02. Jul 2010 
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Multi-faceted worker with a very wide skill set seeking employment in Oregon, southern Washington State, or online.
09. Jun 2010 
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What causes otherwise bright and rational people to obsess on the second shooter on the grassy knoll, government cover-ups of alien contact, secret ruling cabals, Jewish bankers, fluoride in tap water, and similar dark conspiracies about which only a few brave souls know the “real truth”?
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01. Jun 2010 0 comments
Musing on the sad fate of certain small businesses in changing neighborhoods.
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14. May 2010 2 comments
Does it seem like every time you post about your company on the internet, people give you grief? Does it seem like people on forums just trash you and your products for no reason? You need to read this.
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04. May 2010 0 comments
Greenwashing is when a company uses bogus or flimsy ecological claims to advertise and promote their goods. It ticks me off.
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20. Apr 2010 1 comment
Is there anything, in the world of musical equipment, more hyped than tubes? Every catalog and every gear website is laden with chatter about the warmth, fatness, and “vintage tone” you’ll get from their tube pedals and preamps. The ads say they’ll give you all the tones of a classic tube amp, even if there’s just one tube stuck in there with no clear function. It’s not *all* lies, but there is an awful lot of empty and meaningless hot air in there.
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13. Apr 2010 2 comments
Among musicians and pro-audio people there is a lot of confusion about the power handling and frequency range of speakers and speaker cabinets. Part of this confusion comes from not quite understanding how to interpret the ratings, and part of it comes from the fact that a lot of the published ratings are terribly misleading, and some are outright lies!
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06. Apr 2010 2 comments
In the previous post I talked about audio cables, and how there really can be audible or functional differences between them, even though you can’t believe the manufacturers’ claims. The same is true with power conditioners, but unfortunately with “audiophile” power cables and outlets, there are no facts supporting the claims around those products at all. A little knowledge will quickly bust through the lies told by sellers of these audiophile items.
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05. Apr 2010 1 comment
Here are my explanations and opinions on the subject of audio, instrument, and speaker cables–especially as regards the claims made by “audiophile” and high-end brands.
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11. Mar 2010 2 comments
Electro-Harmonix has been at the forefront of the effects pedal market for decades. They have consistently come up with a stream of novel, interesting, and vivid-sounding circuit designs–so obviously they deserve some respect .
On the other hand, EH has also bungled a large percentage of those designs, in the actual implementation or manufacturing. What happened?
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