PS AUDIO: Knowing clearly how your amp will perform within the range of human hearing is a lot more valuable than just simple specs

It might not make much sense when we see an amplifier’s frequency range specified as 10Hz to 60kHz. After all, this kind of extreme frequency range is unusable to humans. Our hearing is limited to 20Hz and 20kHz (and that’s on a good day). But here’s what might be missing. To be flat at the […]

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PLASTICITY

What a great word. noun:1. The quality of being easily shaped or moulded.2. The adaptability of an organism to changes in its environment or differences between its various habitats. Plasticity very much describes our ever-adapting ear/brain mechanism. Unlike our test equipment which we rely upon to be solid and unchanging, our ear/brain mechanism is constantly changing, […]

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INTERCONNECTS: [pre owned] for sale and NONE you will find on ebay!

Today we have Atlas / Audience / Belden / Black Rhodium /Cardas / Chord / Kimber / Krell /Linn / NAIM / Nordost /QED (and many more … ATLAS … https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649667770-atlas-interconnects-and-power-cord/ AUDIENCE … https://www.trademe.co.nz/electronics-photography/home-audio/cables/listing-2879211438.htm AUDIENCE SX … https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649711243-audience-sx-interconnects-selling-two-pairs-1m-and-75m/ AUDIOQUEST … https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649679852-audioquest-audiotruth-rare-diamond-extreme-pair-1-meter-wxlr-interconnects/ AUDIOQUEST … https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649714154-audioquest-water-rca-2m-interconnects-excellent/ AUDIOQUEST … https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649714249-audioquest-golden-gate-rca-interconnects-one-06mt-pair-amp-one-2mt-pair/ AUDIOQUEST WIDE BLUE YONDER … https://www.quoka.de/hifi-audio-tv-video-foto/verstaerker-equalizer-receiver/c7260a308987051/audioquest-wild-blue-yonder-analog.html BELDEN … […]

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AFFORDABLE AUDIO [USA] MAGAZINE – what happened?

Apparently … This was a self published monthly USA based audiophile magazine that is distributed on the web in PDF format for free. The magazine reviewed “affordable” audiophile products which is where we run into problems, the publishers definition of the words affordable and audiophile may or may not coincide with your definition of it. […]

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AUDIO INSIDER

FIRST THINGS FIRST: “What we first turn to may be more important than we sometimes give credence to”

Paul McGowan writes: When evaluating a new piece of gear—perhaps that new Power Plant, DAC, cable, or speaker—what’s the first track of music you turn to? Is it always the same? Does it vary from type to type of gear? In my experience we all have a few go-to pieces of music we rely upon […]

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McIntosh and CONVICTS unveil Voice of Sound narrated by the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

From our archives: McIntosh and digital media brand/creative studio CONVICTS have teamed up to launch Voice of Sound, a new short film that celebrates the history of sound and music, voiced by the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir.  McIntosh partnered with creative studio CONVICTS for the project, both being New York-based brands with a goal of supporting artists […]

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DAN WEISS: Musicians As Audiophiles

Drummer/composer Dan Weiss has wide-ranging musical tastes, superb skills, and a rocking little Rega-based system in his cozy Brooklyn, New York apartment. Dan has drummed with many jazz greats, but it’s his own projects that have generated the greatest interest. He’s a thinking musician’s musician, one who astutely assesses the pros and cons of every […]

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