HiFi Thoughts

Is a piece of HiFi just a piece of HiFi? Can we reduce the value of a given thing down to those items listed in the accompanying spec sheet?

Remember Computer Audio? When I was hired as Editor of the then nascent AudioStream in 2011, Computer Audio was all the rage. If you wanted to play with all of the newfangled higher PCM resolutions and DSD, USB was your only option. The thing was, […]

Some of you may not know that the Twittering Machines you know is actually its second incarnation: TM launched in its original form in March of 2007. Here’s the very first post:

Ten More Radical HiFi Ideas From Michael Lavorgna:

I don’t hate measurements but some people think I do because I am often critical of how people interpret them. These are two very different things.

Some people say this, “I feel sorry for people who own and enjoy that…”, and some actually believe it. I’m not kidding.

Ownership has its privileges. When we own things, we can do anything we want with them—share, loan, sell, etc. Not so with downloads.

In many cases, choice is a good thing. When it comes to hi-res downloads and sample rates, choice, especially when there’s a premium attached, just bugs me.

Proponents of ABX testing in audio suggest, or insist depending on the person, that knowing what we are listening to when making comparisons makes any results invalid due to bias. In order to remove this perceptual bias, we must remove the knowledge of what we’re […]

Do you remember when computer audio was hard?

A hifi is a system where performance is the result of the combination of the things in that system. Not to mention the room it lives in.

Just like the title says. I give you…

Just like the title says. I give you…