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  1. Jittered breadYesterday we summed up how PCM encoding works in the broadest of senses. I used the moving train analogy hopefully to good effect but my friend...
  2. Bits and bitsYesterday we explained how we take snapshots or pictures of the changing voltage stream known as analog. Each picture is actually a single voltage measurement at...
  3. BreakdownOops. Yesterday I proclaimed that the 26 letters of the English language were a type of code restricted to a finite number of possibilities based on...
  4. 67,108,864We're working on a new series that will help us get a better understanding of SACD's vs. good old CD's. At the heart of everything is...
  5. Telegraphing musicI hope you'll indulge me on this series as I want to take it in smaller, slower bites one day at a time. I do get...
  6. CD vs DSDToday's post marks the start of yet another one of our "discovery" series where we try and get a little learning under our belts. These series...
  7. Beer and Hi FiColorado is one of but a few States at the heart of the craft beer revival in the US and, coincidently, one of but a few...
  8. Sense of prideYesterday Terri and I returned from new York City. We travel to New York once a year to volunteer with the NYC Marathon's medical team: I...
  9. DifferencesYesterday's post covered common mode noise and today's will cover differential mode noise. To refresh your morning brain, common mode noise is radiated noise from cell...
  10. Common and not so commonIf you've been following along you're now up to speed of how the upcoming PowerBase product came to be. Born out of the idea that isolating...
  11. One way gatesYesterday I wrote about the need for a one way gate for the power - meaning we want to see if we can't reduce the generated...
  12. We found the problem and it is us!Our story of the development process of the PowerBase continues in today's post. I might mention that the final product will not be ready for anyone...
  13. The OasisThrough a lot of painstaking trial and error, coupled with a lot of failures and a few successes, I landed on a pretty unique combo of...