What Difference Does An Output Transformer Make?
Do Transformers Matter? Spoiler Alert, They Do. (to varying degrees) By Steve Graham Bored? Take an OK amp, buy two new transformers Yes, I was bored. Two years and counting of near-isolation in a...
View ArticleMQA – Other Perspectives On Streaming
Mini-opinion by Noam Bronstein I tried, I really tried to avoid a clickbait title. Just including those three letters “MQA” in a post title is going to attract some views, I know that. I can’t recall...
View ArticleICYMI: ‘The Montreux Years’ Releases
(In Case You Missed It) As audiophiles we’re often bombarded with ‘new’ reissue series, like the terrific Music Matters and Tone Poet Blue Note releases. Less frequently, a trove of unreleased...
View ArticleAce And Steve: Reviving The Leak Stereo 20 (Part 1)
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure: Update No. 1 Leak Stereo 20 Progress, and I Share a Testing Tip by Steve Graham The Leak Stereo 20 is up and running. I installed the remaining caps...
View ArticleHoly Or Hell: Ace & Steve Update 2 – The Heartbreak Of Vintage Gear
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure Update No. 2: The Heartbreak of Vintage Gear by Steve Graham This was originally going to be a much different progress report. I’ll get into that later,...
View ArticleAce & Steve Update 3: The Long And Winding Road
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure: Update No. 3: The Long and Winding Road by Steve Graham Progress of a sort, on the Mactone front. Perfect and as new? Probably not. The conundrum...
View ArticleA Thought Or Two On The MOFI Situation
Mofi, Mofi, Mofi. Is there anything left to say? Perhaps. First off: I really have no skin in this game. The few older Mobile Fidelity LP’s that I’ve picked up over the years have been enjoyable,...
View ArticleAce & Steve Update 4: I Should Have Known Better
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure: Update No. 4: I Should Have Known Better by Steve Graham If you have been following this series, you’ll know that the original Fisher output...
View ArticleWhy The Vinyl Renaissance Is (Mostly) Not For Me
Why the Vinyl Renaissance is (Mostly) Not for Me By Steve Graham Spoiler alert: If you love vinyl, what comes next might not be to your taste. The intention of this report is not to dis vinyl lovers...
View ArticleWall Of Sound Is 10 Years Old
Sometime in February 2014, I decided to start this website, for fun and perhaps a bit of income. Predictably the income part didn’t work out, but it has been fun – I’ve met some great people, some have...
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