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1. The era of the preamp is overAs you probably are aware TAS (the magazine) is publishing a major review on the PerfectWave system in their September issue that starts mailing out today....August 1, 2012
2. HogwashHave you ever noticed that if you have an opinion about something it can easilybedismissedor agreed upon as soon as you know there's a term or...July 31, 2012
3. I was just thinkingI was thinking about some of your comments about your systems: many of you mentioned that your systems were good enough to reproduce well recorded music...July 29, 2012
4. TrumpetsAfter writing yesterday's post about perfection I was looking for an example to share with you and then it hit me: Al Hirt vs. Louis Prima....July 28, 2012
5. The thing about perfectPerfection is an interesting concept and sometimes it serves us and sometimes it doesn't. For example when a musician spends their life perfecting their craft to...July 27, 2012
6. bring water to horsesYesterday I modeled what would happen if you moved a perfect reproduction of a live venue to your home. It wouldn't sound live because of the...July 26, 2012
7. A different approachYesterday I promised you an interesting thought challenge that has to do with getting music to sound live in your room - something we mostly all...July 25, 2012
8. Shouldn't we be getting close to perfection?We've got 60 years of experience designing vinyl reproducing equipment, 30 years for CD's and approaching 10 for computer based audio. Wouldn't you think with all...July 24, 2012
9. Which voice do you listen to?In a comment on my posting about voicing high end electronics the question was asked "Is there only one ideal voicing?" Great question and here's the...July 23, 2012
10. Albert got it right"Everything that can be counted doesn't necessarily count. Everything that counts cannot necessarilybe counted." Albert Einstein must have had high-end audio and measuring in mind when...July 22, 2012
11. VoicingYesterday I happened to mention how we use certain elements to "voice" a circuit and that sparked a few questions. What does voicing an amplifier mean?...July 21, 2012
12. Op amps and power suppliesIn yesterday's post we covered the problems with IC op amps concerning their huge amount of gain. Problem is, you simply cannot control how much gain...July 20, 2012
13. Sounding harsh and compressedYesterday we pointed out that the vast majority of IC op amps were not designed to be high performance audio amplification devices, but rather general purpose...July 19, 2012