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  1. A good magic trickIn yesterday's post I apparently gave out a bad link to this fellow's video so here's another. In the video, when you get a chance to...
  2. Silly high resolution downloadsIn yesterday's post we learned that sample rates are a term coined from the A/D process rather than what most people assume: the D/A process. So...
  3. Hold that thought!One of the basic elements in an Analog to Digital Converter is called a Sample and Hold Circuit. Like the name implies, this circuit takes a...
  4. ConvertingHappy labor day. A day set to honor those of us that work for a living, a day of rest begun way back in 1894. We...
  5. A/D convertersWe're releasing a brand new product this month, the NuWave Phono Converter. It's an analog phono stage and an A/D converter together in one package. I...
  6. Sonic textureDescribing what we hear as having a texture is an interesting Audiophile term. What's the texture of a violin or a tuba? Do these instruments even...
  7. Emotional libraryI tried explaining the organization of my music library to our chief engineer. He has a very logical structured mind. There is little obvious logic and...
  8. PassionThe word passion has a number of definitions but the one I like the best comes from the Urban Dictionary: "Passion is when you put more...
  9. Great mysteriesThere are many great mysteries in the world: how the pyramids were built, the Easter Island Moai, why whatever hair I lose on my head seems...
  10. DepthDepth is an interesting subject when it comes to audio systems. Properly setup your loudspeakers should be able to disappear and provide good front to back...
  11. When you eliminate the impossibleSaturday afternoon we had about 40 visitors from CAS listening to Music Room One. Chuck Zellig, whom you might remember co-wrote a couple of articles in...
  12. More on preampsA friend of mine brought over a schematic of an Audio Research tube preamplifier yesterday. This is but one of several I have been studying as...
  13. Get the midbass rightMorning! AGB's latest column has been uploaded and for those of you interested to see what the Audio Hitman has to say about EQ'ing your system...