The Audio Explorer

One of the best ways to explore the history of music is to find out who influenced a given artist and explore their work. In this way Led Z...

What do bimbos and audiophile recordings have in common? For the most part after the first encounter or two the thrill is gone. In the end...

As one who is still very new to the active collection and enjoyment of vinyl records (I'm not counting using them as frisbees or surfing...

NPR has a wonderful interview with Greg Milner, author of "Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music" which ca...

The arrivals of the iPod, iPhone, Airport Express and Apple TV have raised the bar of consumer expectations of convenience when it comes acc...

Many times it is a struggle to explain to those not interested in high-end audio what drives the audiophile to sacrifice time, money, aesthe...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...