Ferguson Stereophonic - Antique Knob
Something a bit special here. This is our first Antique Knob Feel! The Ferguson Stereophonic combines a radio, turntable and speakers into a lovely bit of furniture. The Knobs are what I’d expect from a lovingly built Hi-Fi. Axial Skew doesn’t exist. The weight behind the rotation is deliberate and weighty. The on-click feels like I’m providing the power myself! Why can’t people make them like this now? What is stopping manufacturers from this attention to detail?Feel (by KnobFeel)
Although the Knobfeel reviews are offered with a fair dose of humor, the reviewer’s message doesn’t get lost.
IMO- A little less profit margin in favor of build quality would serve most manufacturers quite well, I would think.
I normally don’t like posting marketing stuff but in this case I’m making an exception. Why? Quite simply, Sabbath rocks!
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Pioneers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath return with their first studio album since 1995, featuring 11 brand new tracks - 3 of which are exclusive to the deluxe editions!
Check out Sabbath’s official MyPlay store to pre-order the Deluxe CD, 12” heavyweight (180g) vinyl, and Super Deluxe Edition featuring 12” clamshell box containing the deluxe CD, 12” vinyl, DVD, hand written album lyrics and more!
But hurry, the Vinyl and Super Deluxe Editions are available in strictly limited numbers; don’t miss out on your chance to own a piece of heavy metal history while supplies last!
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Onkyo TX-NR525 - Knob Feel Review (by KnobFeel)
Rolling Stone pays tribute to the late great Adam Yauch in the new issue, on sale May 25th. The cover story delves into the Beastie Boys rapper’s complicated, fascinating life and untimely death. In a pair of web exclusives, Yauch’s bandmates Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond speak out for the first time on the death of their friend and partner.
I’m wearing the Focal Spirit One headphones as I write this. I can tell you first hand that they are fantastic. Maybe the 16 yr. olds in the crowd would disagree but these sound way better than my Beats and are wicked stylish to boot.
For years music aficionados have been saying that for all of iTunes wealth of music titles, the music itself has been too compressed. ”iTunes squeezes the life out of the music”, they will tell you. To remedy this situation there have been a number of startups like HD Tracks that have come in to fill the void with high quality downloadable music files.
It could be argued that the average person doesn’t own or use playback equipment that is of sufficient quality to hear the differences between “high rez” files and typical iTunes files. However, with the resurgent popularity of headphones and earphones, a growing population of music listeners do have a method to reap the rewards of less compression and more dynamic range. So high rez sites are going to the bank right? Not so fast! What they have in quality that lack in quantity. Their catalogs are comparatively small. Ay, there’s the rub.
To bridge this gap Apple has announced a mastering tool that they call “Mastered for iTunes”. If it is everything that Apple claims the final product should sound as good as a CD. Does Apple have the answer or have they just continued to validated the audiophile community’s claim? Ars Technica puts “Mastered for iTunes” to the test.
