Saturday, September 29, 2012

Those Little Tiny Wires

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In the mid 1980s, I purchased a brand new Yamaha YP-D8 turntable and fell in love with it. Stylish, dark hardwood base, and sexy, this S-arm...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Picking out a TV

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A friend of mine is wanting to buy a new TV set but doesn't know what to really look for when judging picture clarity differences.  Most...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Evolution of the High End Part 6

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Early on in audio, speaker connections used off-the-shelf terminal connection strips to make easily removable speaker wire-to-amplifier and ...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

Computers - ARGH! - Lessons for Life

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It's been a while since I posted anything on my blog but it's not because I have run out of things to say. I have an older Gateway l...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

The 546: Another Political Commentary

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This week looks to be very promising as far and changes in the wind go.  People have been arriving for the 2012 Republican National Conventi...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Better than the Original?

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One thing about Pandora Radio ( www.pandora.com ) is that they can introduce you to new and really great music.  I listen to a lot of Norah ...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Impulse Toys

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There seems to be a never-ending supply of toys for the audiophile.  On of the most novel things I've seen lately is something that has ...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Jumping Half Way

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If a frog jumps half way out of a bowl each time it jumps, when will the frog jump out of the bowl? High-end audio is much like this f...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Can you say poly-sty-rene?

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As many of you know, I am a hard core tinkerer constantly performing surgery on my gear - all of it. In a pair of speakers I built decades a...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Sandhill Cranes

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I live in central Florida where birds are abundant and the weather usually pleasant. Yesterday on my pre-dawn bike ride, I passed a lot adj...