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  1. Burning discsDon Craine, a Paul's Post reader, asked that I spend a few minutes answering questions about preparing a CD for ripping. Is prep important, what does...
  2. Open mindsOne of the hardest tasks for me, on a personal level, is keeping an open mind. On the one hand I jump at the news of...
  3. The preamp debateNow that DirectStream's are entering people's systems the setup questions begin: chief among them is direct to the amp or through a preamp? This is not...
  4. Endless horizonsOn our Community Forums there's talk of tweaking out the DirectStream DAC already: changing internal wiring, removing filters, adding better ones, making tweaks that seem obvious....
  5. Absolute ReferencesHave you ever noticed that something can be "perfect" until you hear it slightly different? What you thought was right changes almost instantly when you hear...
  6. ConversionsI promised earlier I'd give a brief tutorial on how to convert one format to another on your computer using iTunes. Yes, there are perhaps better...
  7. Processor powerI wrote an opinion in my post of two-days ago about the idea that it is the processing power requirement of decoding lossless compressed audio that...
  8. Munich video releasedAs promised, I put together a video from the Munich High End Show for you. You can click this link to watch it. I had my...
  9. Here's a simple set of tipsI promised to get back to the Mac Mini server I built and shared with you how to do it. This'll be a bit of a...
  10. Taking inventoryWhen's the last time you took inventory of your system's components? As an experiment I did, as recently as of yesterday, and was surprised at the...
  11. Distance makes the heart grow fonderI want to apologize and correct for a mistake I made in yesterday's post The Strangest Tweak. I erroneously attributed the resonator to HiFi Tuning when,...
  12. The strangest tweak everWhile at the Munich High End show in walks Michael and Andreas Jungblut from AHP a small German company known for their fuses. I was asked...
  13. Goodbye MunichWhen you're reading this it'll be a day later than when I wrote it. Such is the power of scheduling! After closing up the Munich high...