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The Ultimate Audiophile iPhone App?

Nope, it’s not the neat real-time spectrum analyzer (RTA). Nor is it the tone generator.

It’s the “Electron Tube” of course!

Who would have thunk it? (My guess is that the candle was its inspiration.)

Yours for only $0.99 (plus an iPhone).

Bob Walters

World’s Smallest Music Server (potentially)

Most of us blogged about the “big audiophile toys” at CES – as it should be.

But there was lots of other interesting stuff, some of it relevant to our hobby.

One such device was the Pogoplug, which – coupled to a suitable micro-hard-drive and USB DAC – promises to become the world’s smallest music server.

Also, check out the SheevaPlug (pictured).

Neat!

Bob Walters

More Cries of “Snake Oil”

As is usual, new sources have popped up disparaging some aspects of our hobby.

The latest that I have encountered is from the ILikeJam blog,  which sports one of the more unique “mission statements” that I have seen (not repeated here).

That blog’s links lead to the “usual suspects”: a cable autopsy, Doug Self on subjectivism, and Ethan Winer. I must add that I find some humor in the names in this context – “Self” and “Winer” – but that’s just me.

I will also hasten to add that I agree with very little of what is said in these pieces. But I do consider the claims as important reading to the serious student of high-end audio.

Bob Walters