Month: August 2019

Difficulties Assembling A Modern Audio System

Audiophile

Paul Wilson looks at the difficulties of building an audio system…

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Mobile Zappa Playlist Streaming Offline, Part 2: Qobuz

Audiophile, Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff continues to float upstream......

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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention’s Mothermania Reissue Reviewed On Vinyl, Tidal, Qobuz

Audiophile Music • 7 Comments

Mark Smotroff freaks out (in a good way) analog and digital style......

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Five Budget-Priced USB Digital Audio Convertors Every Audiophile Can and Should Hear

Audiophile • 28 Comments

Steven Stone details his favorite inexpensive DACs…

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Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records : The Definitive Collection Reviewed on CD

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff gets humbled by our ever expanding universe of music......

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Tweaks I’ve Tried – Some Worked, Some Didn’t

Audiophile • 7 Comments

Paul Wilson looks at some things he's tried to enhance system sonics......

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Mobile Zappa Playlist Streaming Offline Part 1: Tidal

Audiophile • 4 Comments

Mark Smotroff learns to relax and float upstream…

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Was Jeff Buckley’s 2019 Record Store Day Vinyl Really Necessary?

Audiophile Music • 4 Comments

Mark Smotroff questions this 'n DAT......

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Expanding the Classic Audiophile Window Metaphor

Audiophile • 6 Comments

Steven Stone looks the musical event through a pane of glass, sort of... ...

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Is Now The Time For You To Finally Turn On & Tune In to NRBQ?

Audiophile Music • One Comment

Mark Smotroff likes his Q live without a net…

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An Audiophile Concert for My Non-Audiophile Family

Audiophile • One Comment

Paul Wilson tells what happened when non audiophiles came to listen to music... ...

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Tidal Offline Streaming Explored, But Not Entirely Explained

Audiophile • 6 Comments

Mark Smotroff takes his new phone for a ride downstream... ...

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Streaming Rarities: Would You Believe? by Billy Nicholls on Tidal

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff finds another good reason for streaming…

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A Wireless On-Ear headphone For Less Than $20US That Doesn’t Totally Suck

Audiophile • 3 Comments

Only got a single Andrew Jackson to spend on headphones? Steven Stone has a solution......

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The Glitterhouse Streaming On Tidal, Qobuz

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff is pleased about streaming obscurities...

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How Making Things Worse Can Improve Sonics

Audiophile, Room Acoustics

Paul Wilson explains how making his system sound worse actually made it sound better…

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Can You Listen Beyond The Analog and Digital Glitches?

Audiophile • 4 Comments

Mark Smotroff wonders if people know how to listen......

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Those Pretty Wrongs Dial In Pretty Right Sounds Right Now On CD, Tidal

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff loves it when favorite influences cross pollinate... ...

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Real and Virtual SPL Meters

Audiophile • 2 Comments

Steven Stone looks at SPL meters from the past and present…

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Lou Reed Live in Montreux 2000 on Blu-ray Disc

Audiophile Music

Mark Smotroff appreciates Lou Reed in a chicken suit or not... ...

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