Critic's Corner

Posted by Steven R. Rochlin (R) on February 14, 2008 at 09:01:37

In Reply to: RE: If that is the case, I wish him or them the best of luck. posted by Wade Davis on February 10, 2008 at 17:14:24

Wade,

Thanks for your posting and agree with you on the lacking of the 'hobbyist' side of things as many enjoyed decades ago. Listener was a great magazine and when Art sold it, he lost control and it went out of business shortly thereafter. This was indeed a very sad day for the high-end audio hobbyist.

Your comments are precisely why i asked Joe Roberts to republish articles from Sound Practices magazine within Enjoy the Music.com (plus it is a very cool magazine). My dad taught me to solder at the rip ol' age of 5, and my first day job (was/am also a musician) when i was of age was working at Heathkit electronics. Over the past 12 years, Enjoy the Music.com has reviewed various kits and DIY projects including the recent LS3/5 kit, Bastanis speaker kit, our senior editor Dick Olsher has a speaker kit he designed, Hammer Dynamics Super 12... and am artile written by none other than Kondo-san with schematics so you can build the Ongaku....

Mod articles include Denon 2900 modification, Bolder Cable modified Slim Devices Squeezebox 2, V-Caps mod, ModWright Instruments/Denon 3910 mod... and the factory modified JoLida JD 102B, Bottlehead Paramour ....

Cables are another factor, and many know of the Max Rochlin memorial digital/video cable DIY project, which has been republished in print in Hi-Fi News magazine.

The above is not to break my own arm to pat my back; the point is that i am ALWAYS open to publishing DIY projects, kits, tweaks, mods, etc. This includes having me or one of our writers cover DIY-type shows (check out the PA Tube Show, nyNOISE, and others on Enjoy the Music.com). If you (or anyone reading this) have a great mod or show please feel free to e-mail it to me for consideration.

There are many facets to high-end audio and diversification is better than limited focus imho. Thanks everyone for your time and in the end what REALLY matters is that YOU...

Enjoy the Music,

Steven R. Rochlin

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