Is the room the most important component?
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 [...]
Publishers Desk
Op/Ed from the desk Scot Hull, publisher and founder of Part-Time Audiophile.
What is the “absolute sound”?
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 [...]
Burning Amps and Summer Ghosts: Summertime at PTA
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 [...]
Goodbye, Richard
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 [...]
Chasing the absolute sound
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 [...]
The many faces of obssession
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 [...]
Marketing, Audiophiles, and the Opposite Sex
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 [...]
A cheap and cheerful 21st Century Audiophile
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 [...]
On Experts, Reviews, and Drive By Shootings: Part 4
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 [...]
On Experts, Reviews, and Drive By Shootings: Part 3
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. [...]
