Month: June 2024

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Swampscott has settled a long-standing dispute with Holcim US (aka Aggregate Industries) that included a federal lawsuit filed over blasting restrictions the town had hoped to impose as part of an annual permit. Click Here: The Select Board had repeatedly extended the previous permit amid often-contentious arguments — both legally and publiclyRead moreRead more

Nordost’s entry-level “Leif” line of cabling has just taken a major step forward with the introduction of Leif Series 3 (“Leif 3”). Gauge and terminations on the entire Leif series—White Lightning 3, Purple Flare 3, Blue Heaven 3, Red Dawn 3—have been upgraded. Even the lowest-price power cable has increased gauge plus the welcome additionRead moreRead more

German analog powerhouse Acoustic Signature roared into High End Munich with a trio of new products: two feature-packed phono stages and a cutting-edge tonearm. Their booth was a showcase of gleaming AS equipment, from precision tonearms and turntables, including the behemoth Invictus Neo, to meticulously crafted, matte-finish phono stages. AS’s Gunther Frohnhöfer proudly manned theRead moreRead more

2011 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR Voxativ Ampeggio loudspeaker 2011 RUNNERS-UP (in alphabetical order) Ayre Acoustics DX-5 Blu-ray player Ayre Acoustics K-5xeMP line preamplifier Bowers & Wilkins 800 Diamond loudspeaker Classé CT-M600 & CA-M600 monoblock power amplifiers dCS Debussy D/A processor Kuzma 4Point tonearm Magico Q5 loudspeaker Musical Fidelity AMS100 power amplifier Sony SS-AR1 loudspeaker VividRead moreRead more

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Last night’s (6/3) episode of WWE Raw on USA Network averaged 1.679 million viewers, in line with the 1.690 the prior week and the previous five-week average of 1.663 million. Although Liv Morgan kissing Dominik Mysterio went viral on social media over the last, itRead moreRead more

I followed the throng towards the Straight2Tape booth. A darkened entryway beckoned, promising access to a hidden music haven. But as I neared, the illusion shattered. The passageway was a masterfully crafted cardboard facade, complete with lifesize musicians frozen in mid-performance, a gleaming microphone outstretched, and a realistic pop filter catching the nonexistent light. ARead moreRead more

It has been more than a decade since 2012, when Lyra launched the original Atlas moving coil cartridge as the company’s flagship, but in the intervening years, there have been a few updates. First, in 2016, Lyra introduced what they call the SL versions of the Atlas and also the Etna. These cartridges were designedRead moreRead more

During a ferocious storm one recent Saturday, firefighters knocked on my door and urged my family and me to evacuate. The gale had smashed loose a neighbor’s large propane tank and plunged it into the choppy waters of the fjord we live on. An explosion was possible, we were told. Five minutes later, our teenageRead moreRead more

LA GRANGE, IL – Lyons Township High School decided against developing a block schedule because no benefit could be found with such a change, an official said this week. Earlier this year, the school formed a committee to examine a “modified block schedule.” With such a schedule, students on certain days would have longer classRead moreRead more

BABYLON, NY — “Delicious” Diesel is a resident of the Babylon Animal Shelter and is the Pet of the Week. He’s an American pitbull who’s around “six years young,” long-time shelter volunteer Christine Franke told Patch. He’s been in the shelter for a year and a half, which Franke said is “way too long forRead moreRead more