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Weekly survey: What are the best tracks to test headphones, earbuds, and speakers?

Every once in a while, you need a new set of headphones. Or earbuds. Or speakers. This is a very

Now that we’re into October, I feel I can enjoy pumpkin spice-laced foods without rushing the season. Let’s take a

Michael Fremer is the editor of AnalogPlanet.com and the contributing editor to Stereophile. This means he has some serious listening

Outside of the discs that come with box sets and the occasional impulse purchase, I’m pretty much done buying CDs.

Off to Las Vegas to see one of the last shows on the Rush tour. I’ll report back by early

The other day, I posted my wistful look back on growing up in the Age of Stereos and the days when

I still remember my first stereo system. With $500 I earned at the soft ice cream parlour/pool hall in my

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver