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Sunday, 09 September 2018 19:01

Where do the music end and the listening begin?

Written by Miriam Hlavaty

Our perception of reality is a highly individual matter: every day our mind is occupied by trying to create coherence between an unimaginable number of fragments brought to us through our different senses. It is a bit like a game: you're given certain pieces but how you combine them is up to you.

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Tuesday, 09 May 2017 10:02

MusiKraft rebuild the DL-103

Written by Karl Erik Sylthe

DL-103 is a classic legend from Denon. Now the Canadian Company MusiKraft Launch a rebuild of this 55 year old MC.

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Friday, 14 April 2017 06:20

AUDIOPHILE IMPRESSIONS: Recurrence - Magnificent music in Dolby Atmos

Written by Karl Erik Sylthe

Iceland Symphony Orchestra has a new release on the label Sono Luminus. This is the label's first release with soundtracks in Dolby Atmos.

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Wednesday, 15 February 2017 20:08

Soundsmith Hyperion

Written by Morten

The Hyperion is Soundsmith’s bid for a high end cartridge, and I did not have to think twice about wanting to reviewing it or not! Hyperion comes in a lovely wooden box which help build expectations.

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Sunday, 06 November 2016 07:29

AUDIOPHILE IMPRESSION: Ken Thomson - Restless - LP

Written by Karl Erik Sylthe

Composer Ken Thomson has released an LP with two of his compositions. I have been listening to the album Restless.

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Thursday, 15 September 2016 15:27

RECORD NEWS: Composer Ken Thomson Releases New Album Restless

Written by Karl Erik Sylthe

Available for Download and on Vinyl October 28, 2016 (Cantaloupe Music)

Featuring cellist Ashley Bathgate and pianist Karl Larson

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Sunday, 12 June 2016 08:37

10cc Live in Bergen

Written by Karl Erik Sylthe

There is something almost unnatural with this setting - 10cc in Alvøen sound almost as surreal as if Rolling Stones were playing at the local stage on Bremsnes. or Bruhagen. And believe me - I`ve been there nearly half a century ago, but Stones didn`t make it.

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Sunday, 08 May 2016 15:01

REVIEW: Naim Mu-so Qb - the seductive speaker

Written by Karl Erik Sylthe

Compact streaming speakers we fnd around any corner, these days. But some of them are in a totally different League. Say hello to the latest creation from Naim.

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Thursday, 28 April 2016 05:01

AUDIOPHILE IMPRESSION: Pictures & Reflections - different pictures at an exhibition.

Written by Karl Erik Sylthe

Tacet have reissued the album Pictures & Reflections on Blu-ray Audio. Markus Schirmer has recorded the suite Miroirs by Ravel, and the legendary Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. I have been listening to the record.

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Sunday, 24 April 2016 08:14

ChordMusic - new flagship cables from The Chord Company

Written by Karl Erik Sylthe

The Chord Company has launched a new series of signal cables. ChordMusic is placed at the top of the pyramid among the cables from The Chord Company.

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AUDIOPHILE IMPRESSIONS: Recurrence - Magnificent music in Dolby Atmos

Iceland Symphony Orchestra has a new release on the label Sono Luminus. This is the label's first release with soundtracks in Dolby Atmos.

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Composer Ken Thomson has released an LP with two of his compositions. I have been listening to the album Restless.

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There is something almost unnatural with this setting - 10cc in Alvøen sound almost as surreal as if Rolling Stones were playing at the local stage on Bremsnes. or Bruhagen. And believe me - I`ve been there nearly half a century ago, but Stones didn`t make it.

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AUDIOPHILE IMPRESSION: Pictures & Reflections - different pictures at an exhibition.

Tacet have reissued the album Pictures & Reflections on Blu-ray Audio. Markus Schirmer has recorded the suite Miroirs by Ravel, and the legendary Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. I have been listening to the record.

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Marita Sølberg is a significant soprano within the world of opera. Now Simax have released her first solo album, and I've listened to it.

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The Wall hardly needs any introduction, but we can still take a summary presentation for late arrivals among the music listeners. The album The Wall was one of Pink Floyd's Three gratest releases of all times, along with Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. Some would like to claim that it even surpasses "Dark Side", at least if one take into account the Wall's importance as a political and socially critical element.

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Kristian Ferenc Sylthe is a young, talented cellist. Here is his debut as a guest writer with a record review at Audiophile.no, and we hope to bring more articles from his keyboard at later occations each. Read his review of Truls Mørk's performance of Shostakovich's Cello Concerts.

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The Dirty Callahans have published two CDs before. This time they have chosen to release an LP, and I have listened to Never Get Ahead.

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The Norwegian-Swedish band We Float are about to release their debut album Silence. It comes both as LP and digital download, and I've listened to the digital version.

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The Bergen band Ugler i Mosen release a CD with dialect-prog. At least this is their own characteristics, but is it real?

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Belafonte in Carniege Hall

For many years I have tried to collect old pressings of magnificent recordings. I have thought that the old pressings were better than those who came later, simply because they are created by master tapes that were far fresher when they were new, than what they have been gradually. But, here's a frightening experience for us who have collected on the old ones for many years .. About original pressings.

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KVV has released THE CD Flammer by Øystein Wingaard Wolf. I have listened to it.

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Last Sunday of Advent, yet we have only come to Chicago V in the fifth slot in the Chicago calendar.

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