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Notes on music, gear, and the long pursuit of better sound. New most mornings.

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  1. It's just not personal enoughAfter announcing Sprout will launch on Monday, several readers asked "why not just build Sprout into a pair of loudspeakers?" I think it's a legitimate question....
  2. Insider informationI've always heard about these great stock deal where people get insider info and buy cheap. Well, here's one you can get and it's not even...
  3. Dusting the treasures off"It felt a little odd to us to load a CD again but once the tray closed".... This is part of a new review just published...
  4. A low cost enhancementThis may seem obvious to some, but a surprising help to others. Personal space enhancement. If you have a dedicated listening environment it helps to optimize...
  5. Keeping it on the tracksI just love all the old railroad sayings we use: Get it back on track Picking up a head of steam Our project is off track...
  6. It's obviousMany things tend to be obvious only after we get them pointed out to us. On our drive through the mountains we pass through the Eisenhower...
  7. First plucksOne of the tools I use to evaluate equipment is a guitar or stringed instrument pluck. I don't actually have a guitar or stringed instrument to...
  8. Break inOne of the more confusing subjects in our "sport" of high end audio is break in; the tendency for equipment to sound better after some amount...
  9. CourageWe're getting ready to launch my son Scott's Kickstarter campaign for Sprout; the little amp that could. It took a lot of courage for Scott to...
  10. The storage debateI wrote in yesterday's post about the difference in sound quality when switching to battery power; a difference that was not complimentary to the music. I...
  11. Battery powerA number of readers have asked about building their music servers around a laptop; not a bad idea at all and one many choose. And you...
  12. Progress... it comes in many forms but it is always welcome. We reevaluated the memory setting on the Mac Music Server and found that the lower...
  13. New DirectStream reviewOf course I am always pleased to read a new review of any of our products. And mostly they come from the usual suspects. But sometimes...