Scene 1. A person goes to a particular room at an audio show to hear a specific component – a DAC. But… how would that person know how much of what was heard could be attributed to the DAC, in an unfamiliar room, with unfamiliar amplification and speakers? Scene 2. A person searches the audiogon listings for components on the Stereophile recommended components list. Not even necessarily Class A – they cost a packet – but if only a better amp or preamp or speakers or DAC could be found from anywhere on that list, things would be so much better. Scene 3. A groupRead More →

The word “musicality” is bandied about in hifi circles a bit, but what does it mean? If you look for a definition with Google, you will end up with something like “Musicality is a noun that means sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music.” (From Wikipedia.) You might wonder what that has to do with hifi… and I’ve wondered about that myself quite a lot… so I suppose that in a way, that is what this blog is about – the pursuit of “musicality” in hifi. And what is “hifi”? By most any definition it would mean something along the lines of high-quality (“highRead More →