Lynn Olson, Author at Positive Feedback

RMAF 2019 Part 2 and Further Reflections

Lynn Olson — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:14:08 +0000

Herb Reichert and Lynn Olson at RMAF 2015 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) As my readers know, my usual beat is high-efficiency speakers, triode amplifiers, and surround sound (which was my start in the audio industry). So, this part of the show report is a part of the RMAF I don't usually... Read More »

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Instant RMAF 2019 Show Impressions

Lynn Olson — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 01:46:55 +0000

Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center, Denver, CO, 2019 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) My God, this place is HUGE! The main atrium, with a 5-story window overlooking the Rockies (!), is big enough for medium-sized jet airplane, or a DC-3 at the minimum. Walking distances are comparable to LAX airport… it could... Read More »

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Surround Music in the 21st Century [Updated]

Lynn Olson — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:06:30 +0000

Lynn Olson and Thom Mackris, RMAF 2015 Let's start with a skeptical view from Steve Guttenberg, who's been around the block more than once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIKkBgpo75I Steve's got a point. Surround music has failed in the marketplace not once, but twice. The first was a ten-year window in the Seventies, with the LP-based QS, SQ, and... Read More »

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My Summer at NASA (in 1969)

Lynn Olson — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 23:53:47 +0000

Herb Reichert and Lynn Olson at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, 2015 (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) In my sophomore year in college (in Claremont, California), I applied for several Federal summer jobs in Washington, D.C. since my parents lived there (my father was transitioning from the Foreign Service to Marine Midland... Read More »

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Shadow Vector Emerges from the Shadows

Lynn Olson — Mon, 06 May 2019 23:14:19 +0000

Herb Reichert (left) and Lynn Olson at RMAF 2015: a moment (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Although some of you may know me as the sometime Tech Editor of PF (and that only occasionally, when the mood strikes me), and the designer of the Ariel loudspeaker and Amity and Karna 300B triode... Read More »

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Heaven or Hell? The Lady or the Tiger? The Rocky Mountain Audio Show, 2015

Lynn Olson — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:15:47 +0000

Driving north on I-25 after the first day of the show. It's dark, we're tired, and only one lane of three is open. It's just as bad on the other direction. Traffic moves forward at 10 to 15 mph as rain comes down and gigantic paving machines emit asphalt roars and smells. The ten miles... Read More »

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The Three Musketeers See the RMAF 2014

Lynn Olson — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:23:31 +0000

Gary Dahl, Thom Mackris (of Galibier Designs) and I have been working on a high-efficiency speaker for a while now. This is the outcome of the enormous "Beyond the Ariel" thread on diyAudio. Gary was the first to arrive at the finish line, with the system that appears on the most recent pages of the thread. He's... Read More »

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