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A Happy Accident: A Better Way to Play Back Stereo?
Examine a different surround sound configuration.
11/2003
The Growing Gulf Between High Resolution and Low Res
Two diverging trends in audio standards; which fork do you take?
4/2003
Surround Sound’s Field of Dreams: If We Build It, Will They Come?
Make sense of all those channels gathering on the horizon. Dave reports on the Technical Conference on Multichannel Audio at AES.
3/2003
Making Your Home Control Room The Best That It Can Be: Some Basic Principles
Seven issues you will need to address as you build the control room of your home studio.
6/2002
   
Random Articles
The Audio Window
This piece examines the human range of audibility. Fundamental stuff, but you may not have thought about it in these terms before.
12/2000
What Happens When Our Willing Suspension of Disbelief Hits the Wall? Uh-oh!
Discussing the limits of music specifically composed for performance playback on a set of surround sound loudspeakers.
6/2002
On the Importance of Lyrics
Lyrics are a big deal, and we ignore them at our peril. Nonetheless, we DO tend to ignore them. Hopefully, this article may convince to change your musicianly ways regarding lyrics.
10/1992
Some Reminiscing About My Experiences With Subjective Testing
How Dave began his journey down the rabbit hole of audio perception measurement.
9/2001
Design considerations for an idealized domestic surround sound listening space
The author describes an ideal surround sound system.
6/2006
Beyond Spectral Management
Parametric Equalization for Fun and Profit
3/1994
Power Amps Revisited: The Joys Of An “Audiophile” Amplifier
Dave reviews the R.E. Designs LNPA 150 power amp.
3/1997
About Women In Audio, AES Style, And Losing (Or Finding) Your Voice
We're in a sexist business, and mostly we really don't like to deal with that fact. Time to get sensitized!
5/1995
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
Making Loudspeakers And Control Rooms That Make Music “Sound Good”
An unabridged version of an article that originally appeared in Mix Magazine, edited by Moulton.
1/1999



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Bang & Olufsen wins major car sound system award
The Bang & Olufsen in-car entertainment system fitted to the Audi A8 has been voted the world’s best sound system.
MoultonLabs.com II
Welcome to the new Moulton Laboratories website.
“From Exile to Exaltation” wins 2006 Independent Music Awards for Best Gospel Song
Two of Dave's surround mixes were nominated for the Independent Music Awards, one wins!
Sensible Sound on the BL5
"demonstrably the finest loudspeaker system designed and manufactured thus far."
Audi debuts B&O automotive sound system
The Advanced Sound System, incorporating Sausalito Audio Works' ALT lenses, was introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Ultra Audio on the BL5
"represents a true reinvention of the loudspeaker as we know it"