“The market for technology is very influenced by fashion. As a student in the 70s and a young upwardly mobile professional in the 80s, a good hi-fi was an aspirational purchase. Today for such people hi-fi isn’t. A home cinemas…
Posts made in July, 2010
Hi Howard – just to say… I don’t normally read this sort of thing (I avoid twitter, facebook etc), but I’m really enjoying your not-boring-honestly blog – especially the secret Linn filter story, and your Who item. Marvellous fun!…
Recently an importer asked a UK audiophile magazine editor if they were interested in having an item for review. The response was, in summary, that the editor only wanted scoops, by which he meant that he was only interested in…
HiFi World which, is also no slouch this month. Very strong competition for Hi-Fi News. The news section is particularly nicely put together but once again I see no evidence of any press releases regarding retailers. Surely retailers, even…
“Not yet 21 and with his first album still unreleased, a largely unknown Bob Dylan was invited by New Yorks WBAI radio to perform a live broadcast for Cynthia Goodings Folksingers Choice programme on March 11th 1962. This legendary recording,…
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