Art Dudley

VPI Aries Scout turntable & JMW-9 tonearm
Turntable ReviewsTonearm Reviews
Art Dudley  |  Feb 16, 2003  |  1 comments
Oh, I talk a good game when it comes to the whole music-lover-vs-audiophile thing. But I admit that when it comes to record players, I'm just another hardware junkie. I love turntables and tonearms for more than the musical enjoyment they give me. Turntables and tonearms are my favorite toys.
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Listening #2
Art Dudley Listening
Art Dudley  |  Feb 16, 2003  |  1 comments
Consider the coelacanth. In 1938, a healthy specimen of this Paul Simon-sized fish was pulled from the Indian Ocean, not far from the mouth of South Africa's Chalumna River. But prior to that happy event (depending on your perspective, of course: the sight of the coelacanth's long, fleshy fins probably made for some very unhappy creationists), the scientific community believed the animal in question was extinct, and had been for 65 million years.
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Final Laboratory Music-4 phono preamplifier, Music-5 line preamplifier, & Music-6 power amplifier
Solid State Power Amp ReviewsSolid State Preamp ReviewsPhono Preamp Reviews
Art Dudley  |  Jan 26, 2003  |  0 comments
Modern hi-fi is little more than a way of getting electricity to pretend that it's music. Of course, good source components remain all-important, and even if loudspeakers are imperfect, most of us can find one or two that suit our tastes, if not our rooms and the rest of our gear.
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Listening #1
Art Dudley ListeningPhono Cartridge Reviews
Art Dudley  |  Jan 19, 2003  |  0 comments
Even poor people fly. You see them getting on and off planes with their NASCAR hats and their poor friends and their poor relatives waving to them at the gate. Flying is what everybody does nowadays, but it used to be just for the rich. It's hard to remember a time when the phrase jet set was charged with something other than irony.
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