Lawyers took over the music industry
I was dreamin’ when I wrote this Forgive me if it goes astray But when I woke up this mornin’ Coulda sworn it was judgment day Yeah, they say two thousand zero zero party over Oops out of time So...
View ArticleTurntables in the movies!
While I am sorely tempted to deal with the gratifyingly large response to my first blog for PS Audio, I’d rather look to something a bit more positive during these trying times. What I will say,...
View ArticleHow much is music worth?
My first memories of buying music are attached to many of the classic pop LPs from the mid-to-late 60s. Through my cobweb of memories (laced with the faded images of the covers of early Jefferson...
View ArticleThe quest for the objective ear
I am of a generation bombarded by marketing and packaging. All commercial goods have been reduced to bubblegum. My poor generation came into the world upon a sharp incline at the bottom of which lay...
View ArticleWhat is an Audiophile?
Why does the term “Lunatic Fringe” come to mind? Since When Did It Become Controversial Listening to Music with Great Sound? After all, sound is a huge part of everything we do as humans, from how we...
View ArticleWhy simple is better
I love speakers, absolutely love em. I love touching them, moving them, buying them, building them, and most of all, listening to them. They hold that special place in the audio chain where electronic...
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From the Front: the New Consumers
The first generation to be born after the dawn of the Digital Age has just reached a maturity and status that fits the label of true consumers. Everyday, we induct more and more enthusiastic new...
View Article$100K turntables?
As much as one might like to think that all blogs are merely the verbal diarrhoea of hyperactive, self-opinionated journalists and wannabes who think that the world just can’t wait to share their...
View ArticlePassion
It occurs to me to much as I travel and meet dealers and salespeople, how the world has changed. When I started in the audio industry we didn’t have computers, cell phones, and all the many different...
View ArticleOpen up CES!
Unless you’re employed by the consumer electronics industry, you are refused admission to the Consumer Electronics Show, held every January in Las Vegas. It is resolutely and emphatically...
View ArticleSeeking a few good hitmen
Paul McGowan, a man far more courageous than he appears to be to the casual observer, is an original thinker too. Though he’s far too modest to admit to his historical contributions to this science,...
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Freq you too!
According to the AGB’s Dictionary of Audio Myths: EQ-PHOBIA – The unfounded, mistaken, hyperventilating, irrational fear of equalization. [1], [2] TREATMENT: Use a heavy hand on the parametric...
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Thoughts on the Passing Scene and The Constant Force in Our Lives
George Will: Understanding how the brain talks to itself “Much brain activity — much thinking — is not, Tank notes, the result of external stimuli. So, is the brain conversing with — acting upon —...
View ArticleFreq you too part 2
SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL Caveat: I could be dead wrong about everything written here. Though I doubt it. What we see is what we believe. What we hear is what we believe. No matter what our audiophile...
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Freq you too part 3
GIVING TOO MUCH (or too little) CREDIT FOR FREQUENCY RESPONSE DIFFERENCES We’ve covered in FREQ YOU TOO! Pt 1, the fact that FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) in theory as well as in practice can be...
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Serendipity
Aside from the Persian fairy tale THE THREE PRINCES OF SERENDIP, but rather from another that is not a tall one… The rest of the story: Was it serendipity or mere coincidence that I scooped Reference...
View ArticleShe loves you, an analysis
The revolution was quick and complete. Even as a child I could see that something new and magical had come into the world. On February 9, 1964, the Beatles were launched as a worldwide phenomenon from...
View ArticleHANG IN THERE CUPCAKE!
I hate to bring this news to you, but really, it’s all over for LPs. You can say you saw it here first. You can also expect it to be denied by the usual suspects. They are the same kind who will deny...
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That AWESOME black box
Audio Jewelry costs. To merely spin a black plastic LP round and round, today’s Rube Goldberg-like turntables, polished like a mirror, raised on architectural limbs, can cost tens of thousands of...
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SOLILOQUY
Chinese Fortune Cookie (Chinese, because I’m unaware of any other kind): Question: What is the hardest thing to do? Answer: To think. Merriam-Webster: Soliloquy – an act of talking to oneself; a...
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