Highly acclaimed jazz pianist, composer and singer Patricia Barber will be launching a new collection of jazz standards entitled Clique, on August 6th. In the meanwhile you can listen to the lead single “This Town” […]
Author Archives: Panagiotis Karavitis
Before we get to True Life Audio, I would like to tell you a story. Once upon a time there was this handsome young prince doctor busting his cojones working for the local health system trying to make living. Oh, he did reviews too and show coverage when night shifts allowed him to. Those days are over, the doctor moved to the Greek island of Zakynthos and set up a private practice and they lived happily ever after. And that’s that. So nowadays my glorious ATC–ASR–Rockna-Garrard system is no more, details to follow. Time is a bit of an issue, the good doctor gained a couple of daughters in the meanwhile but he is looking to get back to one of his greatest passions, meaning listening to classic music. And over the last few months he found the perfect opportunity to return in style, with one hell of a system, even if on a loan. Hors d’oeuvre and soup, cables and sources Buckle up, this is going to be quite a feast. But before we get to True Life Audio, once again, let’s see what’s left from my previous system. For starters the cables are all pretty much the same. […]
Long time, no see, dear readers. I was hoping to be back with something a bit lighter — the 2020 Munich High-End coverage was on my to-do list along with a couple of reviews. All of a sudden, I have plenty of time, but for the wrong reason: Greece and most of the European countries are on lockdown for almost two weeks now fearing the worst. The worst is actually here for northern Italy and Spain, with France, the UK and the US only trailing a few days back in terms of confirmed cases. The numbers are not as important as one might think as each country has a different testing pattern. There is absolutely no way Italy has a true 10% death rate, it obviously boils down to how many tests are performed. If you test those who are blatantly positive you end up with some nasty looking numbers, but in the end, the mortality rate is much, much lower (probably under 2%). This number, <2%, doesn’t sound all that scary but combined with a few other factors it is. The incubation period is of a week or so with many patients having only the lightest if no symptoms […]
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