So many audiophiles assemble Frankenstein systems: components from many different brands. Is this a good or bad thing to do?
Do interconnects actually benefit from burn in? Fact or fiction?
If you don’t know what you’re missing how can you possibly know what to listen for?
PS Audio has the ultimate baseline music disc needed by every audiophile.
Are ribbon tweeters the best? And if so, why don’t more speaker manufacturers use them?
There are many connections on the backs of DACS like TOSLINK and coax and AES/EBU and USB. Which are best to use?
How can we trust loudspeaker reviewers when they all have different rooms and equipment?
Is Dirac and other DSP based digital audio enhancements something PS Audio will ever do? What’s the best way to add it?
Speakers once had tweeter and midrange controls. Whatever happened to them?
Does it take any sort of special skills to become an audiophile?
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If sources output more signal level than power amplifiers can handle without clipping, why would an active preamp make sense?
If loudspeakers can only reproduce 20kHz why is it necessary to have digital audio the goes up to 192kHz?
When it comes to setting up loudspeakers is it better to use spikes or not?
If you want to get holographic imaging on your stereo system are tubes the way to go?
When this architect wants to design a room, what should he look for in acoustic treatments for best sound quality?
Is it better to have the CD player or DAC go directly into the power amplifier or should there be a preamplifier between?
Many vacuum tube preamplifiers invert absolute phase at their outputs. Paul explains why.
In many high-end audio systems there are multiple spots to control volume levels. Where in the chain is it best?
Small rooms and speakers are not a great combination, but Paul helps us understand what’s the best setup for this problem.
Wouldn’t it be great if audio reviewers listed the levels they played at while reviewing equipment? Maybe not and Paul tells us why.
ALAC and FLAC are two lossless audio formats. Do they sound different than uncompressed audio in WAV and AIFF?
PS Audio has added a state of the art recording facility and record label to its company. Will these changes have an impact on the company’s audio products going forward? You can visit Octave Records at http://www.octaverecords.com
