Next, Jack English goes through all the basics of setting up your equipment for maximum pleasure in "Tweaks'n'Squeaks." Everything is covered: from unpacking those new boxes, placing the products, and hooking them up correctly, to cleaning and maintaining the system to keep it in top form.
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So it seemed a natural to turn him loose on you, the Stereophile reader. Check out his blog, where he'll post the highlights of what he finds, when he finds it. Looks to me like he's not going to say much with each post (he doesn't in his emails), but as they say, a link is worth a thousand words.
Also new on the website this week is the Audiophile…
As Barry Willis reports in his "As We See It" from November, The Search for Musical Ecstasy, there are hobbies out there easily crazier than high-end audio. Don't believe it? Willis does some comparison shopping.
Also from the November issue, we present John Marks' The Fifth Element #5. Marks…
Or mention expensive audio cables that use deviant technology.
Much of the fervid debate about analog audio cables centers around whether or not different types of wire and shielding techniques do indeed sound different—especially if they cost a lot.
But Jim Wang of Harmonic Technology has found that what really makes a difference is eliminating the wire and its need for shielding altogether. His…
When Sony did that, we consumers screamed bloody murder.
In Apple's defense, the "feature…
Blish is one of many audionuts who are keen on classic Marantz equipment. Most such hobbyists are content to collect a few rare pieces, or assemble a mint-condition "classic system." Blish has done that, but he's also gone a huge step further: he's built an online temple to Marantz gear of the 1960s and '70s. His Marantz pages---part of an extensive…
Officially dubbed TwinVQ, the system was licensed to Yamaha for its SoundVQ player and its SolidAudio portable. Over the years, interested engineers and hobbyists have developed several software utilities, encoders, and players for the format. Its adherents claim VQF…
Quit while you are only slightly behind, say four researchers from Microsoft who recently weighed in with their provocative analysis: The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution. The paper defines the "darknet" as a collection of networks and technologies used to share digital…
Harrison is a record producer and former member of the rock band Talking Heads. The site was launched in September, with the goal of identifying the best…