Op/Ed from the desk Scot Hull, publisher and founder of Part-Time Audiophile.
Why headphones are not going to save Hi-Fi by Scot Hull You’ve probably heard the news by now. Hi-Fi is dead. Rumor is, it was murdered. Poison! And it has 36 hours to learn who […]
In this episode, yours truly chugs an entire a carafe of coffee and attempts to sit down with Enjoy The Music’s Steven Rochlin to talk about whatever … which turns out to be a bit […]
Last month, Roger Skoff began blowing holes in the idea of the audio show as an Unqualified Good Thing. You have to respect his perspective — he’s “done shows” for a terrific while, and if […]
Well, here it is again. Anniversary Day. Fantastic. I know many of you are wandering about your day, bouncing around the haphazardly placed obstacles of memory as if you’re a bearing in a pinball machine. […]
It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it’s a bit like drowning. There’s no way out. The positions I’ve staked out suddenly seem utterly indefensible, socially ruinous, and outright immoral. Given all the need […]
I’d like submit that there two ways to look at buying anything expensive. The first, which is by far the most reasonable is the “modest” approach. The other, well, isn’t. For lack of a better […]
I get a lot of snide comments about equipment cost. Surprised? I’m not. This shit is expensive. And by expensive, I mean “send my kids to college” expensive. Or condo in Miami expensive. Or sports-car […]
If I was being honest with myself, I’d have to say that I’m not particularly witty or clever. I’m only a fair-to-middlin’ writer, if you call what I do here “writing” — and most folks […]
Aside from world peace, a cure for all the major human diseases, good health for my loved ones, a visit from the Lotto Fairy, and all that happy horseshit, I have no idea what I […]
What the hell. Why not throw open the windows and shout out to the ebb and flow: “What say you?” I’m looking (and just looking at this point, don’t get too excited) for a reference-class […]
The thing about references is that they tend to be bettered. Sometimes convincingly. Sometimes, not so much. But the mere hint that the summit upon which an audiophile has planted his flag is, in fact, […]
Gear comes and gear goes — and so does memory. A lot of ink has been spilled on the transience of aural memory, how unreliable human beings are at even basic tasks of observation, and […]
I feel like it’s been a while since I put anything up — sorry for that. Life. It happens. I’ve been scribbling away on my review of the eFicion F300. I’ve taken approximately a million […]
In a recent editorial, Stereophile columnist Art Dudley threw a grenade into the lobby of audio’s high-end. He followed up with a couple of bazooka rounds. After backing his tank over the debris a couple […]
“What should I get?” I wish I asked myself this question less, much less heard it from others. The answer is, invariably, “I don’t know.” Not that I’m not thinking about it. Like, semi-obsessively. Or […]
I ran across an editorial on Ultra High End Review called “The Sound of One Hand Clapping“. The author, Frank Berryman, argues (I think) that The Absolute Sound is the one True Reference for all […]
I’ve been neglecting you. It’s not because I don’t love you, or have stopped caring. It’s not because I’ve become enamored of someone new, or that my life has suddenly been burdened by a new […]
Paul Rosenthal has died. Perhaps you’re an Audiogoner, and know him by his handle “pubul57“, but whatever. Paul was a friend, and that’s enough. Back in 2008, Paul introduced me to Merlin, a brand I […]
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