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1. My consumer hatIn Stereophile Magazine's March issue John Atkinson opines about the goals and challenges of reviewing audio equipment: a challenging task to do it as well and...February 14, 2013
2. Fanning the flamesMy suggestion that it probably doesn't make sense to hold loudspeaker designers to a flat spec certainly generated a few comments and one poster asked me...February 13, 2013
3. The loudness buttonHow many of you remember back when every receiver, preamp and integrated had a loudness button? I remember with great fondness my first Kenwood integrated amplifier...February 12, 2013
4. Why flat?When we look at the specs for a piece of audio equipment we want to make sure it doesn't emphasize or reduce one frequency area over...February 11, 2013
5. The soul of a machineDo machines have souls? Forgive me for using the term "soul" because I don't mean it in a disrespectful or religious manner - but for lack...February 10, 2013
6. New loudspeakersI was reading Robert Harley's editorial in the March issue of TAS where he gives out the results of their reader's survey and was struck by...February 9, 2013
7. BatteriesAs we wound up our series on power supplies several of you mentioned what would seem to be the best power supply of them all: a...February 8, 2013
8. 9608Power supplies play a big role in how a product sounds: something we've been advocates of for years with our bigger power transformers, exotic regulators and...February 7, 2013
9. Sounds too good to be trueI've been singing the praises of switching power supplies in power amplifiers for a few days, explaining why they have many advantages over a traditional supply:...February 6, 2013
10. What size freight cars?Yesterday I asked how it could be that a switching power supply can regulate its output without yet another power amplifier being inserted into the supply?...February 5, 2013
11. Not enough regulationsWe've seen that the average SMPS (switching power supply) is really nasty on PF, averaging a low 0.2, relative to a traditional supply that is 0.7...February 4, 2013
12. Plus and minusContinuing our thoughts on power supplies and the differences between a classic linear supply and a SMPS, I thought it might be helpful to list some...February 3, 2013
13. I wonderI wonder how much it matters to most of us to know and understand what's going on inside a piece of audio kit. Don't get me...February 2, 2013