T.H.E. Show Newport's Amazing 2nd Floor
After the speakers totally disappeared, all that remained was truly glorious, open, clear, extremely seductive, and supremely musical sound
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We Are Millennials. We Are The Future.
Millennials areallegedlythe scum of the earth. They're a load of lazy, self-absorbed, uninformed, whiny twerps who are in for a rude awakening. At least, those are what seem to be the highlights of the fraction of internet drivel I've come across.
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Sasha Matson at T.H.E. Show Newport, Part One
Stereophile Editor John Atkinson and I drove down from deepest Hollywood to arrive at T.H.E. Show Newport late on Thursday night, in time for the public opening the following morning
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Saturday at T.H.E. Show Newport
While some components in the Triangle Art system were less expensive than the Usher Audio Mini Dancer Two-D speakers being used ($5500/pair), mostincluding the Triangle Art Apollo phono cartridge ($8000)cost more.
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First Public Day at T.H.E. Show Newport
Silverline Audio's tiny SR7 loudspeaker punches above its weight
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T.H.E. Show Newport Really Opens
Press Day, Schmess Day. Some people were ready, some were not
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The New Mastersounds
"I mixed it before we recorded it."
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T.H.E. Show Newport on Press Day: We Happy Few...
Day One was press day, with only we ink-stained wretches (or at least the carpal-tunnel afflicted) invited to the party.
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Sony, UMG, NARAS's P&E Wing, and Capitol Studios Present DEG Hi-Res Symposium
At a Hi-Res Symposium presented by The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) on June 1 in Capitol's legendary Studio A in Hollywood, representatives from record labels, Sony, Capitol Studios, and The Recording Academy's Producers and Engineers wing discussed the future of high-resolution digital audio.
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PSI Audio AVAA C20 electronic bass trap
"Bassthe final frontier," declared Captain James T. Kirk. I have no doubt: The biggest problem in nearly every listening room is getting the bass to sound right. Today, we voyage to the frontier of bass response.
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A Brief History of Time
Because my listening room is also a mastering room, it has to be as accurate as possible (see photo 1). The floor is a concrete slab, with solid-block wall construction and a cathedral ceiling 23' high at the rearthere are no floor-to-ceiling resonances. A bay window hidden behind the curtains disperses the lengthwise room mode by varying it between 18' and 20.6'. The curtains tighten the stereo image and damp the subtle resonant chamber that would otherwise color the sound.