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Details: Written by Jason Thorpe Jason Thorpe; Parent Category: BloggingOnAudio BloggingOnAudio; Created: 05 August 2022 05 August 2022

MoFi . . . Just Another Record

I have this recurring dream that hits me about once every six months. I’m back in university, it’s getting close to the end of the year, and I realize that I haven’t attended a single class for one particular course. I’m now silently dream-freaking. I realize I can’t complete the course, I can’t drop it, and it’s all my own fault.

Details: Written by Jason Thorpe Jason Thorpe; Parent Category: BloggingOnAudio BloggingOnAudio; Created: 05 March 2022 05 March 2022

Going Places with Harley-Davidson and Rockford Fosgate

SoundStage! isn’t my only side hustle. Through the spring, summer, and fall here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, I also moonlight as senior editor of Inside Motorcycles, a Canadian print magazine. My duties at IM mirror those here at SoundStage!—I test stuff and write about it. I test motorcycles, helmets, clothing, and parts, and I write touring travel articles. But mostly I test motorcycles.

Details: Written by Jason Thorpe Jason Thorpe; Parent Category: BloggingOnAudio BloggingOnAudio; Created: 31 January 2021 31 January 2021

Klipsch La Scala: Lift With Your Back, Not With Your Legs

It’s not often that I second guess my choices of review gear. For the most part, I’m left to my own devices for arranging products, although a fair number of items come my way by recommendations from Doug Schneider or Jeff Fritz, who manage SoundStage! But they know my system and my preferences. And for damn sure, they know the size of my room when they’re choosing speakers.

Details: Written by Jason Thorpe Jason Thorpe; Parent Category: BloggingOnAudio BloggingOnAudio; Created: 02 March 2016 02 March 2016

Keeping the LPs and the Wife

I hate water. Over the past 20 years, I’ve had a number of house-related floods, including a sewer-backup shit-water apocalypse, two washing-machine overflows, and a leak behind a wall that required removing and replacing the entire wastewater stack, spanning four floors of my home.

Details: Written by Jason Thorpe Jason Thorpe; Parent Category: BloggingOnAudio BloggingOnAudio; Created: 11 July 2015 11 July 2015

Nordost and a Gaping Hole

So in order to fix a burst pipe, I had to cut a big honking hole in the wall right behind my equipment rack. I didn't really expect such an activity to affect the sound quality of my system -- not in the least. But I distinctly noticed two effects.

Details: Written by Jason Thorpe Jason Thorpe; Parent Category: BloggingOnAudio BloggingOnAudio; Created: 30 April 2015 30 April 2015

Nordost: The One That Almost Got Away

"That can't be right," I thought as I looked at my phone. The UPS tracking info said that the Nordost cable shipment I was expecting was Delivered. But there was nobody home during the day to accept the package. Surely it should have read: The customer was not available on the first attempt. They wouldn't have left a box containing many thousands of dollars' worth of cables on my front doorstep like it was a sample of laundry soap, would they?