Audio Island
jfiore | January 2, 2007I'm what they used to call an audiophile. What with folks listening to music on cell phones, low bit-rate MP3's and the like, it's kind of out of fashion these days. That is, unless you're into music production. In that case, you can buy all manner of interesting goodies, including microphone preamps that will set you back a kilobuck and loudspeaker cables that could pay a semester's tuition. Unfortunately, just as it was true for hi-fi enthusiasts 30 years ago, there's a lot of misinformation floating around in the semi-pro or "prosumer" music field regarding audio circuitry.
I was reading…