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1. Tesla puts it togetherNow we're getting to the core of understanding how power in our hi-fi system is transferred from the wall and in the next few posts we'll...October 19, 2012
2. How many turns?Yesterday we learned that a transformer is really simple: two coils of wire in close proximity to each other. The power you put in one end...October 18, 2012
3. TransformersPower transformers are found in every piece of high-end audio equipment you have in your home. Part of our ongoing series on understanding power has to...October 17, 2012
4. Problem solvedWe're on the trail to understand why our homes and our stereo systems get AC power at all - power we rarely ever use in its...October 16, 2012
5. OopsIn yesterday's post we discussed how Edison and several wealthy investors electrified New York City and turned the lights on only to run into a fundamental...October 15, 2012
6. The first lightsAfter Thomas Edison figured out how to mass produce the light bulb and keep it affordable his next task was to figure out how to get...October 14, 2012
7. What we have isn't what we wantWhat comes out of your home's power wall socket is not what anything in your stereo system needs. In fact, what comes out of your home's...October 13, 2012
8. Using what we don't wantYesterday I wrote that the power coming into your stereo system is every bit as important as the bits of analog or digital that are used...October 12, 2012
9. Let's switch gearsWe've been focusing on streaming audio recently and I want to take a bit of a break and spend some time exploring power and microphonics and...October 11, 2012
10. Beethoven was not the artistAnother consistent error I see is listing the composer of classical music as the artist or album artist. If you have a copy of a recording...October 10, 2012
11. Consistently differentIt's amazing how difficult it is to achieve simple clarity in anything. We all admire a simple easy to understand operation of a product that seems...October 9, 2012
12. ConsistencyI mentioned yesterday that perhaps the single most important aspect of a music library is maintaining consistency in the way you tag and list your albums...October 8, 2012
13. Dog ate my homeworkOK, let me guess. Only a few of you actually read any of the material I assigned for homework last night, right? Instead, most of you...October 7, 2012