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Today, Monday, June 18, I'll be on "Home Theater Geeks"
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Tyll Hertsens • Jun 17, 2012 • 4 comments
Scott Wilkinson has kindly allowed me to respond to Steve Guttenberg's recent comments on audio measurements on his "Home Theater Geeks" webcast on TWiT.tv.

Read on for the juicy details.

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A Conversation With David Chesky
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Steve Guttenberg, Tyll Hertsens • Jun 14, 2012 • 8 comments

Steve Guttenberg and I sat down for a little dialog with David Chesky. We talked about sound, music, and particular and sundry concrete abstractions ... or something like that.

Maybe New York was just messin' with my head? Doesn't matter, I had fun.

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2012 New York Spring Head-Fi Meet
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Tyll Hertsens • Jun 07, 2012 • Published: Jun 07, 2012 • 11 comments

Once you've read all the threads and reviews, and had a look at the measurements on InnerFidelity, the next step in finding just the right headphone is to do some listening. There's really no better way to do that than by going to a local Head-Fi meet. And the New York Head-Fi group sure knows how to throw a great meet.

Here's a taste of what awaits you ...

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Off to the New York Head-Fi Meet!!!
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Tyll Hertsens • May 29, 2012 • 11 comments
Off to The Big Apple for the Head-Fi meet! I'm stoked! And a bunch of other things as well.

Read on to take a taste of the trip.

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Presto Change-o: Measurement Transformations
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Tyll Hertsens • May 28, 2012 • 7 comments

Headphone measurements of frequency response, square waves, and impulse response are actually multiple ways of displaying the same information.

Here's a very cool proof!

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Beyond Neutral: Measurements, Blind Testing, Subjective Experience, and Personal Pleasure in Headphone Listening
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Tyll Hertsens • May 21, 2012 • 37 comments
Steve Guttenberg dragged me into the objectivist/subjectivist debate...but not kicking and screaming. Because I like to measure headphones, and because I love the experience of listening, I hold that debate pretty regularly all by myself.

Want a peek inside my head?

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About InnerFidelity
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Tyll Hertsens • May 11, 2012 • 36 comments
Well...it has taken me a year to figure out what InnerFidelity is, but I'm ready to give it a shot now. Read on to learn all about InnerFidelity.
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InnerFidelity May Update
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Tyll Hertsens • May 03, 2012 • 21 comments

Oh, my! Spring is here, and my back porch is becoming habitable for keyboard tapping. Let's see what's up for this month.

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Are Objective Headphone Measurements Relevant to Audiophile's Subjective Experience?
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Steve Guttenberg, Tyll Hertsens • Apr 25, 2012 • 42 comments

I talk with Steve Guttenberg on the phone a few times a month, and I very much enjoy our chats. When Steve suggested we have a conversation about measurements and their relevance to audiophiles and write it up as an article, I was all-in immediately.

I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did.

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InnerFidelity's First Birthday!
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Tyll Hertsens • Apr 02, 2012 • 62 comments

InnerFidelity's First Birthday!

One year!? Already!? I can hardly believe it. I figure it's a good time to take a moment and look how InnerFidelity is doing.

Let's do the numbers ...

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AfterShokz and TEAC Filltune HP-F100 Bone Conduction Headphones
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Tyll Hertsens • Mar 15, 2012 • 8 comments

Tap your cheek bones, and you'll hear it plain as day. The sound's not coming through your ear canals ... it's just rattling the bones in your ear, and you can hear it. But is this a good way to get your tunes?

Let's find out ...

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Skullcandy's Director of Electrical & Acoustical Engineering, Dr. Tetsuro Oishi Visits InnerFidelity!
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Tyll Hertsens • Mar 05, 2012 • 20 comments

Tet, as he likes to be called, wanted to see me put his latest creation, the Hesh 2 (~$50), through the ringer. Sure! Just as long as I get to pick you brain on headphone measurements. We ended up talking a lot about a wide variety of all things headphone, and we both learned quite a bit.

A hard-core headphone mini-meet, indeed!

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March InnerFidelity Update
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Tyll Hertsens • Mar 01, 2012 • 27 comments

Requests for review samples have been arriving regularly, and empty boxes strew the living room floor.

Got a fair few measurements done, though.

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Preliminary Investigation of the Audez'e LCD-3 and LCD-2
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Tyll Hertsens • Feb 08, 2012 • 23 comments

Like most people upon first hearing the Audez'e LCD-3 at last year's CanJam at RMAF, I was struck by the quicker sound of the new planar magnetic headphone over its predecessor, the LCD-2 Rev. 2. Definitely a step in the right direction. Then they started shipping ...

... and all hell seemed to break loose.

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February InnerFidelity Update
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Tyll Hertsens • Feb 01, 2012 • 43 comments

What can I say? January was about CES. It's become a month long adventure for me now.

Still ... got some very interesting headphones measured.

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