Tubes vs solid state, vinyl vs digital, actual magnetic tape vs software modeling… meaningless arguments ideologically flawed. What got you into music and high fidelity was very likely the exploring of sound and the art expressed through it—patterns, tones, phrases and ideas…

Our stereo obsession—and now stubborn opinions—started with our response to sound and music before we were even aware we were aware. Many drift a long way from the music multiverse, holding on to just a handful.

So what does it mean to have an absolute polarity recording, of Eagle-Woman playing the Navajo log drum? It would mean that the recording in your hand will cause positive voltage correlative to the original acoustic events compression of air…

Watt, Tom Watso, Nick Aguilar + two~three hundred people bouncing around, totally into the music, in the now, communal, and Watt, subordinate and dominant at the same time.

Last week we were at the California Audio Show (San Francisco, the airport not really the city). A great show hosted by Dagogo. Fun show, busy room, made some new friends, introduced a lot of new music and some gear. We showed for the first time our new Druid Mk.V speaker and the Submission subwoofer. We also introduced the Soul Supreme which

My brother Dallas has inspired me in many ways and I don’t use the word inspired without heavy consideration, in fact this may be the second or third time I’ve used it. Musically he is way more accomplished and astute, he’s after all the real DJ I just pretend to be one at hi-fi shows.

Growing up I was really into Public Image Ltd, as well as all the punk and early metal that came before and after First Edition. And yes, I really did