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Bookshelf speakers for small listening rooms
In a small room, the room itself is the biggest component — and compact two-way speakers work with physics that towers fight against.
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Records reviewed after repeated listening: production, arrangement, sequencing and lyrics, with a clear judgment and the reasons it was reached.
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Digital versus analog listening: what changes and what doesn't
The digital-versus-analog debate is best settled by the measurable differences — and they are smaller, and stranger, than the tribes admit.
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Is hi-res audio worth it? What the measurements say
Hi-res audio delivers more data than any human ear can use — the measurements are unambiguous, and the interesting question is why that isn't the whole story.
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How to judge vinyl pressing quality before you buy
Pressing quality is checkable in advance — if you know what the plant, the master source, and the record's own numbers reveal.
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Podcast microphones for beginners: what holds up for radio-style work
The microphones that survive real radio work share documented traits — dynamic capsules, cardioid patterns, decent self-noise specs — and most of them cost less than a bad interface.
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Album Reviews Explained: What Critics Actually Listen For
A guide to the criteria behind a review, what a score can and cannot tell you, and how to read past the number.