Audio Physic Step Plus loudspeaker
In the 1990s, while putting together one of my early hi-fi systems, I’d often visit New York City audio retailer Sound by Singer to gawk at their top-tier wares. On one such visit I noticed…
Mytek HiFi Brooklyn D/A processor–headphone amplifier
When I moved to New York City about a year ago, I was prepared to dislike Brooklyn. Judging it by its reputation as the apotheosis of cool, I envisioned the borough full of good-looking people…
PS Audio DirectStream Power Plant 20 AC regenerator
When I reviewed PS Audio’s PerfectWave P10 Power Plant AC Regenerator,1 I found that it significantly improved the way music sounded through my system. I bought one. The main limitations I found with the P10…
John Adams
Click Here: Bape Kid 1st Camo Ape Head rompers American composer John Adams and I first met in the late 1970s, when I became one of his composition students at the San Francisco Conservatory of…
Four 3rd-Generation CD players: Adcom, Magnavox, Onkyo, Yamaha
I once told Stereophile publisher Larry Archibald it might be worth, say, a 10% loss in sound quality with CD not to have to jump up and turn over the damned record. Sometimes a CD…
EU lost for words as coronavirus curbs interpreters’ work
The coronavirus has cut clarity and boosted babble in the Brussels bubble. The pandemic has drastically reduced the amount of interpreting offered by EU institutions. That has led to the cancelation of freelance interpreters’ contracts…
MI Barber Who Reopened During Pandemic Has License Suspended
MICHIGAN — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has suspended the professional and barber licenses of Karl Manke, a 77-year-old Owosso barber who reopened his barbershop in violation of an executive order closing all non-essential businesses.…
Entre citoyens : une plateforme solidaire pour aider les personnes les plus vulnérables face au Covid-19
Créer une connexion entre personnes fragilisées et citoyens engagés. C’est l’idée de la plateforme Entre-citoyens.fr, lancée il y a une semaine par trois entrepreneurs parisiens. Pendant et après le confinement, les citoyens français qui le…
Sweden looks to break out of its northern isolation
STOCKHOLM — Swedish Infrastructure Minister Tomas Eneroth tried to pierce the gloom of the coronavirus pandemic with some positive spin about a green reboot of his country’s transport sector. “We are aiming for a climate-smart…
Angry Shopper Coughed On Cashier, Said He Had COVID: Bucks Co. DA
MIDDLETOWN, PA — A Bucks County man is facing charges after authorities say he intentionally coughed on a cashier at a local grocery store, then claimed he had tested positive for the coronavirus. James Edelstein,…