Rational Wiki writes: Audio woo consists of unsupportable claims for devices or methods for getting better sound quality from systems that reproduce recorded music. Such claims are made by manufacturers, hobbyists, and writers in the field. An audiophile is someone dedicated to producing the highest possible fidelity in the playback of music. While this is […]
Month: December 2017
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This is a controversial subject, but if you want your masters to be the best, it’s worth looking into – vs. just assuming any one theory. There has been a long-held thought that digital can be transferred, cloned, copied, converted etc. and the sound stays the same. Numbers are numbers, right? They are… if […]
From time to time and on some but not all forums an audiophile magazine reviewer is used as a scapegoat for every illness in the industry. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that the more aggressive / virulent posters are those hiding behind anonymity. However that’s not the point of this piece nor indeed that […]
Originally published 2010 You would not believe how many e-mails I have received over time from fellow music lovers and audiophiles that start out with, “My Hi-Fi system sucks, I need some advice …” or a variation on that. Most of the time people ask me about getting a new piece of Hi-Fi gear that […]
Here were my thought processes in coming up with my ‘design’: Vintage speakers use large woofers in sealed enclosures and I like the sound of them, notwithstanding their other drawbacks. I’ve yet to hear a modern, ported, slim line speaker that doesn’t eventually fatigue the ears in some way, although they seem miraculous for their […]
HP’s’s introductory note: It’s with pleasure that Neil and I welcome Ray back as guest contributor. Those of you who’ve followed his contributions will acknowledge, as indeed we do here in the office that his direct, cogent and compelling writing style is refreshing. Meanwhile as I type this I’m listening to Etta James – Hush […]