The Gearhead

Take a naturally creative and inventive person, give them a consuming interest, and present them with a related problem. Then sit back and watch the magic happen. The story of American engineer Jim Wi…

There is a classic trope in photography that the best camera is the one that is with you. I’ve come to believe that the same is true for HiFi. To understand the application, it is best if I back…

You can tell a brand has been around for a long time in the HiFi industry by a certain amount of well-reasoned or conservative decisions throughout a product line. Features, packaging, the design of t…

Yesterday, I got a chance to use an advanced speaker positioning trick to fix a centering issue for a customer, one which bends (if not entirely breaks) a traditional HiFi rule. An engineer once showe…

The further you get into the audiophile hobby, the more you tend to obsess about noise. After the system is set up and completed, noise becomes the metaphoric villain you must vanquish in all its form…