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Jul 17

SUMMER MUSINGS: True audiophile aspirations; recent events in the audiophile culture - end of Atkinson's Stereophile measurements, YouTube influencer legal drama.

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Jun 06

On Envy, "Cope", and just plain Reality in Audiophilia. More GR-Research/Danny Richie drama.

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May 10

Small Room Acoustics: Example of impact with (ultra) high-end speakers in Stereophile. (On AI audio writers, and Asia vacation pictures. 😊)

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Mar 28

Do HDMI cables make a difference for IIS/I2S/I²S-HDMI audiophile DACs?

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Feb 15

More Audio Potpourri: What's the best sample rate converter? The other father of MP3 (James D. Johnston "JJ"). Are measurements important? And TAS' "objective" confusion.

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Jan 31

Audiophile Potpourri: December 2025 web traffic among audio sites, price of cables poll, and flashback 2014 while looking ahead.

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Dec 19

On the Danny Richie / GR-Research's UberBUSS hypocritical video against Amir / Audio Science Review.

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Dec 06

On using AI/ChatGPT analysis to convince consumers about audio snake oil? GR-Research UberBUSS anyone?!

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