how long ago this was but a) there was a local hi-fi shop and, b) I was looking to buy...
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