The Gearhead

One of the cool things about being in the position to evaluate and listen to a plethora of hifi equipment from all over audio’s past is coming across unique and exquisite-sounding products from small…

As I search the internet for information about NOS input tubes, I’m met with a tidal wave of information, opinions, discussion and high prices. As I pop a carefully researched pair of tubes in…

Stereophile’s “Sounds Like? An Audio Glossary” describes the term inner detail as “The sonic subtleties within a complex program signal, reproducible only by a system having high resolution.”As in, wh…

The term balanced audio can be a little misleading to someone getting into hifi. It seems like a perfectly rational goal that the sound of a stereo system should be balanced, both tonally and as th…

Speaker-amp synergy is a tough thing to get a handle on. If you’re listening, like I am, to a pair of speakers you’ve made, you can understand their character and limitations fully and even still be s…