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WHY FLAT: It’s always good to step out of our comfort zones about things we cherish as fixed – like flatness.  I am not sure flatness is a great standard.

When we look at the specs for a piece of audio equipment we want to make sure it doesn’t emphasize or reduce one frequency area over another.  We routinely see flatness specs that are within 1/10th of a dB from below where we can hear to way above where we hear.  These specs make us […]

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Audiophile commodities

Paul McGowan: I was thumbing through a stereo catalog recently and came across a full page presentation for Infinity loudspeakers on the left page and Klipsch loudspeakers on the right page.  The designers of the catalog used photos showing their entire lineup from small to large loudspeaker in a line.  I am sure you know […]

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Fortunately, years later, the stereos I sell now come with a lot easier terms than my first.

In the previous post I told the story of receiving 14 tickets in a row for the same heinous crime: no brake or tail lights on my little red sports car. I promptly threw away all the tickets and went about my business until a cop showed up at the door with a warrant for […]

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PS AUDIO: What is listener fatigue, why does it occur and what is it we can do about it?

Paul McGowan writes: The term “listener fatigue” is something we’re all familiar with and something none of us want.  What is listener fatigue, why does it occur and what is it we can do about it? What’s interesting to me about this subject is there are no measurements, no rules, no clear answers to the […]

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It’s coming from everywhere!

Paul McGowan writes: There are two primary types of reflections in a loudspeaker based stereo system: those that are created from the loudspeakers and those captured on the recording.  To get proper imaging in your system you don’t need both, as any good set of headphones would demonstrate, but since most of us have loudspeakers […]

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