Retirement…Effective Today!
Today, August 17, 2025 will always be a special day in my life. After working in the California State University
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Dr. AIX’s POSTS
Power Cord Snake Oil…Again!
The June 14th 2025 email from The Absolute Sound featured a brief promo piece for a $34,000/ 6 foot power cord! The headline reads “2025 AC Power Cord of the Year: Crystal Cable 20th Anniversary Infinity.” OK, more of the same nonsense from a publication that lost its credibility a long time but it was the opening sentence that prompts me to write once again about the BS that gets peddled as truth in high end audio. Jonathan Valin, the author of the single paragraph extolling the virtues of the “best power cord (he has) auditioned this year” begins his piece with a statement so utterly ridiculous that I actually laughed out loud.
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One Mic vs. Multimic Recording
I opened up an email today from Sound Liaison promoting their preferred recording technique – “one mic recording.” The opening
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Pure Audio Streaming Service Announced At High-End Munich
I have known and been friends with Jonathan Reichbach, of Amarra fame, for over 30 years. He was a software
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AIX Records: Post Fire Update
Yesterday was Friday March 21, 2025. It was Johann Sebastien Bach’s 340th birthday. My favorite composer among the giants that
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Analog Tape Part II – Expensive Fun
I was prompted to begin writing again for a couple of reasons. First, the challenges of having to deal with
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Analog Tape Part I – I Lost My Nagra IV-S and QGB
In the 1980s, I worked as a boom operator assisting my close friend and mentor Mike “Father Time” Denecke. He
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2025 Happy New Year! Well Not So Much…At Least So Far.
It’s been a very long time since I wrote a blog post. I’ve been busy with challenges of various types:
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A Long Time…
Some of you know that I’m been dealing with some serious challenges over these past 24 plus months. A flooded house, separation from my wife and family, some challenging health issues, and other struggles forced me to set this blog, my new book, and other audio related responsibilities to the side…temporarily. I apologize for the absence and hope to do better over the next several months. Life is full of unexpected turns and I’ve certainly had my share recently. But I’ll try to write more often and focus on getting the new book finished, printed and distributed soon.
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2021: It’s Been A Tough Year
Those of you who have followed my musings on all things relating to high-end audio may have noticed that I haven’t written new blog in over 6 months. As we approach the end of 2021, I thought I would write about the year in review and explain why I’ve avoided posting new articles to this site. It’s not because there is a shortage of high-end audio topics to discuss.
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