When I think back on my last decade of musical enjoyment, I sometimes think about how much the room played an impact in the music I was hearing. Was it “huge”? Or was it rather insignificant? I think the answer is that it was a bit of both. I’ve had systems setup in rooms as […]
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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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I’ve heard it multiple times some of the best money spent on a serious stereo system is spent on the room itself. While it was always something that I knew about, it was never something I could act on. This was primarily due to two reasons; first, I didn’t have the room for it. And
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How often do you come away completely baffled by a piece of equipment that you’ve heard? Even with the number of components that I’ve had the pleasure of listening to, it happens a fair bit. That’s saying a lot, especially in this day and age where amplification technology has progressed to the point of being
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It took me a long time to come to terms with subwoofers and the role they played in stereo playback. For the longest time I held the belief that the only bass you needed was what came out of your speakers. Need more bass? Get bigger speakers. In a sense, I sounded very Texan at
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It’s been a while. And as you might have guessed, I’ve been busy. For those in the know, buying a house and getting ready to move has a way of keeping you busy. We’re a few weeks out yet, but that still means packing away most of the “spare” audio gear. Don’t worry though, that
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Taking a step back into the early days of my vinyl collection, I happened upon this gem. Well, gem in my opinion. Back when I was just getting my collection started, I went into a brief craze of buying albums purely based on album art. I know what you’re thinking. Luckily (or not), this only
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Taking a look seven years ago at one of my favorite albums by The Head And The Heart, I’m reminded why I enjoy the band
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It’s not often that a brand – no matter the industry – declares they’re closing shop only to come back down the road. When it does occur, one of two things have (usually) happened. Either they’re under new management or the public sentiment is so strong that it’s simply inevitable. The latter is exactly what
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Have you ever accidentally stumbled onto a band you liked because of the album artwork? This is a perfect example of that for me – I had never heard of Mt. Joy before crossing paths with their self-titled album back in 2018. After the smashing hit that was their debut album, I found myself wondering
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