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About Richard Honeycutt
Dr. Richard Honeycutt fell in love with acoustics after his father brought home a copy of Leo Beranek’s landmark text on the subject when Richard was in the ninth grade. Richard is a member of the North Carolina chapter of the Acoustical Society of America. Richard has his own business involving musical instruments and sound systems. He has been an active acoustics consultant since he received his PhD in electroacoustics from the Union Institute in 2004. Richard’s work includes architectural acoustics, sound system design, and community noise analysis.

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Differences in Amp Sound: What’s the Truth?
May 30, 2014 by Richard Honeycutt

Differences in Amp Sound: What’s the Truth?

Which sounds better — a tube or solid-state amp? The "Great Debate" has been going on for decades. Now it's time to put the debate to rest. In audioXpress, November 2012, Richard Honeycutt's published this article exploring how to detect audio amplifiers’s differences in sound and the need for a correct subjective evaluation process of components and systems.
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Hollow-State Amps & Frequency Response
July 30, 2012 by Richard Honeycutt

Hollow-State Amps & Frequency Response

“Glass audio” has been growing in popularity among average audio enthusiasts for the past decade. Music-loving consumers worldwide enjoy the look and sound (i.e., the “warmth”) of tube amps, and innovative companies are creating demand by selling systems featuring tubes, …
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