How A Pandemic Changed High Performance Audio

June 18, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile

Paul Wilson looks back at audio during the pandemic of 2020… and beyond…

How Do You Explain Our Hobby to A Non-Audiophile?

June 11, 2021• Analog, Audiophile, Audiophile News

Paul Wilson describes the problems in explaining our hobby. ...

Are Dealers High End’s Ultimate Salvation?

June 4, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News

Paul Wilson looks at how dealers might preserve the audiophile hobby......

Why Experimenting With Your System System Is A Good Thing

May 28, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile News, News

Are New Trends Replacing Sonics With Convenience?

May 21, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News

Paul Wilson considers the fate of sonic excellence in future audio design. ...

Have You Ever Experienced Audio System Withdrawal?

May 14, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile News

Paul Wilson looks at audio system withdrawal......

New Music Friday

April 30, 2021• Audiophile Music, Audiophile, Audiophile News, News

Can Turntables Springboard Young Audiophiles?

April 23, 2021• Vinyl, Audiophile, Audiophile Music, Audiophile News

Go back ten, maybe fifteen years and analog LP sales were vapor thin among young, non-audiophiles. Streaming lossy, compressed music on...

Why Reviews Are Important

April 16, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, News

In the early years of high performance audio, the hobby, predominately, was most aptly characterized as local. Dealers were in almost every...

Do Looks Matter as Much as Sonics?

April 9, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

Audio Things I Wish I Had Done Differently

April 2, 2021• Audiophile, Audiophile News

At the young age of 15, I became fascinated with my then best friend’s, older brother’s, all Mcintosh system. Charles had a Mac tube...

Does Spotify’s Recent Announcement Signal Lossy’s End?

March 26, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile

When Steve Jobs and Apple first began developmental work on the iPod, their goal was a device to fit into a shirt pocket and hold 1000...

Do Speakers Really Disappear?

March 19, 2021• Audiophile News, Affordable Speakers, Audiophile, Reference Speakers • 2 Comments

New Music for Friday

March 12, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music

The Jeff Benedict Big Big Band – “The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful” Maroon Creek Music For most of the last thirty years,...

Are You Ready for The Rebirth of Reel to Reel?

March 5, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile • One Comment

For those old enough to remember, the 1960’s and 1970’s were a unique time to be an audiophile. For most with a superior high end audio...

Are You Ready for The Rebirth of Cassette Tape?

February 26, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile • 22 Comments

Q&A: Audio Expert Stirling Trayle Explains Room Acoustics, How To Optimize Audio Systems

February 25, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, High End Audio, Reference Speakers, Resources, Room Acoustics

Audiophiles understand the importance of room acoustics and set-up. But many do not fully understand how to accomplish a proper acoustical...

How High-End Audio Appeals To Everyone (Or Tries To)

February 19, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile

Pick a hobby, any hobby. Sports car enthusiasts have any number of makes and models from which to choose. Watches and wine, two hobbies...

Are You Going to Throw Away Those LP’s and CD’s?

February 12, 2021• Audiophile News, Audiophile, Audiophile Music • One Comment

Is That Great Cable Deal Really Counterfeit?

February 5, 2021• Cables, Audiophile, Audiophile News • 3 Comments

“If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.” Those words ring in my head anytime I see an ordinarily expensive audio cable posted...

Author: Paul Wilson