Dan Schwartz, Author at Positive Feedback

Studio Electric FS1 Loudspeakers

Dan Schwartz — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:25:07 +0000

I've used the same pair of speakers for 22 years. (And they still surprise me.) They're nameless and were made for me by Richard Marsh: a pair of Dynaudio cabinets with Dynaudio drivers and crossovers built by Richard. He said I should call them DS-something—so how about Marsh/Dynaudio DS-1? He'd made a pair for himself,... Read More »

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The SST Thoebe II and Son of Ampzilla

Dan Schwartz — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 05:42:02 +0000

These are interesting pieces to have to write about in my first for Positive Feedback. When I picked them up, Dave, who hadn't heard them, said something like, "You may not like them and if so, then just don't write about them." But I didn't think that; I wasn't expecting miracles, but I nearly got... Read More »

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My Dinner With Paul - or - Design and Direction: Getting Up, or Getting Down

Dan Schwartz — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:36:39 +0000

On Friday, after T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach—actually in Irvine—California, I went to dinner with PS Audio's Paul McGowan and company: Arnie Nudell, Bill Leebens, Scott Schroeder and Paul's son, Scott. Ostensibly, I was there to talk about something Paul wants to do that will probably involve me. But the talk took an interesting direction.... Read More »

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How Wall Street Destroyed the Record Business

Dan Schwartz — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 02:10:54 +0000

"The digital music business has been a war of attrition that nobody seems to be winning," said David Goldberg, the former head of Yahoo music. "The CD is still disappearing, and nothing is replacing it in entirety as a revenue generator." Its no mystery that the wiring of our world has brought enormous changes in... Read More »

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Why I Left TAS

Dan Schwartz — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:06:56 +0000

I discovered the high end in 1978. But I seemed to have a natural inclination towards high-quality experience. My father was a largely self-trained EE, who was hired at RCA Camden as his first job in the US in 1951. He built our hi-fi systems at home including what I recall as the first stereo... Read More »

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