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Sound Classics

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On this page you'll find access to classic articles and reviews, by HIFICRITIC contributors and others, pre-dating the magazine, which remain excellent digests of more technical reporting on a range of sound and music topics. 

SC1
The Objective Subjective Review Debate
Martin Colloms, 1991 

SC2
What's in a Scale?
An examination of the history, rationale and arithmetic of the scales used in Western music
John Crabbe, 1973 

SC3
A Future Without Feedback?
Considerations of low and zero negative feedback
Martin Colloms, Stereophile January, 1998 

SC4
The Unseen Variable
SE amplifiers and their high output impedance
Martin Colloms, Stereophile Vol.18 No.4 April, 1995 

SC5
Book Review: The Complete Guide to High-End Audio
Martin Colloms & Kristen Weitz
Stereophile, Vol.18 No.3 March, 1995 

SC6
Benefit or Bluff?
An examination of the impact of balanced connections on high fidelity
Martin Colloms Stereophile Vol.17 No.11 November, 1994 

SC7
Pace, Rhythm, and Dynamics
What they are and how to engineer a system to express them
Martin Colloms, Stereophile Vol.15 No.11 November, 1992 

SC8
Basso Profundo
Martin Colloms Stereophile, Vol.14 No.12 December, 1991 
SC9
Working in the Front Line
An approach to equipment reviewing
Martin Colloms Stereophile, Vol.14 No.1 January, 1991 

SC10
Do We Need an Ultrasonic Bandwidth for Higher Fidelity Sound Reproduction?
Martin Colloms, Colloms Electroacoustics London, 2006 

SC11
Brüel & Kjær Application Note: Audible Effects of Mechanical Resonance in Turntables
With our continuing technical reviews of turntables it is appropriate to revisit the pioneering work of engineer Brüel & Kjær Paul Ladergaard who wrote this comprehensive investigation and which he also presented at the 1977 New York AES Convention. Many thanks to Brüel & Kjær for permission to reproduce the paper in PDF form. 

SC12
Audio Technology Guide: Audio Cables
Paul Messenger, 1999 

SC13
Audio Technology Guide: DAB Technology
Paul Messenger, 1999 

SC14
Audio Technology Guide: Loudspeakers
Paul Messenger, 1999 

SC15
Capacitors; Sound and Measurement
Martin Colloms (Oct, Dec 1975 HFN)

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