Weekly Roundup, Friday 23 February, 2018
Good morning First of all, a word about our touring schedule for the year. We are starting to get down to the wire for the Triple K tour to Kiev, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan this May, …
Month: February 2018
Weekly Roundup, Friday 16 February, 2018
Good morning It was another interesting week, some of which is reported for you below. In addition, I’m adding three stand-alone articles. One observes how Disney amusement park ticket prices have been going up at …
Amtrak’s Dangerous Game
Something that distinguishes much of the United States from most other countries is that whenever a problem presents itself, there’s a rush to solve it either with money or technology, even when the underlying problem …
Tough Love for Tesla
A friend and reader asked me last week why I seem to hate Elon Musk and Tesla so much. I don’t. I respect Musk as a far-sighted visionary with an abundance of excellent ideas that …
Are Disney Tickets Overpriced
An annual event is Disney’s price increases for its amusement parks, and the howls of outrage they evoke, all the more so because their price rises, for the last five years, have been averaging three …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 9 February, 2018
Good morning It has been another ‘interesting’ week; more of that below, of course. And after writing a very lengthy piece about a nice program to improve headphone sound last week, I’m now offering you …
Sometimes Cables Matter
No, I’ve not sold out to the ‘dark side’ and I’m not about to suggest you pay ten-times more than normal pricing for a/v and speaker cables that offer nothing more than regular cables, other …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 2 February, 2018
Good morning First, some exciting/good news for one or two lucky Travel Insiders. We’ve had a cancellation off this year’s Grand Expedition of Great Britain, and so we can offer you half their deposit if …
The $79 Way to Make Your $80 Headphones Sound Almost Like $800 Headphones
Here’s a very clever program that digitally compensates for the non-perfect sound coming from your headphones, creating a clearer, smoother, and broader frequency response, with less unwanted sound coloration. These days, the speakers/headphones are by …
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