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Do warnings lie?
Do you think the gas meter on your car lies? You know the one – it tells you there are 10 miles to empty. I am guessing it’s “conservative” which is a kind way to say inaccurate. [...]
I am 100% certain!
I always smile when one of our customers has a problem and he is “100% sure” it cannot be this or it cannot be that causing it. In almost every case I have dealt with over [...]
Who cares?
Why do some speakers sound like music while others sound like anything but music? My chief engineer Bob Stadtherr was trying to find a problem in one of our DACS and was having trouble hearing the [...]
Computers in the listening room
Spending time in Holland this week speaking with people about streaming audio brings home a point made to me over and over – “I don’t want a computer in my listening room”. This even with the [...]
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. [...]
Shame on you
Shame on you for buying online. Really? What century are you from? There's no shame in buying online but there is shame in buying from those who conduct their business on the backs [...]
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. [...]
Banished
The 200C power amplifier had a few hiccups when it was first introduced - one of them was it could erupt into a ball of fire - and it happened at the worst possible moment. [...]
The new bad
I keep thinking audio's getting worse but I am wrong! The new bad is pretty good. [...]
Drop the drum!
A great story harking back to the days of the Chicago CES, an Oracle turntable, the Infinity IRS and Max Townshends great Rock turntable [...]
Technology brands
There are two basic camps of people when it comes to technology: those interested in new and innovative vs. those that want old and trusted. Which camp are you in? [...]
What is an Audiophile?
Yesterday's post stirred up a hornet's nest of controversy with some feeling like my post about perfection was meant as a dig at our quest for musical nirvana. Nothing could be further from the truth. [...]
The showman
Harvey Rosenberg was a great asset to the high-end community and I was just reminded of one of his many antics at CES. Good for a laugh. [...]
Drug dealers
Keeping up with technology is sort of like being hooked on drugs - you always need another fix. But is that all bad? [...]
Is it pure?
Is our goal in high-end audio to get as close to the original recording, or is it something else? [...]
Building project
We take our high end systems personally as opposed to a commodity and this is exactly the right thing to do. [...]
The creation of the Absolute Sound
HP responds to yesterday's post with one of his own about the beginning of TAS. [...]
Can you do it for $1000?
OK, we have just demonstrated how great high-end audio sounds, now what can someone do about buying a package? [...]
Getting around the new PS website
PS Audio launched a new website recently and here's how to take full advantage of all that's there. [...]
Stanley Clarke-Living Bass Legend
Stanley Clarke is perhaps one of the best bass players to have ever lived. Anyone interested in the Jazz artform should read this article by Keith Copeland on one of our greatest living legends of [...]
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. [...]
More Mystery Composers
Once again, Lawrence Schenbeck tests your knowledge with a quiz on two classical composers, widely separated by time and space. [...]
Selling Corvettes
In yesterday’s post I pointed you to Brad’s article about having passion for high-end audio and how many high-end dealers seem to be missing the passion. He used selling Corvettes as an example. I got a [...]
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. [...]
Golden ears
Most people believe they can't hear the differences between a low end system and a high end system - and of course that's wrong. [...]
$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? [...]
Thimk different
Focusing design efforts on making what everyone else is already doing better is a dead end street in many cases [...]
A new day
The last in a three part series of how we might resurrect the local high-end audio dealer and what it would take. [...]
Too much noise
Some people can't buy anything or go anywhere without first finding out what the reviews say. Is that you? [...]
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