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  1. Sharing one's passionWe've probably beat this topic of being an Audiophile to death. The discussion sparked a few ideas about how we might get together in service of...
  2. Sharing one's passionWe've probably beat this topic of being an Audiophile to death. The discussion sparked a few ideas about how we might get together in service of...
  3. OCD? Hardware Nut?"How is it that Hi-Fi—or High End Audio—once the domain of doctors and attorneys, celebrated in magazines likePlayboyandEsquire, essential element of bachelor-pads and dorm rooms alike,...
  4. Feeling guiltyStereophile editor John Atkinson's 2005 think piece How To Revive High End Audio is a great piece and partly responsible for yesterday's post admitting I am...
  5. I admit it. I am an AudiophileI have been giving thought lately to the labels "High End" and "Audiophile". Why do many of us, including me, hide from these labels? My friend...
  6. What isn't happeningI received a number of comments on my post about Ethernet cables and how the bits cannot care about the wire. Indeed, many of you wrote...
  7. What isn't happeningI received a number of comments on my post about Ethernet cables and how the bits cannot care about the wire. Indeed, many of you wrote...
  8. Is it legit?Reading this month's crop of audio magazines I get immersed in the articles and ads. I suppose most of us do as well. I find that...
  9. It depends .....Music is an emotional form of communication. It bypasses many of our internal filters and safeguards on it way to our emotional core. How it is... It depends .....
  10. Becoming Japanese"I can eat anything you can eat" I boasted to my Japanese distributor, in yesterday's post,thus laying down the challenge that found me in one of... Becoming Japanese
  11. The ChallengeGet a couple of beers in me and I can manage to say some pretty stupid things. Things that get me in a heap of trouble....
  12. Gluten free apricotsIt isn't always easy to know what is true and what is just plain wrong. My three-year old grand-daughter announced recently that she can no longer... Gluten free apricots
  13. Throwing out the babyReader Patrick Calley emailed me this gem "A few years ago I visited a dealer to audition the Wilson Sofia loudspeaker. He told me it was... Throwing out the baby