Month: March 2023

'Legend Rider': Man Leaves Internet Stunned By Performing Dangerous Stunts In Well Of Death

Many extreme sports are performed across India, from Jallikattu to bull riding. But, one such sport from yesteryears, ‘Maut Ka Kuan’ or well of death or motordrome, still has its loyal admirers.  In this extreme sport, motorcyclists and bikers ride along the vertical wooden walls, performing death-defying stunts. The centrifugal force and friction hold the…

By JohnValbyNation March 10, 2023 0

The Music Problem

I remember the exact moment I became an audiophile. It was 1954. I was 12 years old. My father’s friend, Mitch Rose, wanted to buy a “hi-fi set,” which was what they called them in those days. Mitch asked my father to go with him to help pick one out. My father asked if I…

By JohnValbyNation March 10, 2023 0

The BSC Research/Apple Tree Room

The Apple Tree owner and distributor of BSC Research speakers must have done some research on what it would take to put this hard-nosed reporter on his good side because the first he did when I walked into his room was offer me a microbrewery beer. So sneaky. I took a rain check on the…

By JohnValbyNation March 10, 2023 0

Mission 770 loudspeaker

Some audio experiences stick in your memory. For me, one such was in 1978, which I reminisced about in a 1987 review for Stereophile of the Mission PCM 7000 CD player, Mission 780 Argonaut loudspeaker, and Cyrus Two integrated amplifier. Mission founder Farad Azima (footnote 1) was a driving force in the UK audio scene…

By JohnValbyNation March 10, 2023 0

Songer Audio/Whammerdyne Audio

Two relative newcomers from Oregon made me ponder the question: Does West Coast-based audio differ from its East-Coast brethren? That’s definitely the case with East- vs West-Coast jazz and hip-hop. I don’t know the answer. What say you? Ken Songer’s two-way, open-baffle, dipole, S2 loudspeaker (specified as 30Hz–20kHz, ±6dB, and 93dB) ($37,000/pair) features a front…

By JohnValbyNation March 10, 2023 0