Paul's Posts

The shape of my ears is different than those of yours. Yet, you and I hear the same things. How is that possible? I think of this in the same... Read more...

Fighting the good fight

It should be no surprise that 99.9% of the developed world has sound quality available to them that far exceeds anything they might hope for. And that quality sound is... Read more...

Image Height

It is not difficult to imagine left, right, and center imaging on a stereo system. It’s also likely not too much of a stretch to understand depth. After all, a... Read more...

Knob Feel

Speaker designer Chris Brunhaver shared with me a funny YouTube video. Check out the Knob Feel channel. Probably worth one or two quick views for a good laugh. However, it does bring... Read more...

Passing Trains

I have probably spent a total of 5 minutes on social media. Facebook, Instagram, Tick Tock, and whatever new connection program out there has zero interest for me. It feels... Read more...

Do you like a good story?

Over the past decade, I have been writing a novel that has now morphed into a trilogy called Eemians. Book One of Eemians is getting close to being launched, and... Read more...

The Gift Of Music

If you’re wondering what to get an audiophile friend for Christmas, might I suggest the gift of music? There are a number of tasty selections from Octave Records. And here’s the... Read more...

Shaking Off The Old Myths

I think that by this time in our lives we no longer believe in Santa Clause, the Easter bunny, or the Tooth Fairy. Like the myths of our youth, old... Read more...

Added Reverb

At Octave Records studios, as well as just about every other recording studio in the world, there is the ability to add artificial reverb. Reverb is defined as a slight delay or... Read more...

Accidental discoveries

Many of the products of science we take for granted were discovered by accident: penicillin, Viagra, anesthesia, the microwave oven, chewing gum, brandy, and even silly putty. The key to... Read more...

If You Can’t Hear Or See It

Most of us are unaware of the tiny creatures traversing our skin and body. Like this micro spider, called Demodex. This common creature runs around in the pores of our... Read more...

Bias Feeding

Ever notice how the more you become convinced of something the more you feed that belief? If we believe analog is superior to digital or vice versa, we tend to... Read more...

Multi Gauge Cables

If you had a chance to read my post of several days ago titled The Bypass Cap you might have been thinking it was about headwear. Or, you might have gotten my... Read more...

Is Accuracy Overrated?

In response to yesterday’s post, Steven responded: “If you take a recording and transfer it (a) bit perfect digitally or (b) by cutting a groove in a bit of plastic, running... Read more...

Vinyl Masters

I’ve often spouted off about why vinyl sounds so different than any other medium. In those gushing (isn’t that what happens at the output of a spout?) I have said... Read more...

The bypass cap

Capacitors are interesting components. They serve as frequency dividers, energy storage units, and DC blockers (among other things). I've written before about my experience so many years ago learning about... Read more...

Here's a simple test

Whenever the subject of filling in missing low frequencies comes up I am often asked how do you know what's missing? Certainly one can perform a series of measurements at... Read more...

How much are we willing to miss?

There are very few systems that are truly full range. The shortcomings of rooms and speakers often preclude simple setups from delivering all there is on a disc. Take Music... Read more...

Stereo fascination

When I was growing up my father's home-built stereo system—the envy of our neighbors and relatives—was monophonic. To fill our living room with sound there were two sets of parallel-wired... Read more...

No Going Back

I don’t know about you but for me, once I’ve heard a great high-end audio system there’s no going back. And it’s not just high-end audio systems that reset standards.... Read more...

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