Category Archives: Gadget Corner

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System Upgrade Part 4: DacMagic

Posted on Apr 19, 2013 by

As many know, I really do not care for the sound of digital.  Not all digital–DSD (via SACD) is fairly nice, and higher resolution files tend to reduce the characteristics of digital sound which I do not care for.  With … Continue reading →

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System Upgrade Part 1: the Musical Fidelity X10-D tube buffer stage

Posted on Mar 24, 2013 by

Tubes?  Yes, tubes. Valves.  Vacuum tubes.  The stuff that your grandfather’s hi-fi had inside its mysterious guts.  Tubes have also been praised for decades for having a certain amount of musicality that solid state devices could not touch.  There are … Continue reading →

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How HAECO-CSG Kills The Music

Posted on Jul 6, 2011 by

“Wrecked,” as one audio engineer calls it.  That is what HAECO-CSG does to music.  What is it, and why was it so bad for recorded music? To understand the process, you have to turn the clock back to the late … Continue reading →

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Audiogalaxy Music Streaming App

Posted on Apr 11, 2011 by

I’ve tried a few different apps for streaming music from my computer to other devices.  The latest is Audiogalaxy.  Once a file sharing peer to peer service, Audiogalaxy now offers what some are incorrectly calling a cloud music service.  What … Continue reading →

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Grafyx SP-10 loudspeakers…out of mothballs

Posted on Mar 3, 2011 by

OK, I admit it–I got tired of the Boston A-150 “Frankenstein” speakers I had bought for just over $30 on eBay several years ago.  They are quite capable, but I felt like I was missing something.  I hauled the A-150s … Continue reading →

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