Month: May 2012

Fakes in Vintage Audio

High End Audio

Have you ever seen an intentionally forged or counterfit piece of collectable vintage audio gear? Steven Stone hasn’t, but he’s still looking…

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Fakes in Vintage Audio

High End Audio

Have you ever seen an intentionally forged or counterfit piece of collectable vintage audio gear? Steven Stone hasn't, but he's still...

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An Athlete’s Best Friends – Five In-Ear Headphones I’ve Actually Used

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

In automotive sales there's the expression, "There's an ass for every seat." The portable audio equivalent would be, "There's a bud for...

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An Athlete’s Best Friends – Five In-Ear Headphones I’ve Actually Used

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

In automotive sales there’s the expression, “There’s an ass for every seat.” The portable audio equivalent would be, “There’s a bud for every ear.” Here are five that Steven Stone has had personal in-gym experience with.

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Three Great Albums from 2003

Audiophile Music

For today's blast from the past we have three albums from 2003. The first was from a superb violinist, the second from a sublime vocalist,...

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Is High End Audio Exclusionary and Elitist?

Reference Speakers

So, you want a great-sounding audio system. Be prepared to ante up. Or plan on spending lots of time building your own......

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Open or Closed?

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

Do you have a preference in earphone types? Steven Stone does, and he explains why the two different styles of headphones have different bass presentations.

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Open or Closed?

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

Do you have a preference in earphone types? Steven Stone does, and he explains why the two different styles of headphones have different...

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New CD Reviews for 5-18-12

Audiophile Music

This weeks' new releases include a jazz album that combines trumpet with Kora, a pair of singer-songwriter projects, a folk trio and an...

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New CD Reviews for 5-18-12

Audiophile Music

This weeks’ new releases include a jazz album that combines trumpet with Kora, a pair of singer-songwriter projects, a folk trio and an acoustic duo. Enjoy…

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Talking With Giants

Audiophile

During his time as a journalist Steven Stone has met lots of people. Here are his reminiscences of four who made a lasting impression on...

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My Trip Back to College

News

When Steven Stone was invited to lecture to an engineering class he couldn't resist the opportunity to see what would happen when an...

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CD Reviews from 2002 – 5-11-12

Audiophile Music

Sherman, set the Wayback machine for 2002 – Steven Stone has three CD reviews of albums released during that year that you may have missed but shouldn’t overlook…

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Headphones and Fit

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

Would you buy a "Bespoke" suit that happened to be three sizes too big? I hope not. So why would you think of purchasing a pair of...

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Is Neutrality Old-Fashioned?

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

What is flat frequency response? If you do all your listening through Hip-Hop media mogul-approved earphones you may never know......

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New CD Reviews for 5-4-12

Audiophile Music

This week’s new releases include a killer solo guitar album, a driving bluegrass CD, some eclectic acoustic jazz, and Edie Brickell’s latest…

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On Reviewing Computer Audio Products

Digital

Computer audio is obviously the wave of the future. But for anyone who's grown up with disc-based audio it requires some adjustment and the...

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