Coming from a family with a strong musical background, stepping into music was a ‘no-brainer’ for Clay Krasner. His passion for music was recognized early and encouraged by his father – a musician and a choir director for both school and church. Starting with piano lessons, Clay eventually discovered the guitar and, later on, the […]
Month: June 2020
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Paul McGowan writes: I was chatting with one of our customers on a recent tour of our facilities and he asked if it would be overkill to strive for higher sampling rates and greater bit depth in recordings given the fact current 192kHz 24 bit recordings exceed (by far) the limits of human hearing and […]
Which one or how would you compare the two. I realize the Rowland is lower in power rating. Audio Research LS3 Sonus Faber Toy Towers Opus NuForce Special Edition Furman Elite 20 amp power conditioner Dedicated 20 amp power with hospital grade outlet Cardas cables Dip in and out HERE
Paul McGowan writes: Just when we thought we had it all figured out along comes a new form of distortion to tackle: software jitter. The culprit here is, unfortunately, a very necessary component in the chain of digital audio – the CPU (central processing unit) itself. We first noticed this problem when we started releasing […]
Paul McGowan writes: Ok, I’ll admit it – I am a Bassaholic and instead of trying to cure myself, I am most comfortable embracing and supporting my addiction. Yup, a system without deep, low and impressive bass isn’t my cup of tea and as many of my reader know, I believe the only way to […]
I’m sitting within 4 metres of my speakers, would more distance help or does this gave nothing to do with it.. ? Continues HERE
Paul McGowan … If I walk into a restaurant and open the menu to be faced with 100 different choices: Italian, American, a little bit of this and a little bit of that I have learned it’s time to run and find another. In my experience the more choices on a menu the more mediocre […]
Paul Wilson writes: During a recent discussion with an audiophile friend, the subject of the future of audio dealers came up. All audiophiles know the dealer network has suffered over the last twenty years. Where they were once found in most any modestly sized city, they now seem confined to larger metropolitan areas. Quite a […]
Paul McGowan writes: One of the biggest myths I routinely encounter in high end audio is what I call the Bass Myth; “my speakers go to 30Hz and below and I don’t need a subwoofer”. I have travelled the world over and rarely ever do I hear proper bass. The number of speakers that can […]
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I’m getting back into vinyl and need some suggestions. Please don’t suggest belt drives!!! Better yet, let’s mention only vintage DD turntables, since I feel they are superior to anything being manufactured today. 63 suggestions HERE
This anti audiophile retailer thread starts ….. Crystal ball gazing, who is into it. If you look at our hobby in 10 years will it be the same, how will it be managed and supplied. Lots of changes (and lots of same old, just less of it) in the last 10 years, does it just […]
Following recent revelations on the “Do all competently…” thread, it seemed sensible to me to open this as a thread in itself. For my own part I think that when reading people’s posts I would like to know whether they have any interest or involvement in the industry, and especially in the products being discussed. […]
Meridian Audio had an intriguing visitor yesterday: musician and high-definition music campaigner Neil Young, the founder of Pono, a hi-res music service, dropped in for a meeting with Meridian founder Bob Stuart. Continue
I decided to buy a vintage stereo. Theres not a huge amount of options to purchase locally , Over the last two weeks I bought what I thought was the best I could find on a poor mans budget. I got a Sansui Au505 that had just been fully recapped and restored, A pair of […]
I recently moved house. This fact meant my home made speakers built on principles advocated by Royd and now NVA wouldn’t fit in the new smaller listening room. So I purchased as a stop gap a pair of wharfedale dimond 10.3 floorstanders {80% discount at richer sounds ] There were dire ‘So I modified them […]
First, please excuse me for asking simple questions. I have looked around but cant find the answer to all the below given in a straightforward way I can understand. After about 16 years of hifi inactivity I’ve been upgrading a bit lately and after a bit of faffing around, have settled with my Naim – […]
Q: Gentlemen – what is damping factor and is it important? Thanks. A: Well, rather than wander about trying to explain this (we could, but not very interestingly) we decided to look up one of industry’s smarter and more articulate experts; Paul McGowan of PS Audio. This is what he has to say: The damping […]
As Chester Rice, co-inventor of the moving-coil loudspeaker, once ruefully observed: “The ancients have stolen our inventions.” So often, what is painted as new and innovative turns out to be something someone thought of long before. We have a habit of forgetting, and that applies not only to inventions, but to knowledge of other kinds […]