Generic Insights
25 February 2017
Phono cartridges can make or break a turntable, but the headshell also has a not inconsiderable influence on the sound.
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4 September 2012
Upgrading Magnepan Crossovers
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Those diminutive external boxes turn out to have an enormous impact on the sound!
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4 February 2012
Sometimes, the feeling emerges that manufacturers, in their quest for perfection, go a little too far in the matters of detail retrieval and accuracy, thereby necessitating you buy the best in amplification, cables and source components.
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10 April 2011
Despite all I've learned about audio, I haven't yet been able to fully tackle this last barrier. In this article I'd like to share what I have learned so far.
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24 August 2010
Treble
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Open, airy, rolled-off, dark, edgy etc, there is a lot to say about the high frequencies, but this is easily misinterpreted
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5 June 2010
Caldera speaker wired with Transparent or Synergistic Research cables.
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29 April 2010
Audio Lingo
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Audiolingo can be very confusing. People can mean different things when they talk about musicality and the same goes for many more audiophile words to describe how a component sounds.
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4 December 2009
Electrostatic speakers and Magnetostatic speakers both are planar dipoles, and they both tend to be flat and large. But there's a lot more to know about the technical principles behind these speakers. Some interesting reading, I promise!
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2 July 2009
Double Blind Listening Tests
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For a lot of sceptics double blind testing is the only valid method of comparing equipment, but is it?
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2 April 2009
Detail versus Musicality
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The upgrade-virus can easily take over control: where to draw the line?
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16 December 2008
When recording LP's, what sounds better? Digitized or recorded analog?
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16 August 2008
System Synergy
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It's rare that a given component performs 100% in a given setup rightaway
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12 August 2008
Component Placement
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Every piece of equipment can be placed on numerous kinds of underlay materials. All materials have their own acoustic properties.
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6 August 2008
Warming Up
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Warming up is related to, but different from running in. Warming up happens each time a component has been disconnected from the mains power.
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4 August 2008
Running-In
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Some people are not convinced that this phenomenon even exists and maintain that it is a psychological effect
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4 August 2008
Speaker Placement
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Apart from the obvious moving around of the speakers, there are various other variables to hooking up and installation of loudspeakers.
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24 May 2008
Every piece of equipment can be placed on numerous kinds of shelf materials. All materials have their own acoustic properties.
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