Future Audiophile

Reading Time: 14 minutesThere was a time when my concerted opinion of the entire subwoofer category, at least as it applied to a two-channel audiophile system, was something in which I was totally uninterested. I had floorstanding speakers easily capable of a low end of 30 Hz, or lower, so why bother? I was not at all impressed by low Read More »

Reading Time: 9 minutesFinding perfection in our audiophile systems is a somewhat impossible, yet it is a worthy aspirational goal. Early in our journey, there are big improvements to be had without spending like madmen. Over time, as we move up the audiophile food chain, the cost for upgrades becomes more and more and the improvements are smaller Read More »

Reading Time: 10 minutesPicture this: It’s a crisp New England fall day and you are shopping for new loudspeakers. Around 1996, Lechmere, Circuit City, Tweeter – several brick and mortar shops, and the occasional random white-van-in-a-parking lot were all available in a short drive’s distance to explore endless HiFi loudspeaker offerings. If your budget was $1,500 per pair Read More »

Reading Time: 2 minutesAudioDeskSysteme Gläss GmbH is best known for nearly two decades of manufacturing “the original” Vinyl Cleaner, the first fully automatic ultrasonic record cleaning machine that has been considered the benchmark in its product category ever since being introduced in 2009. Over the past seventeen years of manufacturing, the Vinyl Cleaner has evolved in terms of Read More »

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn 1987, Arnie Nudell, Cary Christie, John Ulrick and Bill Watkins, the legendary designers of Infinity Systems, introduced the Infinity Reference Standard, or IRS, speaker system. This was by far the most ambitious speaker design of its day. And even by today’s standards, few speaker systems are as complicated and take up as much space Read More »

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis new major is designed for students whose musical practice is grounded in electronic and digital technologies, fostering both artistic and technical fluency in areas such as electronic music production and performance, sound design, recording and editing, DJing, and the development of software and hardware. The program will blend hands-on experimentation with engagement in a Read More »