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When enjoying live recordings we get more than just a great capture of the music. We get a sense of the crowd, the stage, the air conditioning system, the floor... Read more...

Price discrimination

When I am auditioning a new product, circuit, or technology I do not want to be prejudiced because of its price. Price discrimination is real. For most of us, it's... Read more...

The plunge vs. the splash

When it comes to embracing change we're typically afraid to take the plunge. But, why? The story we sometimes tell ourselves is that we're afraid of the splash, but I... Read more...

The new website

If you haven't yet had a chance to check out PS Audio's new website, please do. The new site replaces our nearly 10-year-old version that, while still useful, had outlived... Read more...

Lamp cord vs. Romex

One of my readers wrote to me with an interesting observation. I will present it to you as I received it, in two parts: First, after upgrading his receiver he... Read more...

Watts vs. current

I am so often asked to explain the difference between high current and high wattage that I am convinced these are confusing terms. Most audiophiles understand wattage and current are... Read more...

Lossy

An MP3 is a lossy file. What that means is quite a lot of the music's content has been removed in an effort to make the file smaller. Smaller file... Read more...

Tweaks

To tweak is to improve something by making small, fine adjustments to it. In other words, we take something that we already like and make it slightly better. In our... Read more...

Multitrack Realism

It has been said that the simplest and most effective means of getting a perfect stereo recording is to plunk down a pair of stereo microphones and press the record... Read more...

Age and youth

As the playwright George Bernard Shaw put it, "Youth is wasted on the young," a perspective most often appreciated from the vantage point of experience. It's a funny quote but... Read more...

Sound Pit

My first live experience at the opera came years after I fell in love with the genre through enjoying the recorded medium of my home stereo system. Hours were spent... Read more...

Reference

The three P20 Power Plants, two BHK monoblocks, 12 channels of 1,000 watt amplification, the Infinity IRSV and all the other peripherals to be found in Music Room Two form... Read more...

Bernie

As we get deeper into Octave Records I am reminded of an interview I did a few years ago with mastering engineer Bernie Grundman. Bernie is one of the most famous... Read more...

Lighting

One of the more overlooked aspects of the home listening room is lighting. Too often we take no pains at improving room lighting and take what’s there. I am as... Read more...

The VPI Brick

Years ago, when Harry Weisfeld was running VPI and probably before son Matt was yet born, there was the Magic Brick. The Magic Brick isn’t all that complicated. Essentially a... Read more...

Panacea

A panacea is a solution that is all encompassing: a miracle vaccine, a pure point source speaker, world peace, eternal life. Often I am asked if perhaps a great pair... Read more...

The Illusion Of Sound

There is no such thing as sound or color. These are just imaginary representations crafted by our brains as a way of hearing and seeing our world. There is no... Read more...

Undressing

I know, you’re waking up to this blog post and getting all excited. Undressing! (Thank goodness it’s not me doing the disrobing). I am referring to the undressing of the... Read more...

Best Place To Set Volume

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a simple set of rules and guidelines for audiophiles to follow? Do this and get that? I’ve tried my best, in the Audiophile’s Guide,... Read more...

My First Electrostat

Until 1976 the only speakers I had ever spent any time with were either dynamic or planar, and 90% of that listening was through dynamic speakers. The sound of dynamic... Read more...

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