Do you use your balance control? Do you even HAVE a balance control? If not, Steven Stone has a couple of suggestions for adding one to your system.
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Why No Perfect Preamps?
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A preamp's job is simple - adjust the volume level and choose a source. How come we have yet to hear a completely transparent preamp?
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Outlaw Audio and Their Model 978
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Audiophile Review never posts on Thursday, but Outlaw Audio just sent this email out to their customers...
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To Mod or Not To Mod...
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That is the question. Whether it's nobler (and more cost effective) to muck around inside your electronics than purchase a new model...
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Part of the Audiophile experience is buying and eventually selling audio gear. Most of the time everything works out, but sometimes things go wrong...
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Tone Controls - the Vestigial Tails of Audio
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Treble, bass, and midrange controls are about as forward-thinking a feature as a buggy whip holder. Here's why...
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The Hum Patrol and the Joys of a Meridian 561
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What do you do when your system starts to hum along and teaching it the words doesn't work? Sometimes, you punt...
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All On or All Off?
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A stereo system can consume a lot of energy. Steven Stone looks at his own audio energy usage and how it's changed over the years. It's all about pushing buttons...
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Why Are There So Few Multi-Channel Analog Preamps?
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Steven Stone wonders why multi-channel analog preamplifiers are the red-headed step-children of audio components.
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Preamps - Active, Passive, or none?
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What is the most difficult piece of gear to choose? Preamps. Most audiophiles have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a preamp that delivers the goods. What are your choices? Steven Stone looks at your options and why you might choose one type over the others.
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