Is SACD or DVD-A (even Blu-Ray) the best physical medium when it comes to high quality audio?

Music and its faithful reproduction in the home is all about eliciting emotions. Paul helps us understand how.

It’s a curious phenomena, but HiFi system do sound better at night. Paul walks us through some of the reasons why that is.

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Active speakers would seem a no-brainer for those with smaller apartments and homes, yet there are so few of them in the marketplace. Why is that?

What percentage of audiophiles are men vs. women? Paul dares to give us an answer.

Magneplanar loudspeakers are dipole panels. How best to place them in a room?

The Klipsch corner horn is a venerable classic in the HiFi field. How can you get soundstage depth out of a speaker up against the front wall?

HiFi systems using separates have a problem. Where to set the individual unit’s volume controls. Paul helps us understand.

Having a built in powered subwoofer in your main speakers would seem like a good thing, but are there issues?

Does it make sense to spend $50,000 on a preamplifier? How much better is a $50K preamp than one costing ten times less money?

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With the announcement of the end of RMAF Audio show in Denver, there was a great deal of sadness. Find out what Paul thinks about that.

Stereo upgrades seem to sometime go on forever. When’s a good time to stop and how would you know?

Is a pro audio interface up to the task of playing in a consumer audio system?

How important is it to perfectly match by brand and model the left, right, and center channel speakers in a home theater setup?

We hear op amps getting a bad rap in high-performance audio, yet they are completely misunderstood. Learn what an op amp is and the difference between IC chips and discrete components.

When connecting a power amplifier or receiver to a pair of loudspeakers, what’s the best connection method to use?

We have all heard that tone controls on equipment are not very high-end, yet is there a place for them in a modern HiFi system? Find out what Paul thinks.

Is it worth the money to buy an expensive equipment rack or is it alright instead to stack the stereo equipment on a shelf?

Can a small DAC ever sound good? There’s a perception that to sound good the unit in question has to be large. Is that true or is that but another Audiophile myth?

One of audio’s age old questions is short loudspeaker cables and long interconnects or the opposite. Paul walks us through the possibilities for best sound.

How close can you place your stereo loudspeakers to the sidewall? Paul helps us understand what does and does not work in the room.

The Point of First Reflection is critical to identify and deal with when setting up a high-performance audio system. Paul walks us through what it is, how to identify it, and how to deal with it.

Why is it the audience in live recordings always sound like they are behind the loudspeakers in our living room? Should it appear as if we are in the audience listening to the musicians on stage?

Most modern vinyl records started out life as digital recordings. Do they sound different? Does vinyl add something to the sound when mastered from a digital source?