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1. Paul's PicksI have written many times about some of the musical selections I rely upon to evaluate speakers, electronics and cables. I am often asked for a...December 13, 2014
2. How do you know?...when you're right? It's a great question. If we design by listening and that listening is performed on an imperfect system, playing in an imperfect room...December 12, 2014
3. It might sound good... but nothing's perfect, not even live music; it has imperfect venues to be played in. We were discussing complementary transistors: PNP and NPN devices. They...December 11, 2014
4. An idea worth spreadingChristmas is fast approaching and we are reminded this is a time of giving. There are many in our community that haven't as much as we...December 10, 2014
5. ComplementsOne of the reasons people tend to like the sound of single device amplifiers is inherent in their very design: a single 'sex' device. By 'sex'...December 9, 2014
6. 22499After what's turned out to be a rather lengthy discussion in these pages about balanced circuitry I was prepared to move on today. Recent postings by...December 8, 2014
7. True balancedWhen we use the term 'true balanced' we mean a circuit that is balanced from input to output, as opposed to one that is balanced only...December 7, 2014
8. Marketing vs. expectationsIf a marketing person tells you their circuit is balanced, then you have a reasonable expectation you will enjoy the full benefits of balanced audio. In...December 6, 2014
9. Resolving differencesIn my earlier posts about balanced audio I used an audio transformer for the input to our amplifier. This was easy to show how to identical...December 5, 2014
10. True balanced?For many years audio equipment gave only token acceptance to balance outs and ins. Treated more as a courtesy or 'sure, we have them too' attitude,...December 4, 2014
11. Too deepI fear in yesterday's post I may have lost a few of you: too technical, too many drawings and things to wade through. My apologies. Let...December 3, 2014
12. Push or pullIn yesterday's post I showed a classic SET tube amplifier. I displayed this because I wanted to show you how distortion products in amplifiers are made,...December 2, 2014
13. Another solutionI had mentioned in the post of a few days ago the biggest culprit for hum, due to ground loop differences, is the CATV (Cable TV)...December 1, 2014