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  1. What you never get to seeToday is the first day of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. We're all here with our nice duds on showing folks what we make, playing music,... What you never get to see
  2. A quick shot in the armHere's a quickie improvement you can make in under 10 minutes and it is guaranteed to improve the sound of your system instantly. Really. Shut everything... A quick shot in the arm
  3. Really bad ideasI suppose my posts don't have to be about audio. Sometimes it's good to poke a little fun. I routinely get SPAM from a number of... Really bad ideas
  4. Taking one for the teamMy job's pretty cool. I get to be involved with music, work with bright people and travel all over the world. Sounds pretty glamorous as I... Taking one for the team
  5. No space for CD'sLast night we attended a wedding in Denver for one of the kid's best friends. This is a group of 30 somethings that absolutely adore music....
  6. No space for CD'sLast night we attended a wedding in Denver for one of the kid's best friends. This is a group of 30 somethings that absolutely adore music....
  7. CongestedNow here's an interesting term. Congested would normally apply to a health issue one might have but in audio terms it describes the way something might...
  8. You are thereOur discussion about Listening With Ears Shut of several days ago sparked a great deal of conversations over in the comments section. Great! Thank you for...
  9. A tale from ChicagoNext week is the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) and we'll be there is room 9013 playing music and saying hi to everyone that happens to...
  10. Listening with ears shutIf you take a stereo pair of loudspeakers and cover up one of the channels so no sound comes out of that speaker, what do you...
  11. Sneaking in the back doorWith the growing interest in DSD, which is the main format of SACD, I thought it might be helpful to explain DoP. Yeah, I know, too...
  12. Getting it rightGetting the midbass right in a system is something many of us overlook in loudspeaker setup, focusing instead on the low bass. I have seen this...
  13. DownsamplingIn yesterday's post 192kHz?I explained how we wound up with the different sample rates. A convoluted story at best. Today I thought it might be interesting...