Dr. Sam Osmanagich — The Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids

The oldest, biggest, most perfectly aligned pyramids are in Bosnia, not Egypt.  You can even go help dig.  Now why didn’t you know that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPSmyxBcJE     Dr. Sam Osmanagich is a Bosnian-American author, researcher, and businessman who gained attention for his claims about the existence of ancient pyramids in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He … Read more

Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits

Abstract Michelle Phillipov challenges the tendency of popular music studies to focus on questions of a political nature. The first half of the book is a thorough critique of ‘The Rise of Political Criticism’ in popular music studies with three individual chapters dedicated to case studies of punk, hip-hop, and electronic dance music (EDM). Although … Read more

Myth of Invariance – Origin of Gods, Math, Music from Veda to Plato

“The Myth of Invariance: Origin of Gods, Math, Music from Veda to Plato” is a concept that delves into the interconnectedness of mythology, mathematics, and music across different cultures and civilizations, from ancient Vedic traditions to the philosophy of Plato and beyond. Here’s an overview of some key aspects of this concept: 1. **Mythology and … Read more

Saved by Scott Nixon’s Tube DAC

$500 tube DAC with optical input to the rescue. We were recently forced (by purchasing a microwave-poisonous TV without analog RCA outputs!) to find a decent, plain DAC to convert the TV’s S/PDIF TOSLINK optical uncompressed stereo interleaved digital PCM into plain-jane, unbalanced RCA analog outputs – in a device preferably having a simple, analog volume control … Read more

Tubes vs Transformers – What good tube “tone” looks like

Metal and wire is just metal and wire. The real sonic magic comes from the tubes. GAGA gets all that metal out of their way. An examination into the esoterica shrouding audio output transformers, tubes and “tone”, or the various unpleasant effects of bulky metal on faithful, musical amplification. Whereas traditional output transformers – homogenizing … Read more