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Yesterday, I took some pictures of the original handmade prototype of the very first SAE power amplifier from 1968, and the first-off-the-line production version of that amplifier, the SAE MK II. These are historic audio amplifiers, and are literally the genesis of almost every solid state...

https://gizmodo.com/this-tiny-speaker-promises-better-sound-when-you-attach-1828800098 No comment I could possibly utter could do justice to this stupidity.

Forgive me for tooting the company horn a bit, but Outlaw has just released their model 7220 power amplifier which outputs 7 X 220 watts into 8 ohms. It uses a 20 Amp 120 VAC power input, and it is recommended that a real 20 Amp outlet be used in order to get all of the power out of the amp...

I just completed my latest video which is intended for next month's CEDIA show which highlights the features of the Datasat AP-25 Cinema Processor and the BGW line of multi-channel power amplifiers. I thought this information might be of general interest in order to see what cinemas are using...

There's a site called Digital Audio Review which is always good for ultra high end nonsense and absolute blindness to the importance of acoustics (which is after all part of that ultra high end system). Here's a quote from a review of a Genelec speaker which is amusing: Such thinking not only...

This type of room is depressingly common in supposedly ultra high end installations - a blasted echo chamber! Ugh... How are these clowns supposed to be able to discern such things as how many veils have been lifted from the soundstage?

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https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2017/11/08/capital-audiofest-2017-gary-gils-magic-horn-loudspeakers/ Somewhere in the fog of lost generations of engineers who knew what was and was not a horn, I have seen the above type of speaker being accepted more often than not as a true horn; it is not. The...

Maybe I'm just too old to "get it". Or perhaps the rest of the world has gone mad. In any event, I fail to see this as anything but a marketing money-grab. https://www.soundandvision.com/content/dirac-teams-oppo-improve-smartphone-audio

I don't know how many of you here are aware that many of the more popular albums have for some time been released on vinyl at the higher than normal speed of 45 RPM. These albums are always split into two discs, usually with 2 or 3 songs on each of the four sides because of the shortened playing...

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/dolby-atmos-sound-comes-laptops Some seriously intense marketing mumbo-jumbo here: The Dolby-designed system combines custom speakers and software to deliver “exceptional audio” from a PC form factor, according to a press release issued by Dolby and...

I'm gonna buy one of THESE: https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/07/basslet/ I have seen the light... :rofl:

http://www.soundandvision.com/content/sweetvinyl-exceeds-crowdfunding-goal-new-vinyl-recording-platform A "new" process from Sillycon Valley which "removes ticks and pops" from LPs....... Guys, its called KEEP YOUR RECORDS CLEAN IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!! Never mind that tick and pop removal...

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https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/05/the-clever-absurd-rokblok-rides-your-vinyls-grooves-like-a-hipster-race-car/ No Comment...... :shocked:

Oh my, this is strange. Not sure what to think, but by the looks of some of the pimped out reel to reels near the bottom of the page, some people are totally missing the point. :scared-eek: http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/5/94095 ... udio-trend

I added a new tape machine to my collection, an Ampex model 354. I've always wanted one of the 350 series machines since they are such an icon, and the prototype of practically every tape machine made since - the Japanese copied the crap out of its basic design, along with the Ampex model 600...

In my quest to endlessly tweak, and remembering how good my Altec A-7-500s sounded when I had a 3rd-order electronic crossover many, many years ago, I decided to rip open my crossover and re-think the whole thing. I decided to really go out on a limb and go ultra minimalist - a single pole, 6dB...

As some of you may know, I'm an engineer at ATI (Amplifier Technologies). ATI was originally SAE back in the early days, then the SAE brand was purchased in the 80s by a 3rd party, then bought back by ATI, and has languished for many years. ATI has re-launched the SAE brand with a new stereo...