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

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  1. Have you ever noticed?... that we don't notice things until we hear something different? That we don't notice there's no body to a cymbal until we hear one that...
  2. Close but no cigarWe got close. Really close. The technician finished stuffing the new input stage, our chief engineer Bob Stadtherr brought it up and tested it, he and...
  3. Going against the grainI promised in yesterday's post I'd tell you what I preparing to implement to improve the high frequency performance of the proposed PerfectWave power amplifier, and...
  4. Rolling the diceI have often thought of my life as one lived by different people. I feel distinctly different than when I was a boy, a teenager and... Rolling the dice
  5. Reverse Bass SetupReader Ed Houck reminds me of one of the best methods for bass setup. It’s nearly foolproof and works not only for bass and subwoofers, but...
  6. How about another round?In yesterday's post A fish story my Chinese distributor suckered me into eating a snake, something I would never have considered doing since I was a... How about another round?
  7. A fish storyNo, this isn't about the one that got away. It's about the one that bit me. Twice. Our story begins in China, somewhere in the hinterlands...
  8. Remote controlled volumeOops. In yesterday's post keep the lights on I left out a key word in my sentence "There's no convincing me that kit that's been on...
  9. Keep the lights onMy post Standby started an interesting dialog about the benefits and misgivings of leaving your equipment on for best sound. Warm up, burn in, sounding better... Keep the lights on
  10. It's not what real people listen toTrying to describe to one of our vendors the difference between a great recording and a so,so recording elicited an interesting response. "I think I understand,... It's not what real people listen to
  11. It's not what real people listen toTrying to describe to one of our vendors the difference between a great recording and a so,so recording elicited an interesting response. "I think I understand,... It's not what real people listen to
  12. StandbyHave you ever noticed that most "power" buttons on equipment front panels don't actually turn the power on or off? In fact, most of them are...
  13. Balancing music vs. gearMany of my readers write to me in defense of the love of music vs. the love of the gear. And sure, who would argue that...