Articles tagged 'Audio'

Dear La Folia 9.

Thinking back to my last missive and your parenthetical comment, I withheld the brand name of the DAC I was auditioning…

Dear La Folia 9.

Thinking back to my last missive and your parenthetical comment, I withheld the brand name of the DAC I was auditioning…

Mark Levinson No. 390S CD Processor

Not long ago, an audio hardware reviewer noted an irony: As the vinyl medium wanders yet farther into its dusk, its playback hardware improves.

Mark Levinson No. 390S CD Processor

Not long ago, an audio hardware reviewer noted an irony: As the vinyl medium wanders yet farther into its dusk, its playback hardware improves.

In Response to Ian Masters

For a better understanding of these remarks, go… “Flights of High-End Audio Fancy” by Ian G. Masters. The title pretty well indicates on which side of the audio divide Masters stands.

In Response to Ian Masters

For a better understanding of these remarks, go… “Flights of High-End Audio Fancy” by Ian G. Masters. The title pretty well indicates on which side of the audio divide Masters stands.

It Never Ends: Twilight Reflections on the Compact Disc

The question remains, why the perceived need to apply an automotive refurbishing agent — or anything — to one’s compact discs?

It Never Ends: Twilight Reflections on the Compact Disc

The question remains, why the perceived need to apply an automotive refurbishing agent — or anything — to one’s compact discs?

Dear La Folia 8.

Lately I have been having fun playing around with a new DAC.

Dear La Folia 8.

Lately I have been having fun playing around with a new DAC.

Why Must Audiophiles Be So Predictable?

Shibboleth in its figurative sense encapsulates an aspect of human nature near to universal.

Why Must Audiophiles Be So Predictable?

Shibboleth in its figurative sense encapsulates an aspect of human nature near to universal.

Modern Nasty Recordings

or Why Did Everyone Go So Terribly Wrong?

Modern Nasty Recordings

or Why Did Everyone Go So Terribly Wrong?

Hobby? Ha!

I believe that the audiophile’s passions fall as far from a hobby as it’s possible to get this side of running amok.

Hobby? Ha!

I believe that the audiophile’s passions fall as far from a hobby as it’s possible to get this side of running amok.

Why Classical Sound is Better These Days

In issue 136 of The Absolute Sound, Robert Harley tackles a topic that has fascinated me for years. Harley contends that classical recording has become better of late for a curiously ironic reason.

Why Classical Sound is Better These Days

In issue 136 of The Absolute Sound, Robert Harley tackles a topic that has fascinated me for years. Harley contends that classical recording has become better of late for a curiously ironic reason.

The Ugly Truth about Film Sound

My film sound students at an attempted university get upset when I reveal to them that the mono soundtrack of their precious student film has a frequency response from 80 Hz (cycles-per-second) to 8 kHz (8 thousand cycles), slightly better than AM radio, but only slightly.

The Ugly Truth about Film Sound

My film sound students at an attempted university get upset when I reveal to them that the mono soundtrack of their precious student film has a frequency response from 80 Hz (cycles-per-second) to 8 kHz (8 thousand cycles), slightly better than AM radio, but only slightly.

Caruso on Stage

I have lately been revisiting my small, but now growing, collection of very old (circa 1916) acoustic Victor Red Seal vocal 78’s of Caruso, Galli-Curci, Melba, Schumann-Heink, and Tetrazzini.

Caruso on Stage

I have lately been revisiting my small, but now growing, collection of very old (circa 1916) acoustic Victor Red Seal vocal 78’s of Caruso, Galli-Curci, Melba, Schumann-Heink, and Tetrazzini.

Bring Back the Rotary Dial!

The Confessions of a Reactionary.

Bring Back the Rotary Dial!

The Confessions of a Reactionary.