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Featured Articles
Original Notes on Music for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Garage in Kansas City, MO
Creating loudspeaker music for a large space.
10/2011
Issues pertaining to the composing of “minimalist” loudspeaker music for home theater arrays
Power Chords, Polyphonic Trains and Plain Old Phase
6/2006
Design considerations for an idealized domestic surround sound listening space
The author describes an ideal surround sound system.
6/2006
IN DISCUSSION
24 Bits: Can You Hear ‘Em? 96 kHz.: Can You Hear It?:
"...has anyone really addressed inherent problems most sound systems have? Pre…
Random Articles
The Microphone vs. the Ear
Why Recordings Don't Sound Quite Like the Real Thing and Some Things You Can Do About It. An informal introduction to the realities of psychoacoustics.
5/1993
Choosing Studio Monitors: How Should We Go About It?
How to kick the woofers before buying (uhm, not really).
11/2000
The Royer R-121 Ribbon Microphone
What Goes Around Comes Around. A review of the new ribbon microphone from Royer, the R-121.
7/1999
About the Loudness of Sounds and the Risk of Hearing Damage
Very important article -- this one's about loudness. Uh-oh! Required reading.
6/1993
Speaker, Speaker, On The Wall, Who Sounds Coolest Of Them All?
If you sometimes have a hard time figuring out the best piece of gear to use, you're not alone. Moulton investigates the difference between "blind" and "sounds cool" testing methodologies.
6/1994
Liberal Arts Education and Professionalism: A New Perspective
How audio can actually work in a Liberal Arts curriculum.
11/1988
A new loudspeaker design
A case study of an effort to more fully integrate the loudspeaker into the playback room in a musical way.
5/2003
Studio Profile: Orchard Sound. It’s All A Question Of Balancing Your Priorities
A profile of Scott Hull's home studio.
2/1995
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