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DUT: This Is Not A Test
I always kinda cringe when an audio reviewer calls the thing they’re reviewing a DUT (Device Under Test). First off, it sounds horrible and secondly reviewing hifi gear is not a test.
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System Building: The Leben CS600 Integrated Amplifier (the Return)
When it comes to picking pieces for my system, I like to take my time.
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DarkoAudio Podcast: The Real Value of Measurements
Of all the Darko.Audio podcasts I’ve had the pleasure to be a part of, The Real Value of Measurements is among my favorites. Why?
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Around the Barn in Pictures
Let’s have a look around the Barn, the place where I spend my days (and some nights) living with the gear I review here at Twittering Machines.
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Certainly Uncertain: When Measurement Results Don’t Match Part Four | The GoldenSound Key
“Why you can’t trust audio measurements” is the title of GoldenSound’s latest video and it handily illustrates, in exquisite detail, how and why measurement results don’t match and why they cannot be trusted out of hand. Is it my birthday? Christmas in May?
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Let Me Count The Ways: 10 Reason Why I (Still) Use Roon
I sat in on a seminar at Axpona 2022 called Reviewers on Reviewing. After moderator Julie Mullins (Stereophile) finished her questions for Marc Phillips (Part-Time Audiophile), Greg Weaver (the audio analyst), and I, Julie opened the discussion up to questions from the audience.
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Those Obscure Objects of Desire
In the course of human endeavors, we make choices. Lots of choices most days, and we use any number of internal criteria to inform these decisions.
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HiFi Fun: Synethesia and SINAD
My dear friend and colleague Herb Reichert’s recent piece for Stereophile got me thinking. I love when that happens.
Classic Albums
10 Recommended New Rock Records Or Why Listening To New Music Is Good
99 times out of 10, people who complain about the lack of a certain kind of music being made today or, even worse, the quality of today’s music, typically haven’t put in the time to listen.
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Certainly Uncertain: When Measurement Results Don’t Match Part Three
I’ll keep this one short and sour — once again, we have two sets of measurements for the same piece of hifi gear that tell very different stories.
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And So It Begins, Again
I had sold nearly all of my records. Again. I had sold nearly all of my books. I’m buying more records. I’m buying more books. And so it begins, again.
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The Sony PlayStation As CD Player: An Epitaph
The original Sony PlayStation was a fun CD player, back when you could pick one up for less than $20.
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A New Year’s Video Message
What better way to share a thought than to share a thought on video. So that’s what I’ve gone about doing.
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Twittering Machines 2021: A Year In Pictures
Looking back, something I try not to dwell on, can be informative when looking to grow. To move on. To move ahead.
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Listening Anew
Road Tours, like my recent trip to Goodwins High End, can be intense.
