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		<title>Is Music Math (and vice versa)?</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2012/01/14/is-music-math-and-vice-versa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physicist Glenn Elert has included a nice exposition on the mathematical basis of music in his online physics text (click here). Glenn keeps the tech description at a &#8220;Popular Science&#8221; level for much of it, but descends to undergrad-college-level in parts. So there&#8217;s something for everyone. (nice illustrations too.) If you think about the content, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Loud Music Add Hard Drive Latency? Does it Matter?</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/12/05/can-loud-music-add-hard-drive-latency-does-it-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note that this ad hoc demonstration does not represent proof, let alone applicability to home playback environments. Also, extensive use of caching in player software would seem to negate this effect in sound systems. However, perhaps this is why some austensibly-sensible audiophiles report better sonics with solid state drives (SSDs)? Thanks to PeterT for pointing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reproducing the Live Event &#8211; How Loud is Loud Enough?</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/11/24/reproducing-the-live-event-how-loud-is-loud-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/11/24/reproducing-the-live-event-how-loud-is-loud-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baasnotes.com/blog/?p=1608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We audiophiles are obsessed with frequency response (FR): Is that system &#8220;flat&#8221; to 20hHz? How low will these speakers go? I *must* have 20hz! There was a &#8220;BBC dip&#8221; in that Tannoy. No, I would call it a smile. Urgh. Those speakers are waaarrrm. And so on&#8230;. Even looking at the august Stereophile, keeper of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Should Your Room Measure?</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/10/13/how-should-your-room-measure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baasnotes.com/blog/?p=1577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the title of this post is correct. We audiophiles read a lot about how our components should measure, i.e., how to quantitatively specify system performance. You know the drill: 20-20Khz, 8 ohm, slew rate &#62; 10, noise &#60; 100dB, etc. But how do we specify correct room behavior? And what are the consequences of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Audio, Digital is Simply Not Digital</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/10/02/in-audio-digital-is-simply-not-digital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baasnotes.com/blog/?p=1529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote earlier in this blog about how digital audio signals must ultimately be represented by analog signals &#8211; particularly when traversing a cable. This article in EE Times, while geeky, presents more evidence about the slippery problems of digital audio &#8211; this time from the perspective of USB. Don&#8217;t think USB cables matter? Read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thunderbolt &#8211; The world&#8217;s most sophisticated cable?</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/06/30/thunderbolt-the-worlds-most-sophisticated-cable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The geometry of Nordost Odin. The circuit-in-a-cable approach of MIT. The static charge on Synergistic shielding. All examples of how audio cables have progressed beyond the twisted pair. But these are childlike in sophistication compared to the Thunderbolt cable, as featured in new Apple Macintosh products. T-bolt, which some suspect to be the &#8216;next big thing&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Better Audiophile (Or Maybe Reviewer?)</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/04/01/be-a-better-audiophile-or-maybe-reviewer/</link>
		<comments>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/04/01/be-a-better-audiophile-or-maybe-reviewer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from member Bob S.: Click here for Ear Training software from Harmon Intl.  Really cool, and it's free! Some bugs are discussed here. Finally, Figure 3 (here) shows the poor performance of a group of audio reviewers (how chosen?) compared to listeners trained by Harmon's method. Bob S. Thanks, Bob!]]></description>
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		<title>Light Peak &#8211; Overkill for Audio Interfaces?</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/02/24/light-peak-overkill-for-audio-interfaces/</link>
		<comments>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/02/24/light-peak-overkill-for-audio-interfaces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baasnotes.com/blog/?p=1254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Intel and Apple announced the first incarnation of Light Peak &#8211; on the latest iteration of Mac laptops. Apple calls it Thunderbolt. Cheesy name aside, the 10 gbps performance is staggering. It&#8217;s more than an order of magnitude faster than Firewire 800. Want to move a Blueray movie? Less than a minute. USB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DSP &amp; Digital Crossovers Using a Mac</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/01/30/dsp-digital-crossovers-using-a-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/01/30/dsp-digital-crossovers-using-a-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://baasnotes.com/blog/?p=1188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wrote a lengthy post about digital crossovers and EQ over on the Computer Audiophile forums (click here to read it). Bottom line, while not for everybody, DSP technology can revolutionize the way you interact with your system. I also make some specific product recommendations that I thought would be inappropriate for BAASnotes (being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cool Sound of Valves</title>
		<link>http://baasnotes.com/blog/2011/01/13/the-cool-sound-of-valves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this article in IEEE Spectrum regarding why tubes sound better. It&#8217;s a bit long, but its arguments are lucid and well-presented. Be sure to read the sidebars too! Amazingly (for an IEEE pub), bothe the objective and subjective sides of the story are covered. Also, note how many Bay Area people are on [...]]]></description>
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