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  • I am not an audiophile

    I am not an audiophile, or an expert on music. I donโ€™t like being labelled. But I do love most musical genres. I fell in love with music when I was nine. โ€œThatโ€™s a young age to fall in love for the first time!โ€ I hear some of you saying. It is. But by nine…

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  • Understanding Audio, Episode โ€œWatts that you said?โ€

    Imagine youโ€™re driving down the highway at 110 km/h, when you suddenly find yourself at the wrong end of a radar gun and soon being pursued by a police car signaling you to pull over. The chesty policeman standing by your rolled-down window offers you the typical icebreaker in this sort of situation: โ€œDo you…

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  • Listen now: hereโ€™s how to set up your speakers

    Nothing is more important to the sound of your system than speaker placement. Gerard offers sage advice on getting it right. To get the best sound from your purchase and the biggest bang for the buck, you have to consider two main factors: One, is the room you place them in; you donโ€™t hear just…

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  • Can music actually save a life?

    We all know about musicโ€™s power to change a life, but can it literally save one, to make the difference between life and death? According to a Nashville FOX 17 report, thatโ€™s exactly what Johnny Cashโ€™s grandson, Thomas Gabriel, says music was for him โ€” a determining factor in keeping him alive. After spending eight…

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  • Stop, Hey, Whatโ€™s That Sound? Part 1

    Just as listening to bad music is no fun, itโ€™s no fun listening to bad audio, so knowing what to listen for when auditioning a component is important. โ€œStop, Hey, Whatโ€™s That Sound?โ€ is a series dedicated to recognizing aspects of good and bad sound reproduction. Once youโ€™ve settled on what features you want your…

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  • A Word with Twisted Sisterโ€™s Fearless Jay Jay French

    โ€œ I just saw Bob Dylanโ€™s show and it was the worst $@#% Iโ€™ve ever heard in my life.โ€ โ€” Jay Jay French โ€œI just saw Bob Dylanโ€™s show and it was the worst $@#% Iโ€™ve ever heard in my life. Iโ€™m saying this from a loving perspective.โ€ Thus began my interview with Jay Jay…

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  • My Audio Revelation

    Iโ€™ve always loved listening to music on a sound system, even going as far back as when all I had access to was my parentsโ€™ outdated, low-fi stereo system. It was in my collegeโ€™s music library, where I worked, that I was introduced to quality sound, although at the time I had no idea what…

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  • Music Unites Us

    Of course, music isnโ€™t the kind of language weโ€™ll use, say, to order food at the drive-thru or book a car appointment at the garage (even for a car tune up, hehe). Music transcends words. It operates on an emotional frequency to make us feel. Even in songs with lyrics, itโ€™s the songโ€™s harmonic and…

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  • Music is in my Guts

    Iโ€™ve heard the comments from audio enthusiasts trying to put a positive spin on being Corona-confined: โ€œStuck inside? Hey, itโ€™s like Iโ€™ve been preparing for this all along!โ€ I know about musicโ€™s health benefits. Iโ€™ve read those credibly-sourced studies that prove how listening to music can help reduce depression, anxiety, physical pain, and enhance Alzheimer-,…

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  • Sound Reflections: CD sounds better than you may think. Hereโ€™s why.

    When the CD came out, many vinyl record enthusiasts decried the format. โ€œIt sounds mechanical!โ€ Theyโ€™d protest. โ€œIt sounds cold!โ€ Digital sucks became their mantra. A format war ensued. And while most of them today will concede that CD playback sounds leagues better than it used to, many still canโ€™t fully warm up to it.…

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  • Audio is Getting Better. Hereโ€™s why.

    A musical recording is designed to do one thing especially well, barring which it fails completely: make people want to hear it. To get there, a lot of work and reflection goes into bringing a music release to fruition: the writing, the musicianship, the beat, the compositions, the words, its tone, its catchiness, the mixing…

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  • Do Terminators Dream of Mechanical-Sounding Audio?

    A Terminator drunk on cheap motor oil once told me that heโ€™d take bad audio over good any day of the week. Not surprising, I guess, coming from a killing machine that prefers the sound of terrified screams to music. I didnโ€™t tell him, but try as I might to find common ground with the…

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  • 5 Classical Recordings That Will Blow Your Mind!

    Looking to add superb recordings to your Classical music collection, or to start one off on the right foot? Want to dip your toes into the genre to see if itโ€™s something youโ€™ll like? Well, youโ€™re in luck, because we scoured the Internet in search of the most mind-blowing Classical recordings and found a few,…

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