Author: Brent Butterworth

How Much Does MP3 Affect Dynamic Range?

Digital

Brent Butterworth wonders if audiophiles really understand how MP3 works…

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Should We Care What People Think of High-End Audio?

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth wonders if we should be concerned about how "ordinary" people view our pursuit....

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What Coffee Taught Me About High-End Audio

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth explains the connection between two of his great passions: coffee and audio...

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What Ukuleles Taught Me About Speakers

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth explains why buying instruments is so much like buying speakers … or should be.

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What Ukuleles Taught Me About Speakers

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth explains why buying instruments is so much like buying speakers ... or should be....

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Will Jay-Z Kill Audiophile Streaming?

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth questions whether an audiophile-grade audio streaming service can survive....

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What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Cables

Cables

Brent Butterworth tells the story of a pair of audio cables that’s older than Justin Bieber.

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Why DACs Need to Become Like Digital Cameras — and Less Like TVs

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth explains why the "DAC resolution war" is getting out of hand...

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What Defines An Audiophile System?

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth tries to find the dividing line between an audiophile system and a non-audiophile system....

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What Terms Should We Use to Describe Audio?

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth considers a recent study that examines the terms we use in audio evaluations.

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Fixing the Marketing Problem with Class D

Digital

Brent Butterworth wonders why one technology is embraced by audio enthusiasts while a very similar one is not....

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Fixing the Marketing Problem with Class D

Digital

Brent Butterworth wonders why one technology is embraced by audio enthusiasts while a very similar one is not....

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Subwoofers: Front-Firing or Down-Firing?

Subwoofers

Brent Butterworth runs some tests to see which subwoofer design is best … if any …

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Time to Reassess High-Res Audio

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth ponders the general public's reaction to high-res audio....

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Do We All REALLY Hear Things Differently?

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

Brent Butterworth reports on a recent study about the variability of audio judgments....

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Do We All REALLY Hear Things Differently?

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

Brent Butterworth reports on a recent study about the variability of audio judgments.

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A Whole New Way of Looking at Headphones

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

At CES, Brent Butterworth finds a new set of headphones that delivers on a radically different approach....

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A Whole New Way of Looking at Headphones

Headphone + Accessory Reviews

At CES, Brent Butterworth finds a new set of headphones that delivers on a radically different approach....

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Is There Room for Taste in Selecting Audio Gear?

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth ponders whether or not striving for perfection is the best goal in audio

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What I HOPE to See at CES

Audiophile

Brent Butterworth shares his wish list for new audio tech in 2015...

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