That's Frahn-ken-steen

I've been rewatching the series of movies from the 1930s and early 1940s that Universal Pictures released regarding Baron Frankenstein...

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That's Frahn-ken-steen

I've been rewatching the series of movies from the 1930s and early 1940s that Universal Pictures released regarding Baron Frankenstein...

4 hours ago

Program Note Satori

I practice a double career. On Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays from the end of August to mid-May I'm a college professor, the Chair of...

Mar 17

Sometimes It's Immediately Obvious

In a previous post I described how I was disappointed in one of my new acquisitions – the Kara F preamplifier from Schiit Audio, after...

Feb 20

Fiddle Back

In my most recent post I described how I have been fiddling with my main sound system. All has gone along well, but one component hasn't...

Feb 18

Fiddle, Fiddle

Audiophilia is a cyclic phenomenon that goes through long periods of stability, then erupts into fits of fiddling. I'm in the fit of...

Feb 15

Audiophilia Nervosa, I Guess

I suppose I should slap the 'audiophile' label on myself. I'm reluctant to do it. Not because I'm embarrassed in any way by being devoted...

Feb 9

I've been a professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for almost fifty years. I'm also a pianist, a writer, and a speaker on music. When I'm not doing music I'm an avid gardener and a dedicated manager of my comfortable suburban home.