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What really killed the loudness wars?
As the music industry shifts to a streaming model, mastering engineers have a new set of rules to follow. But what really killed the...

Jim Cathey
Nov 20, 20211 min read


Vinyl Record Collection...Is there a strategy?
It's often fun to see how people get into vinyl records, let alone hunt for those gems that hide deep in a record store. One can have fun...

Jim Cathey
Jun 27, 20215 min read


Adopting semiconductor industry technology and procedures for vinyl record manufacturing.
The UHQR Kind of Blue All-Star Panel was a live YouTube event last Saturday. The event for the most part was pre-marketing for the...

Jim Cathey
May 15, 20214 min read


MC275 vs MC2301
What I am sharing here is a comparison I had done back in 2014 in Taiwan. Now with this dedicated space, I am posting this again, hoping...

Jim Cathey
May 4, 20215 min read


New Turntable? Wait...
Hunting for a new Turntable is a popular sport and there are for sure many videos and articles that can help you choose an entry-level to...

Jim Cathey
Apr 18, 20213 min read


The Hickok 539B aka the Equalizer
A vintage tube-based stereo depends on strong balanced tubes. Newly manufactured tubes make this straightforward, however vintage even...

Jim Cathey
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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