Everyday Musings

Return of the Rega Osiris – A tale of great customer service

After patiently waiting for four and a half months, I finally received my beloved Rega Osiris back from getting warranty work done. And yes, it sounds excellent now… just as wonderful as I remember when I first took it out of its box. But, let’s take a step back first. I’ll be the first to […]

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The Road To Room Treatment | Part 2

Nearly six months ago I started this “project” of renovating a new media room in a new house. While I was unable to affect the the room’s dimensions, I could do something about the the sound profile. Incessant ringing, boom’iness, poor sound-staging… all of these problems were classic symptoms of a poorly treated room. Or

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Let’s talk about Vacuum Tubes (and why I love them)

In recent years, it’s become ever apparent that vacuum tubes have become a topic of much contention in the audio world. The primary driver behind this, in my opinion, is the rising popularity of “data driven audiophiles” as I like to call them. I would, in fact, put myself in partially in this group as

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Selah Audio Ritorno in the system

State of the System – Selah Audio Ritorno joins the fray

As I start to get into a cadence of reviewing gear, I thought it’d be nice to post the current “state of the system”. As items enter and leave, I’ll post updates. This serves two great purposes. First, it lets everybody know what’s going on. As I go deeper down the rabbit hole of reviews,

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The Data-Driven Audiophile: Part Deux

This is a small follow-up to my previous post. I’ve had some time to reflect. The question we need to be asking is “gut feeling or measurements, what’s more important?” This of course only applies to electronics. I don’t think anyone would disagree that all well-engineered speakers should sound the same. I honestly think there

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