Hearing Is Believing or Believing is Hearing?

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, May 16, 2017    Articles

For more than a century, it has been an article of faith that the violins made by the Old Italian Masters, Stadivari and Guarneri “Del Gesu” are the finest examples of the instrument…

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15 Classic Records to Demo Classic Speakers

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, May 2, 2017    Articles

Forty years ago, we recommended these records to our dealers’ sales staff to use for demonstrating Ohm speakers. They still sound great on today’s speakers. You will notice that a…

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What's 35 Years Old and Sounds Better Than 99% of Speakers Sold Today?

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, April 18, 2017    Articles

Backstory Walsh 2 is 35 years old and still better than 99% of the speakers sold today. Lincoln Walsh realized that if you took an inverted cone made of supersonic material and drove it…

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All speakers are NOT created Equal(ized)

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, April 4, 2017    Articles

Speakers that require active, electronic equalization to work properly have been around for a very long time, but with mixed success in the market place. This is changing. I believe it will…

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Room Treatment

John Strohbeen    Tuesday, March 14, 2017    Articles, Advice

If you are a music or audio professional, the chances are good that you will have a room dedicated to music and its performance or reproduction. For the vast majority of music lovers there…

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Golden Age Bookshelf Speakers – The Cream of the Crop

John Strohbeen    Monday, March 6, 2017    Articles

The introduction of “big” amplifiers (60 watts instead of 3 watts) at reasonable prices propelled the Golden Age of Audio. These amplifiers allowed a major change in speaker design and…

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