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DPT: Three Critical Steps To Maximize Musical ...

Issue 22FEATURED

It was about 7 years ago. I was voicing a system to his room for a Get Better Sound owner. Not sure if I had started calling these sessions RoomPlay yet. Anyway, he had...

It's a Lonely World

Issue 22MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

I didn’t set out to be a hired gun, but it occurred to me pretty quickly that this was the likely path to earning a living — either that or...

All I Want For....

Issue 22VINTAGE WHINE

If you could ask for one piece of vintage gear that you once owned and regret getting rid of—get it back again, crisply new and fully functional,  neatly wrapped with...

Purer, More Perfect Sound

Issue 22QUIBBLES AND BITS

I have spent a lot of time focusing on the Red Book standard of CD Audio, which calls for 16-bit data at a 44.1kHz sample rate.  In doing so, I...

The Sounds of Christmas: Batteries Not Included

Issue 22MUSIC TO MY EARS

I grew up on Ash Drive in suburban Connecticut.  When you hit Thanksgiving you started thinking about Christmas.  Today they’re running Christmas ads starting just after the 4th of July.  In...

Shinola Audio

Issue 22MY TURN

The name Shinola is most familiar as part of a common expression—which I’m sure you know. As often happens over time, the inherent sense of that expression has become lost (as in...

SET in Carolina

Issue 22IN MY ROOM

The speakers are Tidal Contriva Diacera-SE speakers, sitting on Symposium platforms. The amps are Chalice Audio “Grail” SET (Single-Ended Triode)  mono-blocks. The amps are 1 of only 2 pair in...

Berlioz for Christmas

Issue 22TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

And Liszt for the New Year! Here we go. Hector Berlioz (1803–69) was no novice by the time he created L’enfance du Christ. Well past the sensational premiere of the Symphonie fantastique and his...

Why Do We Do ...

Issue 22THE AUDIO CYNIC

Aside from the fact that it sounds like the chorus of an unreleased Sinatra flop,I think the title presents an interesting question. Why bother? What is it that drives people...

Objective? Subjective? Who Cares? Part 2

Issue 22FEATURED

Part 2: Testing 1, 2, 3. Forget the stories and debates about “objective testing,” or its failings, that you read about in consumer magazines or hear about on audio internet...

Japanese Garden

Issue 22PARTING SHOT

While visiting HiFi shops in Japan we took a day off to enjoy the magnificent gardens high in the misty mountains. iPhone 6