We’ve all heard of film caps costing upwards of a hundred dollars and gold plated connectors more expensive than diamond rings. Why don’t manufacturers use them more? Are they simply hocukm or real? Watch Now
Month: June 2018
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It’s happened to us all. A kid or an adult mistakenly pushes in the dome of a metal or soft tweeter and bingo! We’re out of luck. What happens if we pop it back out? Is it damaged? Are there any tricks to rescuing one? Watch Now
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a high-efficiency loudspeaker? Why aren’t all loudspeakers high efficiency? Watch Now
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Amplifier companies advertize ultra wide bandwidth power amplifiers but what does that term mean and how does it relate to sound quality? Watch Now
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a high-efficiency loudspeaker? Why aren’t all loudspeakers high efficiency? Watch Now
Not many stereo systems can come close to reproducing the peak levels of live music. In fact, I’ll step out onto the ledge and say you’ve never heard a speaker that can even come close to live levels. I know that I haven’t. And, yet, we believe our systems get close to the sound of […]
Bi-wiring, bi-amplification. How does all this work and why would anyone with a pair of loudspeakers make this happen? Watch Now
Dynamic range describes the difference between soft and loud. What’s not defined is how soft or how loud—only the magnitude between the two—which is a problem if the softest sounds fall below the threshold of audibility. When that happens the range of dynamics is truncated, a fact not apparent when quoting dynamic range figures. I’ll […]
When DC contaminates the AC power line what can you do? Add a DC blocker. Paul explains how these work and why they are effective. Watch Now
There’s an often quoted misconception that studio monitors are better than high-end speakers or vice versa. What are the differences? Watch Now
If the final step in designing products at PS Audio involve voicing the product in the listening room, what reference materials does PS use? Watch Now
Roger Skoff writes: There’s an old joke about a concert that doesn’t start on time and has the audience getting progressively and ever-more-vociferously restless until, finally – after however long — a man in a tuxedo (probably the impresario) comes out on stage and announces that the performance has been canceled and that all ticket […]
If the source has an XLR output but the amp it feeds has only a coaxial RCA input can you use an XLR adaptor without compromising sound quality? Continues HERE
What would happen if you took a bunch of low-cost bookshelf speakers and turned them into a line array? Is it possible? Paul explains the hows and why of building line array loudspeakers for this do it yourself project. Continues HERE
We see an influx of foreign designed and manufactured high-end stereo products in the marketplace these days. What does that mean and how does it affect US design and manufacturing companies? Continues HERE
Small rooms can easily overload with bass so does it make sense to add a subwoofer within smaller confines? Continues HERE