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1. Head scratchingIn our continuing story about trying to figure out why isolation bases mattered, how they worked and what we could do to perhaps make our products...November 1, 2012
2. Turning hobbies into productsPicking up on our story of the isolation base shootout at the Munich High-End show of a few years ago,we move back to Boulder Colorado and...October 31, 2012
3. The beginningReader David Zigas sent me this quote after reading yesterday's post titled 1+1=3. "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not...October 30, 2012
4. 1+1=3We've covered some good ground in the last few days: power and why it matters, vibrations and microphonics and why they matter. I have also ruffled...October 29, 2012
5. CounterintuitiveYesterday we discussed that cones and spikes under electronics is probably not the best idea if you want to really address the problem of smearing caused...October 28, 2012
6. Diffused vibrationsWe're in the middle of our mini series on power and vibration control for our hi fi systems. Yesterday I explained that vibrations, caused by the...October 27, 2012
7. GhostbustersWe've been focusing on microphonics and how they affect the performance of our AV equipment. Vibrations from the output of the loudspeakers in our room generate...October 26, 2012
8. Fighting the good fightI remember years ago when one of our more obsessive customers drove a 100 miles to visit us in hopes of offering some enlightenment to Stan...October 25, 2012
9. Singing stereosWe started our discussion yesterday on microphonics and how everything in our hi-fi systems can act like a microphone picking up sound in the room and...October 24, 2012
10. Making some noiseWe're starting part 2 of our continuing story of how AC power affects the quality of our hi-fi systems, how vibrations and microphonics do the same...October 23, 2012
11. End of part 1Understanding AC power was the first topic in our 3 part series on watching us develop a new concept for high-end audio. I will wrap it...October 22, 2012
12. Shape mattersOur Hi Fi systems are hungry for clean power: the better the power the better the sound. I don't suppose the crowd reading this is unaware...October 21, 2012
13. Sine wavesOur Hi Fi systems depend on power to operate and the power they need is DC - yet we feed them AC. Most of us are...October 20, 2012