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HP48 Headphone Amp

by MAM  |  reviewed by John Baccigaluppi

Most of the focus of the audio industry goes into making new, innovative products, so it's nice to see someone go after the functional necessity side of things. MAM (Music and More) is a small German...

POD Pro

by Line 6  |  reviewed by Larry Crane

I'm an old school kinda guy, so when a POD Pro found its way into the rack at my studio I just kept laughing at the idea of really using it on electric guitars - and I usually don't. I've only plugged...

DA-BM6A powered monitors

by Dynaudio Acoustics  |  reviewed by Larry Crane

My search for nearfield monitors is temporarily over. I finally stopped reading reviews or looking at ads and took another engineer's endorsement (Bruce Kaphan in San Francisco) to heart and ordered a...

Sparkle Drive Guitar Pedal

by Voodoo Lab  |  reviewed by Mike Caffrey

Have you ever plugged a nice guitar into a good amp and gotten a really nice sound that fell short because it was too plain? This pedal solves that problem. When I think of Bruce Springsteen's guitar...

Dragonfly mic

by B. L. U. E.  |  reviewed by Larry Crane

Ever since I had to return my review copy of the Audio Technica 4047, I'd been feeling that there was a hole in my mic collection. I needed a good quality condenser mic with the sort of pronounced...

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Airline People

by For Stars | reviewed by Curtis Settino

"These recordings are outtakes from our first two U.S. albums," states the inner sleeve of this 15- minute CD. I don't know this band, so it's impossible for me to tell if these are simply songs that...

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Vinyl Killer CD

by Drums and Tuba | reviewed by Curtis Settino

Drums, tuba and... oh yeah, guitar mix together to create a very interesting and enjoyable instrumental sound. Overdubs of other horns, percussion and electronics fill out the arrangements. Produced...

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Come To Where I’m From CD

by Joseph Arthur | reviewed by Leigh Marble

This is one of those albums where the material and the production compliment each other so well it's hard to believe that anyone could dream it up, much less actually get it on tape. Here you get dark...

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duet for clarinet and goat CD

by Pete Krebs/ Danny Barnes | reviewed by Larry Crane

No, there's no goat on here. Instead, we're treated to Danny Barnes (Bad Livers, plus solo) and Pete Krebs (Hazel, Golden Delicious, solo stuff) hanging out at Danny's home studio doing some wacky...

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999 Levels of Undo CD

by Steve Fisk | reviewed by Larry Crane

Steve Fisk is a Northwest producer of note, a sometimes member of Pell Mell, one half of Pigeonhed and a procrastinator. We've been waiting 14 years to hear a new record and this is it. Keyboards,...

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Duluth Does Dylan CD

by Various Artists | reviewed by Larry Crane

It's not often that we think of the people who design gear as recording engineers. This CD features a bunch of artists from Duluth, Minnesota, doing Bob Dylan covers - which guarantees that the...

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Consciousness CD/LP

by Windy & Carl | reviewed by Roman Sokal

Finally. It has been almost three long years since Windy Weber and Carl Hultgren took a plunge into sonic depths. And now, the duo surface with Consciousness- a welcoming release of ambience of which...

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