Why Are Components the Size They Are?

May 30, 2013• Amps

Roger Skoff looks at the historical reasons why components are the size and shape that they are today…

Instead of a new way, maybe a new guy?

May 23, 2013• News

Roger Skoff Looks at an Audiophile Success Story...

“Black” and “White” Are The Only Things That Are Truly Black and White

May 16, 2013• High End Audio • 3 Comments

Roger Skoff Looks at audio criticism and finds too many extremes......

Ethics And The Audiophile Press

May 9, 2013• High End Audio • 18 Comments

Roger Skoff looks at some ethical issues facing the audiophile press…

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

April 25, 2013• High End Audio

Roger Skoff delves into what you can and can't find out from swapping components......

What am I really listening to?

April 18, 2013• Reference Speakers

Roger Skoff looks at the problem of isolating the sound of a single component in the signal chain....

Amplifiers Don’t Amplify!

April 11, 2013• Amps • 2 Comments

Roger Skoff explains why amplifiers might not work the way you think they do.

The High End is a Ramjet

April 4, 2013• High End Audio • 7 Comments

Roger Skoff looks at the high-end audio pricing and finds price escalation as an essential part of the business....

What’s an audiophile?

March 22, 2013• Audiophile • 5 Comments

Roger Skoff asks the question - What's Your Answer?...

Part 4 of the mono series – How to totally blow your image!

March 14, 2013• Analog

Here’s the final installment of a four-part series by Roger Skoff – And now, the latest and greatest thing yet… Mono…

Part 3 of the Mono Series – No half-dollar? Need to make change?

March 7, 2013• Analog

Here's the third of a four-part series by Roger Skoff - And now, the latest and greatest thing yet... Mono......

Part 2 of A Four-Part Series on Mono – Got half-a-dollar? Want one?

February 28, 2013• Analog

Here's the Second of a four-part series by Roger Skoff - And now, the latest and greatest thing yet... Mono......

Part 1 of 4 – Mono? How to set it up

February 21, 2013• Analog

Here’s the first of a four-part series by Roger Skoff – And now, the latest and greatest thing yet… Mono…

Earwax?

February 7, 2013• News

Roger Skoff looks Earwax, Peter Belt, and other audio weirdness...

Why Does This Stuff Cost so Much”

January 10, 2013• Amps • 7 Comments

Roger Skoff has an answer that you may not like......

What really matters?

January 3, 2013• Analog • One Comment

Roger Skoff looks at audio past and present to see where we have come from and where we might be going…

Toy Trains and Hi-End Audio

December 27, 2012• Audiophile • 4 Comments

Roger Skoff looks at the similarities between electric train sets of yesteryear and the hi-end industry of today......

If Capacitors Have a Sound, Why Not Cables?

December 20, 2012• Amps • 11 Comments

Roger Skoff Looks at Capacitors and Cables and their Shared Technologies... ...

The Great Capacitor Mystery

December 13, 2012• Amps • 3 Comments

Roger Skoff looks at capacitors and finds a mystery – where does a capacitive charge go when a capacitor is disassembled?

Leave it on!

November 8, 2012• Tubes • 17 Comments

Roger Skoff looks why it's a better idea to leave your audio gear permanently on instead of powering it down. It may even save you money......

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