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Are vinyl records filters?
Have you ever pondered the fact that many new vinyl releases today actually are recorded, mixed and mastered digitally before being transferred to vinyl? Because many studios today are digital based it’s easier for musicians to [...]
To see or not to see
…that is the question from a great article just published on our magazine PS Tracks. Lawrence Schenbeck, our resident musicologist and fellow Audiophile, writes a wonderful thought piece about Blu Ray opening up the possibility of [...]
Here’s a whacky idea
We’ve been focusing on the importance of the room to a stereo system over the past couple of days. Let’s dive a little deeper. Nelson Pass designed an interesting product called the Shadow a while ago. [...]
Jean Luc Ponty
I am fairly certain that if I asked 10 people to name the instrument that they most associate with jazz, very few, if any of them would name the violin. The gentleman who is the subject [...]
Redo your assumptions
We just released some new software that changed the sound of our PerfectWave DAC. As is normal there’s debate on whether or not those changes are better or worse. For me there’s no question they are [...]
It’s free?
Several readers commented on yesterday’s post about adding features to our free music management program eLyric. The question asked is “why free”? It’s a good question and one that deserves an honest open answer. eLyric was [...]
Why can’t we have both?
Is it a reasonably trade off to give up accuracy for emotional stimulation or vice-versa? I don't see why we can't have both. [...]
Is magic real?
Is magic real? Of course not, but maybe, just maybe our propensity to discover the trick only gets in our way of enjoying the show. [...]
Look for trouble not solutions
Most of us immediately try various fixes and solutions before we actually identify the problem. That's a bad way to diagnose something. [...]
Learning from Budweiser
There's a lot we in the high-end can learn from advertising giants like Budweiser and Bose and here's what it is. [...]
Who is the customer?
Who do designers target their new products to? The dealers who sell them, the customers that may buy them or themselves? [...]
The new bad
I keep thinking audio's getting worse but I am wrong! The new bad is pretty good. [...]
Golden ears and the golden age
Hong Kong reviewer Wing Cheung helps us enjoy our music, our systems and our hearing more by offering a number of helpful tips to protect our brains audio processor and our ears. [...]
Have you ever considered stereo?
The contractor eyed the room, figured he'd have to tear much of it out to add the 5.1 surround system and then turned to the customer and said, "have you considered just stereo instead?" A [...]
Drug dealers
Keeping up with technology is sort of like being hooked on drugs - you always need another fix. But is that all bad? [...]
Dedicated lines
Dedicated lines for your hi-fi system are a good idea and here's why. [...]
Personalities
Every hi-fi system has a personality of its own. What's yours? [...]
Is it pure?
Is our goal in high-end audio to get as close to the original recording, or is it something else? [...]
If you’re lucky enough
If you're fortunate enough to have an audio sanctuary, you're ahead of most of us. [...]
What if no one was there?
If you forward an email, write a comment, make a post and no one reads it, does it matter? [...]
Not so golden ears
Golden ears doesn't have much to do with your hearing ability - rather the connection to your brain. [...]
Passion
Passion is why many of us are involved in the high end, but if your dealer has lost his passion, how can he pass it on to you? [...]
Passion
Passion, it's what people are interested in and it's what's missing with a growing number of high-end dealers. Brad Paulson lays it on the line for us. [...]
The second half
It's pretty straightforward to schedule out the first phases of a project and get the basic structure working, but the second half remains a mystery, yet has perhaps more importance than the first half. [...]
$100K turntables?
Who is going to buy it? Ken Kessler delivers a strong opinion on the state of the high end, the dealers and why high-end audio products are struggling. [...]
Zero calories
Do we really need to know something is 10 times lower in distortions we cannot possible hear? [...]
‘Tis a shame
The masters and luminaries of high-end, at its peak, are still with us but getting older. 'Tis a shame if we lose that info forever. [...]
Stressing out
Preamps and sources get stressed out easily, so give them a break whenever you can. [...]
The lowly receiver
The idea of a receiver, done correctly, is something I think might well go over today. [...]
Getting all your system has III
French Audiophile Florent Duchateau finishes the last article in his three part series on getting the most out of your system without spending any money. [...]
A bias right in the middle
True - which is ne of the reasons we use complimentary symmetry design
A bias right in the middle
But in a sense in your single ended example there is no real middle. I
Odd or even?
So that others can find it on the internet, read it for themselves and
Odd or even?
Why would you mention the individual's name in a post, which I believe
Odd or even?
I've heard this assertion for the longest time and I must say I can't