The Gearhead

Speakers have an incredibly difficult job. We ask them to perfectly replicate the sound of a double bass played in a reverberant room, and then we turn around and ask them to crank Brothers In Arms at…

One funny memory from my recent attempt to build a subwoofer for my listening rig at home was the advice I got from other builders to steer away from certain open baffle designs because they “are for…

I talk a lot about the sound of speakers or components being “right,” and I want two give a little background on what I mean by that.I grew up steeped in music and surrounded by excellent musicians as…

OK, I get it. In fact, I got it immediately when I pressed play after gently installing the Siltech interconnects into my humble but accurate and musical system here at The Music Room.What’s so amazin…

When I read through the manual and Nelson’s descriptions of the First Watt F4 amplifier, I get a little dizzy, but I think I understand what he’s talking about.This amp is uses current gain — and not…