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  1. What happens ...When there's no more physical media to play from? No physical media to read books from? Reader Wim Moring of Japan wrote to me suggesting the...
  2. The problem with betterThis post is for those following along in the Music Room One saga. After Arnie Nudell came to reposition and adjust the IRSV system for optimum...
  3. ExpertsYesterday I messed up. Offended a lot of people. Got a lot of hate mail. It is interesting what you learn when you 'go public' with...
  4. Sorry ...In this morning's post I mistakenly characterized British law as 'guilty till proven innocent' and many of you have written expressing outrage at that statement's inaccuracy....
  5. White powdered wigsIn my rudimentary understanding of British law, everyone's guilty until proven innocent. The opposite seems to be the case in the US, we're all innocent until...
  6. Summing it all upI think one of the major advantages to bi-amping is using different amps: each with their own qualities to add to the mix. I know this...
  7. If it were me ...If I were designing a loudspeaker system and wanted it not for commercial release but just for myself, I'd bi-amp it or even tri-amp it, using...
  8. Is one enough?Recently we've been chewing the fat on bi-wiring, now it's time to take it up a notch: bi-amping. Bi-amping is the ultimate bi-wiring. Not only do...
  9. Building cablesIf you want to make a decent sounding speaker cable it's not terribly difficult. Go down to Home Depot and buy yourself a roll of 12/3...
  10. Mix and matchYesterday I promised we'd go over one of the significant advantages of using separate speaker cables for the top and bottom end of the loudspeaker. The...
  11. Star wiringYesterday I wrote about bi-wiring and shotgun wiring to your loudspeakers. Bi-wire uses a separate high and low loudspeaker cable feeding two separate inputs on your...
  12. Bi-wireHow daring are you with your system? Have you ever tried to bi-wire it? Bi-wiring means to split the output power from your amplifier into two...
  13. Minority reportIn a conversation with a customer over the weekend the question was posed to me: "Do you think it'll ever be possible to bring high-performance sound...