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Decades of hi-fi tweaks taught Paul Bowes that optimizing gear—not endless upgrades—unlocks music’s full potential. From speaker placement to EMI fixes, these methods elevate performance dramatically.
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The FTC’s 2024 Amplifier Rule aims for transparency but sparks backlash for outdated testing, unrealistic standards, and a loophole echoing pre-1974 marketing chaos.
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Imagine it’s a chilly December 1 evening in 1957. TV screens across America flicker to life with that iconic Ed Sullivan introduction: “And now, ladies and gentlemen… Buddy Holly and the Crickets!” For just a few minutes, Buddy Holly—only 21 at the time—commands the national stage, bringing rock ‘n’ roll into America’s living rooms like…
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Frank Doris continues to mine his experience accrued over 50 years of playing in bands, offering insight into brand identity, having a set list, and playing music you don’t like for the sake of entertaining the crowd!
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Affordable hi-fi tweaks like ferrite cores, Sorbothane pads, and mains conditioners offer subtle but measurable improvements, tackling interference, vibrations, and noise in your audio setup.
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Walt Disney’s radical 1940 film Fantasia demanded a sound system that didn’t yet exist. In response, William Garity and J.N.A. Hawkins built Fantasound—the first surround sound, decades ahead of Dolby. The system flopped commercially but changed cinema forever.
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Welcome to the November Vinyl Beat! This month at Casa Rudy we’re enjoying a couple of Doobies, being overrun by Rhinos, wearing a Tutu, adding some salsa to life’s recipe, and operating under an assumed identity.
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Eighty-four years ago, Disney released Fantasia, and the world would never look at animated films—or hear classical music—the same way again. November 13, 1940, marked the debut of a cinematic experiment so ambitious it might’ve seemed crazy at the time. A cartoon? Sure. But a cartoon with no dialogue, featuring Bach, Beethoven, and Stravinsky? This…
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Paul Bowes shares his story of getting invited to the UK, Europe, and North America to perform space optimization in the listening rooms of complete strangers who later became friends.
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From Brooklyn watchmaker to audio legend, Joseph Grado transformed precision craftsmanship into the iconic “Grado sound” that audiophiles still obsess over today.
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On October 31, 1975, Queen unleashed a track that would transform rock music and forge its own genre: Bohemian Rhapsody. This was more than a song; it was a production, a revolution, and maybe even a bit of madness. Mercury, Queen’s fearless frontman, had begun to sketch ideas for Bohemian Rhapsody as early as 1968,…
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It was October 20, 1977, and Lynyrd Skynyrd was riding high. Known for their fiery Southern rock anthems like “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird,” the band had just released their fifth album, Street Survivors. The album was set to push them to even greater heights, especially with the fresh energy of guitarist Steve Gaines.…
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In the gritty, post-war streets of London, where jazz clubs thumped beneath a veneer of stiff collars and bowler hats, a quiet revolution was brewing. It wasn’t in the smoky speakeasies or the avant-garde art galleries, but in the hushed workshops of wireless engineers and the boardrooms of ambitious businessmen. On October 18, 1922, as…
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On a hot August morning in 1958, something extraordinary happened on a Harlem street. Fifty-seven jazz legends gathered on the stoop of 17 East 126th Street, not for a performance, but for a photograph that would become one of the most iconic images in American music history: A Great Day in Harlem. Captured by Art…
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Mike Harkins explores the rise of DSP in high-end audio, questioning its role in shaping the future as more audiophile brands adopt it to optimize room acoustics and enhance sound reproduction.