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Brethren, I've been running uncompressed and lossless digital audio files for quite some time now. Many of you know I have an Apple universe in the house but in the last year have added a Windows 10 gaming machine to the mix. Having a mixed environment has its own challenges but so far its...

AH Brethren, Finally, we have the Double Blind Test we've all been asking for when it comes to after market Power Cords. The results are in, and yes, unequivocally, power cords do affect the audio we hear from our systems. BEFORE you blow a 50 amp fuse, you have to read the AVS Forum article...

This seemed like the best place to put this post "Musical Goodness" covers a lot of ground. My wife and I went to the Garth Brooks concert here in Arizona, well, us and 78,000 of our closest friends. Being an audio guy I was really interested in how one would set up a sound system where audio...

About two weeks ago our home got pranked by some #@#%^holes who came up to our electrical service box on our house and turned off all the circuit breakers. We know it was a human, or sub-human, and not an electrical surge because the door of the service panel was wide open and every single...

Audioholics: There's a new technology that I just became aware of that will solve so many issues its hard to wrap your head around it. Gene, @gene , just did a very nice article on providing enough power to your music system or home theater. He explains why a 20 amp dedicated circuit may be...

A good friend of mine sent me an article out of a UK publication that I thought was a pretty good read. A non-audio addicted journalist went to an audiophile show called "2015 HiFi Wigwam Show" and then penned an article about what he saw and the types of people he met there. For once, the...

I'm old enough to remember Simon and Garfunkels "Sounds of Silence" . Here's an article with a pretty interesting twist, its the actual sound of silence. I'm not an anechoic chamber guru, I just have a basic understanding of what one is. For those of you who are pretty knowledgeable, I...

"I was an expert witness in the Quincy Jones vs the Estate of Michael Jackson trial". How's that for an opening line? I wanted to know more as soon as I saw the article description. As it turns out, it's a pretty dang interesting story and it involves one of the AH's favorite topics...

Are you an Audiophile? I would think most regular visitors to the AH would qualify according to most common measures and ideas. I ran across an article this morning and if you take their 10 question test, it will show you how much of an Audiophile you might be. I think just based on the...

I had a friend refer me to an article about the audio disaster that is compressed or greatly reduced dynamic range in recordings made over the last 20 to 30 years. After reading the well researched and footnoted article, it sounds like the lack of dynamic range in recordings is an audio...

I wanted/needed to replace my home network router because of diminishing radio signal strength. I was contemplating it, but not really all that enthusiastic about replacing it since that can be a mess. Long story short: I was forced in to a replacement by user error. Me. FIRST THINGS FIRST...

This is a long standing question that drives a ton of "should I buy a new amp?" type of questions. I think a lot of people have no real idea (me included) what their current rig is outputting for power and whether or not more power would make any audible difference. So here goes for the...

I will apologize in advance: this really isn't about a subwoofer in the traditional audio sense. But since I can tie it to subwoofers, I will risk offending the subwoofer community. Yesterday I spent the day out at the NHRA drag races listening to subwoofers that had 8 drivers in each cabinet...

Esteemed Audioholics: I will save you the backstory, but I have been quietly re-ripping a portion of my CD collection in to AIFF. I have noticed an anomaly with regards to the volume statistic in iTunes. If I do a "get info" on a track, then go to the file stats, iTunes displays the audio stats...

When I started looking at getting back in to audio a year ago I began reading a lot of the usual suspects at Stereophile and other outlets where they let the reviewers have free reign with poetic license and perhaps too much Kool-Aid. I started noticing a trend of tortured prose to describe the...

CES 2017 is apparently underway in Las Vegas. For audio, have any of you ever gone? QUESTION: What's the difference between CES for a 20 year old verses a 40 year old that's already been? ANSWER: The 20 year old still wants to go I have attended and helped staff a lot of trade shows over...

Esteemed Audioholics: I would like to put forward a thought that may spit in to the wind (and yes, tug on Superman's cape). The audio hobby is chock full of opinions on what one needs to fix,replace, or buy to get the best sound. I have noticed over the years a phenomenon in my own listening...

I have read a few threads about reference level listening, db levels, and "what does it all mean?" My question is pretty simple and is in line with my newb status. I have a Denon AVR. I run a two channel stereo setup. When I adjust the volume control, it shows the volume in db on the front...

I'm a newb to this forum, but a lifelong audio buff. I hail back to the days when this new fangled thing called "stereo" was trying to justify its existence. I am glad it caught on. My room is dedicated to 2 channel stereo listening. I have a new home, and now have a dedicated music room and...