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Issue 26

Issue 26Opening Salvo

I would never overtly diss a legendary Groundhog, but six more weeks of winter? It's going to be 68 deg F here in Boulder today---and 70 tomorrow!I think the weather...

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Something to Talk About

Issue 26FEATURED

Recently, I was thinking about the many topics that my Get Better Sound audio seminar attendees have liked most over the years.  The list is fairly long, but there has been a...

Winter wolves

Issue 26PARTING SHOT

What better image to express winter than a wolf? I ran across this composite photo on a download site and fell in love with it. Both images were originally shot...

Room Tuning is Important!

Issue 26IN MY ROOM

Not only are room design and tuning important,  but having dedicated 30 amp circuits on the same phase are important as well. My audio room was built with several and...

More Changes at McIntosh Group; CEDIA Show Boug...

Issue 26INDUSTRY NEWS

[As reported in last issue’s Industry News, Mauro Grange, CEO of the McIntosh Group, departed. Longtime McIntosh President Charlie Randall was named CEO of the group, and Sonus Faber’s CFO was...

“CNC” Moving Magnet Cartridge Phono Stage Concl...

Issue 26FEATURED

In issues 21 and 23, we featured a DIY phonostage by Jim Langley known as the “CNC” Phono. After losing our first round of printed circuit boards in the mail, we finally have...

Audio Myths

Issue 26FEATURED

I’ve been involved with audio technology since the 1960s, and I’m still surprised—and a bit dismayed—to see the same myths repeated again and again. How “wire” functions is understood fully,...

Steely Dan: Do It Again

Issue 26MUSIC TO MY EARS

No story about the Dan can be told without raising up Roger Nichols. Nichols won 4 Grammy awards for Best Sound Engineer on four Steely Dan recordings, three of which are studio albums worthy of an article on the art...

Spica

Issue 26VINTAGE WHINE

There are some brands that linger in the memory with a special fondness: I’ve previously said that of Weathers, and it certainly applies to Spica as well. Unbelievably enough, Spica closed up shop...

The IoT is Not For Me

Issue 26THE AUDIO CYNIC

I’ve worked in tech fields most of my life: high-performance audio, racing engines, and medical imaging. In spite of that, I admit that in some ways I am a Luddite. The...

Steve Reich: Drumming

AND OTHER ILLNESSESAUDIOIssue 26MUSIC

When I was 17, I discovered the compositional style called Minimalism. I remember the moment very well. It was 1974, the spring of 11th grade, and my mother was downstairs teaching...

Style, Part 1

Issue 26TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Okay, we’ve done some work with Rhythm and Melody. Time to tackle Style, right? Maybe not. Style is way more complicated. When we talk about style in classical music, we’re referring to a music’s particular...