Before the lute sang courtly ballads, the oud wept across empiresโfretless, poetic, and ancient, it journeyed from Ur to Cรณrdoba, carried by legends like Ziryab and crafted with near-religious devotion.
Despite identical measurements, amplifiers can sound different. This article unpacks how output impedanceโespecially in tube vs. solid-state ampsโalters tone through speaker interaction, challenging the โif it measures the same, it sounds the sameโ myth.
After cheating death for decades, Ozzy Osbourne exits this world the way he lived in itโloud, chaotic, and unforgettable. Mark Lepage traces Ozzyโs transformation from bat-biting wildman to cultural institution.