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

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  1. Round of applauseDave Paananen, who directs our engineering, and I were in Music Room One auditioning a couple of changes to circuitry recently. We were trying to figure...
  2. Whole mattersAnd continuing our thought from yesterday's post, only this time in reverse, isn't it obvious that just because something has all the right stuff it doesn't...
  3. Building a wolfI am mindlessly working out at the gym on the ellipticaltrainer, watching the many TV's and there it appeared. Out of nowhere. I nearly fell off...
  4. Moving the hot seatMost of us think of the hot seat, sometimes better known as the Sweet Spot, as the center chair in front of our loudspeaker pair. And...
  5. FrankensteinHappy new years to you and yours and may 2014 be a great year for us all. PS Audio has a number of new products we're...
  6. My first timeMost of us remember, often with great fondness, our first times. Yes, first times for anything good. Like the first time you heard a high end... My first time
  7. Scary artThere's a lot of controversy in yesterday's postand I actually got some hate mail. Wow, first time for everything. I am not going to defend the... Scary art
  8. Expensive artMost technology based categories of products do not tolerate or encourage art and individuality. Rather, they reward sameness and polish of existing art. Take computers, for... Expensive art
  9. Planting a new seedOne of my readers wrote this in response to my post The gift of music. "My daughter is 16 and part of the MP3 generation. I... Planting a new seed
  10. Feeding and caring for our biasesOver on the Community Forums one of our posters suggested they had previously owned several class D amplifiers and found them to sound thin, cold and...
  11. The gift of musicYesterday was Christmas and as we opened our presents it occurred to me that few of us give music anymore. At least my family doesn't give... The gift of music
  12. That time of yearWinter solstice is on December 21st. It is the shortest day of the year. History is full of celebrations around the solstice, and I am pretty...
  13. 2+2 =Andy, one of my readers, shared with me a special moment that just happened to him: he got the speaker he's lusted after all these years,...