Op/Ed from the desk Scot Hull, publisher and founder of Part-Time Audiophile.
One of my favorite hi-fi arguments involves stack-ranking your spend. That is, how should we spend our hard-earned money when assembling a high-end stereo system? What is the most important component? Is it the speaker? Is it […]
The question of how we measure success in hi-fi is a tricky one. Many years ago, The Absolute Sound magus Harry Pearson made a lot of hay about the idea of reality being the only valid metric when […]
Summertime. Hot hazy humid days. But it’s more “wet” than anything else, this year. Still, it’s summer. Time for lolling about, also known as “resting and rejuvenation”. Time to not do chores. Time for memories. Ghosts. “I’m […]
Yesterday, I got word that my friend Richard Beers had passed away. Richard, as many of you know, was the showrunner for both T.H.E. Show in Newport and T.H.E. Show in Las Vegas. I wish […]
Why do we do this? “Being an audiophile”, I mean. Fine, yes, it’s weird. Weird as a three-dollar-bill. Weird as Wicca. Yeah, weird. But I get that. People are weird. I mean the enterprise. Why audiophile. And not, say, […]
Leaving me alone with my thoughts is probably not a good or healthy thing. But I had some time recently to rummage the cupboards, as it were, and it occurred to me that the average audiophile […]
I spend a lot of time figuratively scratching my head. Mostly because I’m a smart-a**, I’m sure. But is it just me? Don’t you ever wonder if we just don’t spend most of our time, […]
While the New York Audio Show coverage is chugging away over at The Audio Traveler, I wanted to step outside a bit and share some thoughts I had zinging around before and after the panel discussion […]
I’m under no illusions. There have always been issues around critics and criticism for pretty much as long as there has been critics and criticism. I suppose it wouldn’t be all that weird to say […]
Recently, Roger Skoff offered up a caricature of an argument around the so-called “expert” and skewered some of the challenges that appertain thereto. Heh heh. In short, Skoff argues that experts, generally speaking, aren’t — and that’s […]
Part 2.2: Epistemology and some Problems with Knowing Recently, Roger Skoff offered up a caricature of an argument around the so-called “expert” and skewered some of the challenges that appertain thereto. I then took it upon myself to […]
Part 2.1: Epistemology and some Problems with Being an Expert Recently, Roger Skoff offered up a caricature of an argument around the so-called “expert” and skewered some of the challenges that appertain thereto. Whew. You […]
Recently, Roger Skoff offered up a caricature of an argument around the so-called “expert” and skewered some of the challenges that appertain thereto. Ahem. In short, Skoff argues that experts, generally speaking, aren’t — and […]
I’m fairly certain it’s common knowledge by now that I spent about a decade in college. In my defense, a good chunk of that time was spent in graduate school. Find me at the bar […]
About a million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the mega-continent, I was a PhD student at the University of Maryland, studying Philosophy. Yes, Philosophy. And no, I had no plans to open a “Philosophy and […]
In this month’s “Records To Die For” at Stereophile, I was struck by a few things. One, almost no new music pops up in there. Why is that? Two, sound quality rarely takes a back seat to […]
Why headphones are not going to save Hi-Fi by Scot Hull You’ve probably heard the news by now. Hi-Fi is dead. Rumor is, it was murdered. Poison! And it has 36 hours to learn who […]
In this episode, yours truly chugs an entire a carafe of coffee and attempts to sit down with Enjoy The Music’s Steven Rochlin to talk about whatever … which turns out to be a bit […]
Last month, Roger Skoff began blowing holes in the idea of the audio show as an Unqualified Good Thing. You have to respect his perspective — he’s “done shows” for a terrific while, and if […]
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