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8K prime-time? Have you noticed the 8K televisions displayed on retail floors and online websites?Are you excited to view 8K’s-promise of unprecedented video resolution and dynamic color?Are you anxious to pull the 8K trigger?Are you prepared for the current hefty 8K price tags?Are you waiting for 8K prices to drop?Is 8K yet even ready for…

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Analog Audio Analog audio, in the form of the vinyl LP record, the compact cassette, and open-reel-to-reel tape, continues to interest young and gray-haired music enthusiasts.An understanding of how this stuff works can lead to improving analog & even digital musical enjoyment.An intro to analog basics begins with the microphone and the speaker. The Microphone…

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My livelihood has drawn from the well of a consumer electronics audio/video career.It was the music of remarkable artists that led me there.I just wanted a better audio system to listen to the music.One of those artists – John Mayall – has passed. The Blues John Mayall was inspired, some say obsessed, by the American…

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The AV Room Service’s Norm Varney wrote, “…today’s world has fewer qualified audio storefronts…” to support audio enthusiasts, which forces many to rely on “self-elected experts” who have created a realm “full of false information.” Many audiophiles still have some qualified storefront access.Too many mid-fidelity enthusiasts have been abandoned. My brother’s mid-fidelity storefront is an…

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This blog diverges from my typical audio/video subjects.But it does live on the outer SciFi edge of consumer electronics. ZDNet published a story that (much like my adult children) warped my brain. It includes terms such as neuromorphic and numbers in the quadrillion. ZDNet reported Intel’s Hala Point, the world’s largest neuromorphic computer, has 1.15…

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How I Met Mike Pinder. Mike Pinder, co-founder and keyboardist of the ‘Moody Blues’ has passed.The Moody Blues filled FM radio airwaves in the 1970s.Spinning the arrival of a Moody Blues album was a poetic sonic journey.Mike Pinder was a unique and essential element of their music. He left the band and the U.K. in…

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The Ride. A business does not ride a straight-line road.It hitchhikes on the ups & downs of the economy.And we face unsettled times. The downward trend can bruise the morale of any professional.Do not surrender.Reboot your competitive spirit and hone your professional skills.Lace-up your work boots for a fight. Start with a recon trip. The…

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Music. You really like your audio system. It delivers music. And you love music. Choosing and assembling your audio system was a challenging quest.Now your audio guru friend steps in and wants to assess and improve your room acoustics.You say, “Stop, I just want to sit in my comfy chair and listen to my music.…

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Do you want better TV sound? Contemporary televisions include a digital audio output jack on their rear panel.The jack is a TOSLINK digital audio connection. It permits bypassing the TV’s low-fidelity speakers and connecting to almost any high-fidelity home audio system.It can if your audio system includes a TOSLINK digital input jack.If your system does…

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