Tutorials

How to Build a High Quality Music Streamer Using a Raspberry Pi For Beginners

Many people want a better way to stream their music than using an RCA plug directly into their phone, as I did for many years. Or, much...

How to RIP SACDs to DSD on Your PC

I'm a massive proponent of fair use in audio media — if you purchased it, you own it, and you're free to do with it as you so wish — as...

PHILIPS TDA1541-BASED CD PLAYERS AND D/A CONVERTERS

ABBINGDON AMR CD-77 Philips TDA1541A Sony ACOUSTIC RESEARCH CD-06SE Philips TDA1541A Philips CDM-4 ACOUSTIC RESEARCH CD-06SE Philips...

The Art of Component Matching for Beginners

Whether you are starting your journey in audio or are a seasoned veteran, the objective is to create a synergy within our stereo systems...

How to Connect the Apple Superdrive to Your Volumio Raspberry Pi

I had spent hours figuring out how to get this marriage to happen. Working alongside my good friend Jiles from Home Theater Fanatics, we...

List of CDs Infected with Sony's Rootkit DRM

The following compact discs, sold by Sony BMG, were shipped with the computer software known as Extended Copy Protection (XCP). As a...

What is PRAT?

PRaT (short for pace, rhythm, and timing) is a term that is often used to describe the overall sense of momentum, flow, and groove in...

Different Classes of Amplification

In audio systems, amplification refers to increasing the strength of an electrical signal to drive a speaker or other load. Several...

Audiophile Dictionary

When you're speaking to a quote-on-quote "Audiophile," you will need this. Accurate- The music is unaltered by the recording or playback...