Paul's Posts

It is tempting to imagine turning up the shower's hot water gets us warmer, but it is not true. In fact, the hot water temperature in our homes shouldn't vary.... Read more...

Organic audio

Most of us are aware that consuming too many processed foods is bad for us. Eating what nature made as opposed to what comes out of a factory vat is... Read more...

The hustle

A friend of mine sent me a link from the Washington Post. I clicked it and was informed that while the article was a gift, they require me to sign up for... Read more...

The importance of the source

It's easy to think that everything following the source is where the magic happens, but that might be a bit misguided. Even the best systems only amplifies the good and bad... Read more...

The myth problem

"The only way to truly judge minute changes in circuitry is through double blind A/B testing." How did this myth of the double blind come into the popular culture and... Read more...

Torture test

When we run our standard tests for a circuit we send a single frequency tone through it, ignore the output of that tone, and look to see what shouldn't be... Read more...

Scale

It's not news that I am a passionate advocate for the use of subwoofers. I've been called everything from a bass freak to simply crazy—especially when I first took possession... Read more...

Heads or tails

If you're trying to win at a coin toss, there's no way to game the system. Regardless of whether you start with heads or tails, the outcome's always going to be... Read more...

Bits is bits

One of the promises of digital audio was its imperviousness to the vagaries of vinyl and tape. Unlike it's analog precursor, digital audio could be endlessly copied, transported over any... Read more...

Music or sound effects

We audiophiles are a pretty predictable bunch. Go to any audio trade show and you'll hear the same music coming out of the majority of the rooms. How many times... Read more...

Game changers

My ears perk up every time I hear someone use the term of today's headline. When we make an adjustment or replacement that's big enough to rename the game it's more... Read more...

Learning and dancing

Memorizing a complex set of dance moves does not make you a dancer anymore than familiarizing yourself with loudspeaker setup procedures makes your system sing. Learning the art of setup... Read more...

When it gets personal

News is little more than noise until it becomes personal. A big snowstorm in another state isn't all that interesting, but a few feet out your front door gives you... Read more...

Milestones

The term "milestones" originates from the Roman Empire, where physical stone markers were placed along roads to indicate distances. These markers, called miliaria in Latin (sounds like a disease), were... Read more...

Embracing the new

Tomorrow starts yet another year and, as always, we hope for a better one than the last, though truth be told, it wasn't a bad year at all. This got... Read more...

Priorities

Have you ever noticed how outside appearances often set our opinion on what's inside? An angry or friendly look on someone's face sets the stage for what we think is... Read more...

Value

I love new toys, tech, and gadgets. I go out of my way to find the best of the best whether it's stereo kit, recording equipment, computers, or automobiles. Yet,... Read more...

Rethinking

Sometimes our reference standards change to such a degree they turn everything upside down. Such is the case with the new Listening Lab music room we just built. So much... Read more...

Tweak or upgrade?

Luca, one of our HiFi Family members from Italy, posted: "New tires can’t turn a MINI into a BMW X5! I’m a big advocate of the theory components-first-then-tweaking!" And I... Read more...

Music's connection

As infants, we learn to recognize voices, tones, and auditory cues. The sound of a mother's gentle voice gets associated with comfort, while a sharp or harsh tone may alert us... Read more...

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