Articles tagged 'Audio'

Random Noise 29

Beginning in the mono era — my college years — my interest in good sound meandered along at a leisurely pace to where it’s become this ancient’s obsession.

Random Noise 29

Beginning in the mono era — my college years — my interest in good sound meandered along at a leisurely pace to where it’s become this ancient’s obsession.

Random Noise 28

To pose an obvious question: How do we judge greatness without mediocrities with which to compare?

Random Noise 28

To pose an obvious question: How do we judge greatness without mediocrities with which to compare?

Wilson Audio’s WATT / Puppy 8: Follow-Up

What a difference a room can make!

Wilson Audio’s WATT / Puppy 8: Follow-Up

What a difference a room can make!

An Infidel’s Glimpse of Paradise: Wilson Audio’s WATT/ Puppy 8

From high fidelity’s mid-century inception, its consumer products’ advertised virtues have ranged from questionable to that which could perhaps hold true at a black hole’s exit.

An Infidel’s Glimpse of Paradise: Wilson Audio’s WATT/ Puppy 8

From high fidelity’s mid-century inception, its consumer products’ advertised virtues have ranged from questionable to that which could perhaps hold true at a black hole’s exit.

’Philespeak

At about mid-century, high fidelity entered the marketplace at a brisk trot.

’Philespeak

At about mid-century, high fidelity entered the marketplace at a brisk trot.

You There! Yes, You! Why Are You an Audiophile?

As for challenging sensibilities with brash provocations — musical modernism’s once-vibrant subtext — Feldman’s subversions take the least assaultive route.

You There! Yes, You! Why Are You an Audiophile?

As for challenging sensibilities with brash provocations — musical modernism’s once-vibrant subtext — Feldman’s subversions take the least assaultive route.

Silent Running Audio’s Ohio Class Isolation Platforms

As a matter of personal interest, those aspects of audio that most fascinate have generated the greatest controversy.

Silent Running Audio’s Ohio Class Isolation Platforms

As a matter of personal interest, those aspects of audio that most fascinate have generated the greatest controversy.

Random Noise 8: You Are an Audiophile

You are an audiophile. And there’s nothing to apologize for. Nothing!

Random Noise 8: You Are an Audiophile

You are an audiophile. And there’s nothing to apologize for. Nothing!

Random Noise 4: Picking Nits and Winners

Expanded capabilities notwithstanding, we can safely predict for the SACD / DVD-A era, should it ever fully supplant the reviled CD, that a badly produced recording will continue to sound like…

Random Noise 4: Picking Nits and Winners

Expanded capabilities notwithstanding, we can safely predict for the SACD / DVD-A era, should it ever fully supplant the reviled CD, that a badly produced recording will continue to sound like…

Random Noise 3: The Bittersweet Spot

If you cohabit with a lower-case stereophile, you are accustomed to said specimen slouching about the premises with a pinched and earnest look. One never knows, he might even be you.

Random Noise 3: The Bittersweet Spot

If you cohabit with a lower-case stereophile, you are accustomed to said specimen slouching about the premises with a pinched and earnest look. One never knows, he might even be you.

Dear La Folia 12.

I don’t know that a month has elapsed in the past five years without periods of audiophile anguish over imaging.

Dear La Folia 12.

I don’t know that a month has elapsed in the past five years without periods of audiophile anguish over imaging.

Dear La Folia 11: This Time ’Round, Amplifiers

Perceived acoustic certainties appear like Venus on the half shell, only to crumble in a penumbra of doubt: Do these two amplifiers, a Bel Canto eVo2 and a Spectron Digital One, really sound different?

Dear La Folia 11: This Time ’Round, Amplifiers

Perceived acoustic certainties appear like Venus on the half shell, only to crumble in a penumbra of doubt: Do these two amplifiers, a Bel Canto eVo2 and a Spectron Digital One, really sound different?