"Getting Technical" is Archived

In "Getting Technical," writer Alison Aulph investigated complex topics with the goal of explaining them in simple terms. Her straightforward, clear and detailed writing made her column readable for those interested in technical concepts and for laypeople. All of her columns are collected below.

• June 2006 - Caveat Emptor! Subwoofers, Power Ratings, and the FTC's "Amplifier Rule" -- Part Two
  March 2005 - The Issue of the FTC's "Amplifier Rule" -- Part One
• February 2005 - Understanding "Sound Power" with Ian Colquhoun of Axiom Audio
• November 2004 - Improving Headphone Performance
• September 2004 - The Headphone Geeks of HeadRoom
• August 2004 - Anthem's Statement D1 Preamplifier/Processor: An Interview with Anthem's Nick Platsis
• May 2004 - Exploring the Unique Sound of Tube Amplifiers
• March 2004 - Loudspeaker Dispersion: Designing for Optimum Dispersion
• February 2004 - A Leader in Speaker Formats: Mirage's Andrew Welker Discusses Bipolar, Omnipolar, and OmniGuide Technologies
• January 2004 - How We Hear
• December 2003 - Loudspeaker Dispersion: Introduction to a Challenging Design Problem
• November 2003 - Oversampling Versus Upsampling: Differences Explained
• October 2003 - Reducing Noise from the Digital Format: The Dithering and Noise Shaping of Quantization Error
• September 2003 - Loudness

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