Category Archives: Rant

Listening to the tune

Posted on October 14, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve just been skimming the September 2003 issue of Klips, a newsletter published by Jim Tate Stereo in South Australia. Quite interesting, but I simply must object to one part that jumped off the page. It is part of a … Continue reading →

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What is High Definition?

Posted on October 12, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

A web page for a major Australian electronics retailer says that the Fujitsu 106cm plasma display, P42VHA20 has the following features: High Definition 42-inch (16:9) 852 x 480 pixel panel Wrong! No doubt they’ve been confused by the fact that … Continue reading →

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Now that’s sad

Posted on September 30, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

There are three pieces of software I use so often that they almost define my work. One is TextPad), upon which I am writing this. Another is the best damned calculator on the planet: Kalkulator. And the third is CoolEdit … Continue reading →

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The Path of Least Resistance

Posted on July 27, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Even very clever people, when talking about things outside their speciality, sometimes get things wrong. I’m reading Professor Mike Orkin’s What Are The Odds? and discover on page 15 this statement: Just as electricity follows the path of least resistance, chance … Continue reading →

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Before going DVD Audio, how about getting the recording right?

Posted on July 21, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

One of the beaut things about DVD Audio is the ability it has to carry six channels of sound at an incredibly high resolution of 96kHz sampling rate and 24 bits of detail. There is no recording format (and here … Continue reading →

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Bose’s critics

Posted on July 9, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Here’s the introduction to a forthcoming review of mine to appear in The Canberra Times: If you look around the Internet you will find Web sites that aim to ‘tell the truth’ about particular businesses and products. So you will find … Continue reading →

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Telarc’s height

Posted on July 7, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Some Telarc DVD-Audio and SACD discs have a ‘height’ channel rather than an LFE. Personally, I think this is a rather poor idea. To see why, read this email I wrote to Telarc about it.

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