July 22, 2021

Deep Listening with ISCHIFI Los Angeles Residency

Los Angeles slow-music champs In Sheep’s Clothing have returned to physical space at Neuehouse Hollywood with dedicated listening sessions on a high-end sound system curated by Common Wave Hi-fi which is running until August 21.
September 28, 2021

Archetype: Marantz Model 7 Stereo Preamplifier – Phonographic Icon of the 20th Century

The Marantz Model 7 Stereo Preamplifier which came to market in late 1958 would garner the distinction of being one of the most legendary components in the history of home audio.
October 14, 2021

Heavy Rotation: Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model

Just like today, gloomy mid-‘70s London pubs were redolent with the scent of stale beer, sweat, cigarettes and the promise of a smile or a wink under the wan lighting. The difference between then and now, is that pub windows no longer flex under the punitive fury of British new wave icons the likes of skinny-suited, bespectacled, and whippet-thin Declan Patrick MacManus, better known as Elvis Costello.