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What Makes The Sweet Spot So Sweet?

Last month we focused on On-Axis Listening — why aiming your speakers directly at your ears…

In recent years, television manufacturers have promoted HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) as a convenient…

The Human Ear: Evolution’s Finest Instrument Long before music was recorded or concerts were…

Welcome to the Just Ask Bob page, a free advice service for owners of Vintage…

Sharing an SACD User Experience with the Essence HDACC II-4K HDMI DAC ($649) by Garret…

Take the Dare to Compare Challenge; Which Picture is Better? A lot has been written…

For those that have been following the delay of my introduction of the HDACC II-4K…

I grew up at the same time hi fi grew up, the 1960’s and 70’s.…

Since analog sunset began in 2013, most Blu-ray players ditched their on-board DACs and analog…