Author: Steven Stone

What It Means When You hear No Differences

Audiophile

Sometimes it is hard to hear the differences when doing an A/B comparison between two components. Is that because the products sounds so similar they are indistinguishable, or are there other forces at play here?

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Recording “The Planets”

Audiophile Music

Steven Stone set up inside the Macky Auditorium to listen to and record the Boulder Philharmonic and The Ars Nova Singers perform "The...

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What’s Your Reference Standard?

Digital

Everyone has a reference standard that is created by the best gear they can afford. That used to be it, the most expensive gear that can...

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Chelsea’s Choir Concert in Grusin Hall

Room Acoustics

Steven Stone attended his niece’s choir concert in Colorado’s Grusin Hall, a venue he had not visited in nearly a decade. As soon as the concert started, he remembered why he does not frequent Grusin Hall.

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The $7,500 beat-down?

Digital

One of the biggest players in the media server market place is Meridian-Sooloos. For many they are the gold standard. But what happens...

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HDTracks and the Who’s Tommy

Digital

HDTracks seemingly made a huge score by getting The Who's Tommy album available for high-resolution download. Steven Stone decided to give...

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A Great Solution For Subwoofer Ground Loop Hum – The Outlaw OAW3

Subwoofers

A huge complaint by many users is that they can hear their subwoofer humming, which they find distracting. Well, now there is a solution offered in the Outlaw Audio OAW3 Wireless Audio System. Check it out.

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Want to become USA Certified?

News

Where something is made can be a big deal to many consumers. In fact, it can even be a deal breaker in a lot of cases. Now there is a new...

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Want to become USA Certified?

News

Where something is made can be a big deal to many consumers. In fact, it can even be a deal breaker in a lot of cases. Now there is a new...

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Cheap, Cheaper, and Cheapest

Cables • One Comment

Even in the simplest of equipment or equipment accessories, even at the lowest possible price points, there will be products that are good and bad. Look no further than here for proof of that.

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Musings On the Potential Demise of the Dedicated Sound Room

High End Audio

The landscape of technology is changing and constantly. One of the casualties of this every-changing landscape may be the dedicated sound...

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Thoughts on Sidney Harman

News

Sidney Harman, a very important contributor to the audiophile industry, a pioneer even, has passed away. This is an article recounting the...

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What’s A Vidikron Vision One Worth?

High End Audio • 3 Comments

Some components have extremely impressive longevity while others have almost none. This can be said for components with all the prestige in the world as easily as it can be said for those at the bottom. What makes a product last?

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Will Hipsters Save Analog Audio?

Analog

It would appear that the younger, hipper generation is going retro - even in terms of the audio they listen to. These hipsters are going...

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Five Vintage Audio Components Every Audiophile Should Own at Least Once

Amps • One Comment

Whenever taking up an interest, it's important to understand the roots and foundations of that interest. It gives context to the modern...

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The new Green Hope for Audio

News

A new hope has emerged for audio. Or perhaps its more of an old hope but in a much more widely accepted form. It’s hard to believe it but a hope for the future of audio may come in the form of marijuana. Wait, what?

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The new Green Hope for Audio

News

A new hope has emerged for audio. Or perhaps its more of an old hope but in a much more widely accepted form. It's hard to believe it but...

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Five Rules for Buying Big Speakers

Reference Speakers

Who doesn't love big speakers? Big speakers means big sound. But there are definitely things to take into account when picking up a pair...

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Five Rules for Buying Big Speakers

Reference Speakers

Who doesn’t love big speakers? Big speakers means big sound. But there are definitely things to take into account when picking up a pair of towering loudspeakers. Here are five of them.

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Customer Service? What’s That?

Digital

One thing that people crave from the companies that manufacture their products is good customer service. It provides a level of security...

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