The Gearhead

I wore a lot of hats over two and a half years as the retail sales manager of PS Audio, but one of my absolute favorite jobs there was to take visiting customers around for a tour. We started eac…

Yesterday I was regaling the TMR guys about my days in Boulder building bikes and selling them on Craigslist. I had chanced upon a new movement toward cycling minimalism — the recent “fixie” and si…

I get to do all kinds of crazy things here that no one in their right mind would try at home. For example, right now, I’m listening to a stereo recording I made of a flamenco concert I recently p…

Clean. Musical. Real. Fun. Is there more to say? Do you want a preamplifier that adds to the sound, one that makes up for an issue elsewhere in the system?Or do you have your system dialed in so…

Imagine coming across this in a Craigslist or Audiogon ad: “Tube preamplifier for sale, used briefly 15 years ago.”  Yowza! If you have any knowledge of tube amps or experience with them,…