What Is An Audiophile – How Does One Become An Audiophile?
Okay, I haven't had a rant for a while, so let's try to get to the bottom of the question of what, exactly, is an Audiophile. So, for most of you, the above dictionary definition ought to end the controversy, not that there ever really was one, you're thinking. But...
Loudspeakers – Measurement Farce
Question: Is it possible to accurately assess the performance of a pair of loudspeakers by analysis of their test data alone, and furthermore, who would attempt such a thing? Somewhere along the way the above became accepted practice and a segment of the buying...
Audiophile Quality Vintage Gear Vs Modern Audio Equipment
I’ve lots of good memories from the early years of being an audiophile, and some bad ones…..here’s a rambling post from an Audiophile who has clearly lost his marbles…
Looking For A New Turntable – Where Are People?
Subtitle - The Search For A New Turntable - Origin Live / Dr. Feickert Analog / Technics / Fern & Roby - (to be continued) A couple of months ago I started with the idea of improving on my vinyl front-end. Running two tables was fun, and useful at some level, but...
Bass and Your $100 POS Plate Amp.
There's a very simple premise behind today's rant, perhaps even too simple. It goes like this: Roughly speaking, we can divide up the range of frequencies that interest us as musicphiles into 3 sections - Highs, Mids, and Lows. Or: Treble, Midrange, and Bass, if you...
PS Audio P10 Power Regenerator Review
I've listed this short review of the PS Audio P10 Power Regenerator under 'Things That Annoy Me', which, if you've been paying attention, you'll know that this category is reserved for stuff that I'd rather not have to have, but now that I've heard it, I can't live...
NHT OMG WTF?
I was out and about on Monday in rural VA when I walked past a pawn shop in downtown Franklin. In the window was an old rusty rototiller with no price tag, so, having wanted one of these for a while, to sit unused alongside my rusty old lawn tractor, I donned my...
Edge NL10.2 power amp finds a new home.
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce the departure of the Edge NL10.2 power amp. Collected yesterday by the men in brown, the Edge is now winging its way off to a new home, actually, a recording studio in Texas. The Edge is one of those truly special...
Subwoofer ‘Swarm’ With Aerial SW-12’s
A 'swarm' has arrived at Audio Resurgence, well kinda. Many of you audiophiles will have heard of the 'Swarm' subwoofer configuration, and if not, you've almost certainly heard of a Distributed Bass Array (DBA). I'm not going to get too technical in describing this...
REL Acoustics – Their Subs May Be Good, But…
I've been working out some nasty bass issues in our main listening room. On the road to implementing a solution I came across the writings of Duke Le June of Audiokinesis. Mr. Le June has introduced his 'Swarm' distributed bass array system to the marketplace and it's...
Uni-Cone Isolation Footers For Sale – Speakers, Amps, etc
