Month: November 2011

No, The Sky Won’t Fall

Digital

Dead Man Walking? We know that CDs are in their death throes, but what will be the “official” date that CDs join El-cassettes and eight-track tapes on the scrapheap of of obsolete technologies. Someone thinks they know…

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How Far Have Amps Come Since 1964? We Are About To Find Out With This McIntosh Garage Find

Amps • One Comment

How far have we come with modern power amp technology? Thanks to this garage find by HomeTheaterReview.com publisher, Jerry Del Colliano,...

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Will I Really Be Able To Hear the Difference?

Audiophile • One Comment

Terry London, who's been a practicing therapist for over 30 years, as well as an avid audiophile, contributes his first article for...

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The Disc That Finally Put My DVD-HD Player to Rest

Audiophile Music

Steven Stone holds on to old technologies. He still has Beta and VHS video-cassette recorders, PCM, DAT, tape cassette and even a pair of Revox reel-to-real recorders, but with the latest BluRay release of Cream’s 2005 Royal Albert Hall concert, it’s finally time to put the Toshiba DVD-HD players into mothballs…

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Why Apologize?

Audiophile

Why do audiophiles feel guilty? Why do we feel that twinge whenever someone asks us, "How much?" What is it about our hobby that compels us...

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From Audiophile to Audiophile Dealer

Audiophile

It's a great thing when someone can turn their passion into their business. It makes for a better experience for everyone involved. Greg...

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From Audiophile to Audiophile Dealer

Audiophile

It’s a great thing when someone can turn their passion into their business. It makes for a better experience for everyone involved. Greg Burns managed to do just that by bringing the audiophile gear he is passionate about into his store to share with his customers.

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Two Fine Vanguard Releases

Audiophile Music

These two Vanguard releases came out in 2000. And if they were under your radar back then, Steven Stone gives you a idea of what you've...

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Quantifying Ecstasy

Digital

Can the subjective audio experience be quantified? Dr. Charles Zellig and Jay Clawson believe that it can. I'm withholding judgment until...

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Is Your Music in the Background or Foreground?

Audiophile Music

When and how do you listen to music? Steven Stone looks at why and how many humans use music, and why how you listen may determine what you get out of it. Multi-tasking may be the next wave in human productivity, but it’s not conducive serious musical listening…

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The Compass Points Up

Audiophile Music

Another Friday, another music review. I've written that labels don't matter in the new world order of Internet distribution, but there's...

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The Compass Points Up

Audiophile Music

Another Friday, another music review. I've written that labels don't matter in the new world order of Internet distribution, but there's...

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Thoughts on Traveling…

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

Travel, especially over long distances, used to be fun. Now it’s all about making it tolerable. For Steven Stone having a good pair of comfortable earphones is even better than fold-up fuzzy slippers…

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Thoughts on Traveling…

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

Travel, especially over long distances, used to be fun. Now it's all about making it tolerable. For Steven Stone having a good pair of...

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Five Reasons Not to Use Subwoofers (and why they are wrong)

Subwoofers

Subwoofers. Sure, they can sound awful. But just because they CAN sound badly (and disturb the neighbors in the process) is no reason to...

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