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DRM; Orwellian or Ingenious?

Today I want to talk about Digital Rights Management, better known as DRM. Most of…

Now in their 70’s and apparently ageless, Mick and the Boys have never been better,…

Universal Music Group announced today that John Lennon’s ‘Imagine” is coming out on their Pure…

In 2012 I wrote a blog post for Residential Systems calling Blu-ray “The Holy Grail…

If you own a classic analog stereo preamp or receiver, you have a problem. Without an HDMI input, you can’t play the highest…

One question that pops up again and again is where to buy music concerts on…

In my last post about the sweet spot, I explained how critical it is for…

The long evolution of storage media began in 1876 with Edison’s wax cylinder, then came…

That’s what this site is about. As an audiophile for over 40 years, I wrote the #1…