You can enjoy a vintage system that sounds better than a modern system and costs less. The best bookshelf speakers from the Golden Age of Audio (late 1960’s through early 1980’s) were…
Today’s typical music system consists of a pair of headphones and an MP3 player or an audio streaming device like a phone or computer. If the listener wants to share the tunes with others…
The Elegant Music Room
Once upon a time, if you wanted to listen to music, you either had to have the means and talent to make music at home, or you had to go to a concert hall or other…
There are a variety of reasons why some listeners can’t or don’t want to adjust the tone controls that are fixtures on most consumer receivers, integrated amps and pre-amps. The most…
…of mice and men often go awry. With apologies to Robert Burns for appropriating his words and wisdom and to you for missing our date last week, but I hope that once you read the…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The speaker/room interaction has a bigger effect on sound quality than all your choices in electronics.
Over the years, I have probably…