Columbus demands exploration
Trivia question: In which Midwestern state capital did Fidel Castro's mother and sister hide out during the Cuban Revolution? Surprise! It's Columbus, Ohio, a city once so exceedingly average that...
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Sample the Amish lifestyle
Think of Amish Country, and the bucolic Pennsylvania Dutch countryside likely comes to mind. But take just one trip to another Amish Country, in east-central Ohio, and that association will...
Sample the Amish lifestyle
Think of Amish Country, and the bucolic Pennsylvania Dutch countryside likely comes to mind. But take just one trip to another Amish Country, in east-central Ohio, and that association will...
20 YEARS OF PRODUCTS AND CHANGE
This year marks my 20th anniversary of writing a column about consumer electronics. I feel like a surfer who rode the crest of a mighty wave. In retrospect, electronics in...
TWO SYSTEMS WITH SWEET SOUND — AND SIGHT
The source of music should be as beautiful as the music itself. A violin, for example, is small and beautiful, yet can fill an enormous concert hall with its sweet...
SRT, RT7 SPEAKERS A BOOST TO HOME THEATER
While viewing "GoldenEye" last night, I noticed that Pierce Brosnan showed a faint passing resemblance to speaker mogul Matthew Polk. However, whereas James Bond boasts a license to kill, Polk...
INDUSTRY COLLIDING AT THE CROSSROADS OF DVD
I gave a gift certificate promising a Digital Video Disc player to my partner's brother for his wedding in June. At the time, I assumed that I'd be able to...
CREATE AN AUDIO EDITING WORKSTATION WITH A PC
Forget Web surfing, word processing and home finance. Record audio on the ultimate home recording machine, your personal computer. Actually, you can continue with all of the above and still...
SUPER SOUND FROM NHT’S SMALL SPEAKER
Let's join Chris and Ken in their awesome audio adventure. Just under a decade ago, Chris Byrne and Ken Kantor formed a company called Now Hear This, or NHT for...
BEOSOUND 9000: ATTRACTIVE PACKAGE OF QUALITY
You experience the Bang & Olufsen Beosound 9000 compact disc changer, you don't merely play it. This work of art masquerades as an audio component -- or is it an...