“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?
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.
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.
My dear friend and colleague Herb Reichert’s recent piece for Stereophile got me thinking. I love when that happens.
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.
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.
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.
The original Sony PlayStation was a fun CD player, back when you could pick one up for less than $20.
What better way to share a thought than to share a thought on video. So that’s what I’ve gone about doing.
Looking back, something I try not to dwell on, can be informative when looking to grow. To move on. To move ahead.
Road Tours, like my recent trip to Goodwins High End, can be intense.
This is a question that pops up every so often, like a mole in the Whac-A-Mole game —why aren’t there more reviews of bad products?
I join John Darko for Episode #27, the latest in his ongoing Podcast series, where we talk about a host of matters including the likelihood of Placebo Effect infecting hifi. Boo!
A little something to tickle your spooky tooth. Boo!
In hifi we strive for the same goal — namely the reproduction of music in as captivating a manner as possible.
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