Building the foundations

Paul McGowan writes ….. I have never understood the purpose of speaker stands for small two-way loudspeakers. If you’re not going to use them on a shelf, as intended, what sense do they make? A small speaker box struggles with bass—it’s just physics. Sacrificing music’s full range for a small box only makes sense in […]

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SPECIALIST RETAILERS: A point of view

Paul McGowan writes: We’ve been spending a lot of time posting about the state of high-end retailers.  I want to let this subject rest for a while and percolate through everyone’s minds.  I will leave you with this thought and model. I hope I am not speaking out of school when I tell you that […]

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“Did you notice the extended highs?” In fact, I did not, but now that ……..

Paul McGowan writes: Our brains edit what we see and hear like a film director’s viewfinder. You’re probably familiar with this concept every time you take a picture of a distant mountain, seascape, or harvest moon and are disappointed with the outcome. What your vision records is entirely different than what the camera sees. Our brains […]

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