The Audio Explorer

Two audiophiles exploration of the twisted and strange world of music and audio. Questions or comments, please email audio.explorer@gmail.com

Monday, May 25, 2009

Jay Bennett

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Click on the photo to see a Wilco studio outtake featuring Jay . Sadly, last weekend saw the passing of former Wilco member, Jay Bennett. Be...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Why Cost-No-Object Speakers Are Good for Everyone

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Without a doubt the audio component furthest away from perfection in our systems is the lowly loudspeaker. With distortion ratings left of ...
Saturday, May 16, 2009

Objectivist Rant

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To All Subjectivists- [sarcasm begins] Cast off your subjectivist sins and all will be forgiven. Become an objectivist, it's cheaper and...
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Saturday, May 09, 2009

The Furutech Furor

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The Furutech deMag device has been causing controversy in high-end circles for some time now, Stephen Mejias' excellent blog entry rei...
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Friday, May 08, 2009

Old Vinyl, New Life

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I often tend to approach my hobbies with a collector's mentality. Unfortunately, this means I always have shelves overflowing with media...
Thursday, May 07, 2009

Simon Yorke

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Below is a brief interview with Simon Yorke, designer and manufacturer of some of the worlds most highly regarded turntables. While I don...
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Sunday, May 03, 2009

Beginnings

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Hello, folks. Audio Explorer has graciously invited me to contribute to this site, so I thought I'd provide a little background about my...
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Friday, May 01, 2009

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back.

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Sometimes I find it remarkable how much disrespect people can treat objects that are art. I was saddened to read earlier today that the pre...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Only Belle & Sebastian

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Here is a good teaser video concerning Belle & Sebastian's next project. Which is an album and soon to be a film. What other band in...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Myrtle Wood Blocks

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Many after market component support tweaks are manufactured from man-made materials and are made to extremely tight tolerances which results...
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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Another Interesting Video from Paul

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A while back PS Audio's Paul McGowan bought some gear to make their "Coal to Coltrane" DVD and has been making interesting sma...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Find of a Lifetime?

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Being a semi-serious Beatles fan I was aware that Capitol had not released the earliest Beatles album or single in the US, that honor went t...
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Monday, April 06, 2009

Round table

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Below is video of Stereophile's round table discussion at the Salon Son et Image Audio show, broken into eleven parts. The participants...
Thursday, April 02, 2009

Single-ended vs. Balanced

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There never seems to be a shortage of questions about the difference between single ended and balanced connections when it comes to high-end...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Jeffery Lewis - "12 Crass Songs"

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Originally written Big Black Disk . Jeffery Lewis "12 Crass Songs" (2007 Rough Trade) Sound: *** Performance ** It was once remark...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Mind blowing

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If you've ever needed proof that some white males can dance. This Ok Go! video is it. I've always wondered what lonely hipsters do...
Friday, March 06, 2009

Defined A Generation

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Along with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Pearl Jam's debut album "Ten" helped define a musical generation....
Sunday, March 01, 2009

A Fun Little Project

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Would you believe that you could build your own loudspeaker in under five minutes for less than a dollar? http://www.youtube.com/v/8m8fbnShP...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Sad news for NHT

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CEPro published the following statement regarding NHT " February 23, 2009 Dear Friends of NHT, It's time to turn down the lights: ...
Friday, February 20, 2009

In my system

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I know that my system is listed in the side bar but how everything is used and connected together isn't perfectly clear. I recently typ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Sony begins shipping new product

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I thought that "The Onion" did parodies; not hard hitting, fact based news stories. ;) Language warning don't watch this wit...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Have you heard the buzz?

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If there is hum or buzz in your audio system diagnosing the cause is often a frustrating task. Begin by asking yourself some questions. Is...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Did the Grammy Awards get something right?

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For years I haven't watched the Grammy Awards. For the most it's because the awards are more about music that sells a huge number o...
Thursday, February 05, 2009

Audio in Unexpected Places

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The audiophile pursuit is so isolated from the "real world" that it's always a pleasant surprise when there is a mention of th...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

PS Audio strikes again

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PS Audio has a habit of coming up with innovative, yet relatively affordable high end audio gear. Their newest transport reads a CD into a ...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Discussions

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There isn't much intellectual discussion about the reproduction of audio to be found. In a previous post readers were pointed towards ...
Monday, January 12, 2009

Favorites of 2008

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Don't you hate those best of the year type lists almost as much as rhetorical questions? I know that I do. No one gets to listen to e...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Apple's iTunes Store Ditches DRM

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People who take joy in hating all things Apple, iTunes and iPod have one less gripe. After reaching a new agreement with the major record l...

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Monday, January 05, 2009

The Return of the 7" single

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The resurgence of vinyl isn't just happening in America. From all appearances it's a global phanomon. The sale of 7" 45 RPM ...
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