HiFi Critic write ….. Listening tests reveal significant sound quality differences between various digital music storage technologies. Article By Andrew Harrison and Stephen N. Harris. Press ‘play’ on the remote control, and the chosen music selection sounds out into the room, sweet and clear. However, instead of […]
Month: December 2020
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Pace, Rhythm, and Timing. How do stereo systems make PRat and why are some better than others? Do the Brits value PRaT more than North Americans? Watch Now Paul McGowan
It’s why we don’t like tone controls or, for that matter, anything not focused on purity—except when the unpure is packaged as perfectionist. I remember when Mark Levinson’s second company Cello launched the Audio Palette, itself a tone control. But it was expensive, in a beautiful chassis, and helped remove the stigma associated with tone […]
There’s an often quoted misconception that studio monitors are better than high-end speakers or vice versa. What are the differences? Watch Now
In one of my posts called The Man Cave, I stirred up a bit of controversy about the decline of the dedicated audio sanctuary. Several people asked me if I wanted to see these go away and be replaced. No. I think having a dedicated audio or home theater room is a great thing to […]
Paul McGowan writes: I was privileged to speak in front of the San Francisco Audiophile Society several days ago. There, a fine group of like-minded folks and I spent time together in the living room of our hosts, Joe and Debbie, playing music on a pair of Albert Von Schweikert’s VR-55 Aktive speakers and an […]
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
In September of 1928, Alexander Flemming happened to notice that some bacteria he was culturing in a Petri dish died – apparently because of a mold that had unexpectedly grown in the dish. This chance observation led to the discovery of penicillin “the wonder drug” that has perhaps saved more lives than any other drug. […]