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  1. What makes something high end?My son Scott is being thrown into the fire without a protective suit, answering hundreds of emails and questions about his new product Sprout; some pretty...
  2. Full circleEver notice how much of what's good comes around full circle? One great example is vinyl. When I was visiting my friends at Music Direct I...
  3. Why?This may be the dumbest post ever. When I was at the last DirectStream demo in Chicago, one of the attendees asked me why I personally...
  4. Take a chanceWhen we step outside our comfort zone we get uncomfortable. Duh. But think about the other side of this multi-sided coin for a moment. Stepping outside...
  5. Keeping it realI was reading some of the comments on Sprout and noticed one poster suggested it couldn't be considered high end because it uses a 3.5mm connector...
  6. Eat wellBefore we get going with today's post I wanted to let my international readers know we opened Sprout up to the rest of the world. As...
  7. Tell me this isn't amazing ...I've written before how your brain fills in much of what you perceive, whether it be sound or vision. You're not directly hearing or seeing what's...
  8. ToscaI gift myself 45 minutes each and every day of the week for "Paul time". I put on my earbuds, I run a few miles through...
  9. Content and CraftIn yesterday's post I spoke about radio stations and how most terrestrial based AM/FM stations have gone down the tubes in their listenability. They are not...
  10. The new receiverAs far back as I can remember there were three types of equipment classifications: receivers, integrateds and separates. Receivers have basically everything inside them, preamp, amp,...
  11. Thank you!In yesterday's post we launched the Kickstarter campaign for Sprout, the little integrated amplifier we're hoping will help change the face of high end audio; appealing...
  12. Grab a Sprout!Sorry this email's a little late and apologies to Keith Copeland who was the actual author of the Hubert Laws story published on Paul's Posts this...
  13. What to do when the lights go outThere's a whole school of instructions for fun things to do in a power outage. People actually get ready, have candles, games, rules, notes and so...