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  1. Getting just enoughIn the late 1970's I began experimenting with planar loudspeakers: first with Magnepans and later with electrostatic loudspeakers - specifically the Acoustat 2+2 which happened to...
  2. Good readingIn the July issue of the Absolute Sound Magazine, editor Robert Harley writes a very informative article entitled What exactly are CD-quality and high resolution audio?...
  3. When bigger is betterI remember well my first encounter with the Infinity IRS speaker system - it was an experience filled with awe both at the size and presence...
  4. The choice is yoursYesterday I posted about the controlled demoand several of you seemed upset that I would even think about suggesting my musical choices might show off our...
  5. Controlling the demoI was showing Carl, one of our sales reps, our sound room and talking about the prospect of increasing the availability of the in-home demo. I...
  6. Is your music system hypo allergenic?Just heading out the door, went to fire up the dishwasher and the marketing pitch on the soap caught my eye. "Now, Hypo Allergenic!" What the...
  7. I only read the last few paragraphsMagazine reviewers work hard at writing a review - many thousands of words written to make sure you understand a product and really get what the...
  8. Why a dedicated computer isn't a dedicated serverA lot of folks out there are taking an older unused computer or even a new MAC Mini and dedicating it to serving their music. This...
  9. It's only the music I am interested inReally? I hear that a lot and I am sure it's true for some of us. But my sense is most of us like the gear,...
  10. DynamicsNot to be on a nostalgia kick here but yesterday's post about Direct to Disc recordings got a few of you to ask me why a...
  11. Direct to discIn yesterday's post we mentioned a Sheffield Direct To Disc recording and several readers asked me just what that was. It was the most direct method...
  12. Fewer choicesBack in the 1970's when high-end audio was just blossoming into a real force there were many more dramatic choices of tailoring your system the way...
  13. Here we go againI finished reading yet another article by a self proclaimed expert about why 192kHz 24 bit doesn't make any difference over standard CD's and the folks...