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ONKYO TX-NR1009 In The House...
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend everyone! Sadly we don't have the same "Black Friday" deals you lucky Americans enjoy :-).I realized something the other day... I refuse to be deprived of Dolby...
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MEASUREMENTS: Separate vs. AV Receivers (Emotiva XSP-1 vs. Denon AVR-3802 vs....
Okay, so maybe I'm being a bit too dramatic using that epic battle between Godzilla and Rodan above :-).With the recent acquisition of the Emotiva XSP-1, I wanted to see just how well a separate...
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MEASUREMENTS: ONKYO TX-NR1009 as HDMI / SPDIF DAC... Are AV Receivers any good?
The rat's nest.Running separate components like multichannel processors/preamps to monoblock amplifiers are generally considered the ideal, "cost no object" approach to home theater. In the real world,...
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GUEST REVIEW & MEASUREMENTS: The Quantum HDMI Squeezer + ULTRA Cable: A look...
By Keaton I. Goulden-Eyre III, Esq.With Archimago overseas, he implored that I take a few moments to contribute to this most obscene of blogs (sorry dear readers, "objective" and audio do not mix in my...
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Getting There... (Early HT Room Setup)
Back from my overseas business trip late last week. It's going to be really busy since I'll be moving to the new house in 1 week. Massive amounts to pack up!Nonetheless, I didn't want the movers to be...
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MEASUREMENTS: Do lossless compressed audio formats all sound the same?
The year is 2013.Digital audio has been around for a long time. The CD 16/44 PCM format has been the de facto standard of audio delivery for 3 decades now. For the last decade at least, many of us have...
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MUSINGS: A Look At The Sound Room...
It's about 2 weeks now since I moved into the new home. As expected, it was stressful; with kids in tow, it's not like the bachelor days with just one's personal belonging in the trunk of my old...
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MUSINGS: Those "next generation" game machines - PS4, XBOX One, Wii U...
Battlefield 4 - PC gaming time in the living room... Silverstone LC14 case in lower shelf. Arcade Street Fighter stick to the left. Old SNES still in the box to the right :-)As I opened boxes and put...
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MEASUREMENTS: USB Cable Extension with Ethernet Cables - does it worsen jitter?
I mentioned in my "look at the sound room" post the other day that in the Emotiva XSP-1's multichannel "HT Bypass" mode, I'm dealing with some noise when the USB DAC (TEAC UD-501) is connected. In an...
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Room Measurements First Steps (Stereo): Paradigm's PBK-1 and Room EQ Wizard...
PBK-1 mic about to record some subwoofer beeps and boops...Alas, the Christmas & New Years holiday season is behind us. Each year, I'm amazed at just how quick everything goes by... Never enough...
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MEASUREMENTS: Google Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) audio quality...
Mobile space is where it's at these days for major consumer computing innovations... New advancements in wireless communication, low power, more speed. Amazing just how fast progress is being made! It...
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DEMO & MEASUREMENTS: What does a bad USB (or other digital audio) cable sound...
Okay, so the other day I was installing my new BenQ BL2710PT monitor (reasonable monitor for a decent price) and as I was rummaging through my old cables, came across a very oldUSB 6' cable that I...
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MUSINGS: The Audio PC / Music Server / HTPC (Basics, My PC, and Some...
I'm in the process of finishing up some measurements - I think many will find it interesting in the days ahead. I'm going to let that article percolate a little first however. This week I thought I'd...
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MEASUREMENTS: Power Cable Redux. The Synergistic Research Tesla T2 SE, T3 SE...
As promised over the last months, I've been wanting to borrow some expensive cables to measure to see for myself if I can both objectively and subjectively experience a difference. I've measured power...
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MUSINGS: Golden Earism (& The Philips Golden Ears Challenge)
Don't you love the term "golden ears"?I wonder historically when this term was first coined. I suppose it must have been in the murky distant past of times immemorial when primitive man glazed upon the...
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MUSINGS: Saturday AM B&W Nautilus Listening
Under immense market forces and thin margins for the majority of consumer electronics, it is no wonder that the specialist brick-and-mortar stores have gradually disappeared over the years. Big box...
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MUSINGS: Silence (Is Golden)... [HTPC Rebuild]
A couple weeks ago in the post on the Philips Golden Ear Challenge, I touched on the topic of hearing acuity and the importance of this. It's one of those things that seems to be taken for granted in...
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MEASUREMENTS: Belkin PureAV PF60 Power Conditioner.
Happy Friday everyone.After the negative results for the measurements of the Synergistic power cables earlier this month, I thought I'd just end the month with more power 'tweaks' and do some...
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MUSINGS: High-Resolution Audio (HRA) Expectations (A Critical Review)...
I guess an LP can still be considered "high fidelity" by some in 2014... But doubtful it should ever be called "high-resolution"!Like DSD / SACD, high-resolution PCM (24-bit, 88kHz+) in the form of...
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FOLLOW-UP: Anomalies in Beck's "Morning Phase" (HDTracks 24/96).
After I posted the last note on "High Resolution Audio Expectations", I got a few "tips" to have a look at some tracks on Morning Phase in more detail... So I got my friend who informed me about the...
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