Ken C. Pohlmann

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Rock 'n' Roll Resurrection
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 09, 2018
Roy Orbison died 30 years ago. He kicked off a concert tour last week.

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Rock and Roll Can Never Die. (Or Can It?)
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 21, 2014
“My my, hey hey. Rock and roll is here to stay. It's better to burn out than to fade away. My my, hey hey. Out of the blue and into the black. They give you this, but you pay for that. And once you're gone, you can never come back. When you're out of the blue, and into the black. Hey hey, my my. Rock and roll can never die.”

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Roman Chariots, Space Shuttles, Fire Hydrants, and Lightning
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 09, 2022
Personally, I do not believe the oft-told story that the width of the solid rocket boosters for the Space Shuttle were based on the standard width of two Roman war horses. But, the story does remind us of the importance of standards, and how they affect our lives in ways that are great and small.

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AV Receiver Reviews
Roundup: Super Soundbars
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 21, 2011

For many years, the mantra in hi-fi design was "bigger is better." Your system didn't measure up unless you had a lofty stack of electronics and your speakers were tall enough to be called towers. Today, the reverse is true. It's a post-iPod world, where smaller is cooler. The iPod also advanced the notion that electronics don't have to be complicated; convenience is the new norm.

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CES 2019
Samsung and Harman Kardon Collaborate on New Soundbars
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 08, 2019
Samsung is showing two new soundbars at CES: HW-N950 and HW-N850. They both feature Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Interestingly, the soundbars sport both Samsung and Harman Kardon logos.

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Custom Installation How-To
Samsung DVD-M301 DVD Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jul 09, 2001

Tell me if any of this sounds familiar: You want to buy a DVD-Video player to impress your friends with your techo-hipness (and besides, you're tired of watching fuzzy VHS rentals). You have a digital surround receiver, so the player doesn't need a Dolby Digital or DTS decoder.

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Other Tech
SanDisk Climbs the MP3 Food Chain
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 01, 2007

Everyone knows which company is the No. 1 seller of MP3 players. But do you know who's No. 2? It's not a major electronics company like Sony. And it's not a major computer company like Dell. It's SanDisk. How can an "unknown" company like that become a powerhouse in a consumer technology market?

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Sansui, and Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 21, 2019
Some stories tell you about one thing. The good ones are entertaining and/or accurate. But the very best stories are multi-layered, fitting small pictures into big pictures, with one brilliantly informing the other to show deeper meanings. To demonstrate what I mean, I'd like to show you a YouTube video posted last week, and a figurative map drawn in1869.

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Other Tech
Satellite Goes Surround
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 04, 2006
Shown above is the special microphone configuration Neural Audio came up with so XM can capture all the channels for a surround sound broadcast of a live performance from a single position.

Maybe I'm just someone who's easily impressed, but the whole idea of sending audio and video data tens of thousands of miles into space to hit satellites that then send the data back to earth amazes

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Other Tech
Satellite Radio A to Z
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jul 09, 2002
Photos by Brian Payne The temperature was chilly - at least to two southerners - but even the coldest day in Rocky Mountain National Park is sweltering compared to the frigid -450° void of outer space.
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