Nova Physics Corporation
Can you play that from
Memory?
Memory?
George Bischoff studied at the renowned Berlin Technical Institute. His brilliance in
debating, near instantaneous abstract reasoning power, razor sharp, spectacularly fast
deductive powers were destined to land him with honors in engineering, physics or
mathematics.
But George's intense love of music, and especially how the sound of reproduced music
affected human beings emotionally and intellectually ,proved to be his calling, which he
answered with legendary results. He recognized and extrapolated a fascinating and
controversial correlation between an individual's ability to resolve stereo imaging, and their
IQs! He chose to NOT publish this potentially volatile paper, but it was indicative of
his trend setting works to come.
His early works, which paradoxically eschewed digital audio, were the first circuits in
High End Audio that used Nuvistors to enable miniature, quiet TUBE head amps. These
were required for moving coil phono cartridges, and were arguably the best of their
kind in their day.
Solid state head amps stood in the shadow of George's work in those early efforts to
quietly and linearly with the microvolt level signals, which were almost ALL exclusively
solid state prior to his "JG Acoustics Nuvistor Head-Amplifiers" released in the early
1970s. JG Acoustics featured the first commercial success of Bextrene technology as well.
His deep interest in line source loudspeaker concepts led to his first design with a
newly found friend and customer in George's super-high end audio salon, "Personalized
Audio" in Dunellen, NJ, Mark Porzilli. Together, in 1979, they designed and built the
first American ribbon line-source speakers, using the legendary Strathern Ribbons
from England, which garnered accolades in the pages of Stereophile magazine in the
1970s and early 1980s. These remarkable sounding but atrociously inconsistent QC
ribbon midranges (Melos Audio offered a service to match Strathern ribbons because of
this) became the nexus of the Infinity QRS systems that were Harry Pearson's reference
system in The Absolute Sound before the IRS was eventually released after Infinity
discarded the HEA market.
The intensity of George's study of how reproduced music interacted with human beings
psychologically, and the "brain triggers" responsible for those to occur in the realm of
the reproduction of music, eventually forced him into the choice most artists eventually
face: happiness OR wealth.
Their most monumental joint effort of course was Melos Audio from 1979-1999. After
leaving Melos, George founded GeorgeMark Audio, whose first product, the First
Overture tube dac, won "Most Wanted Component" in The Stereo Times in 2004.
He re-partnered with Mark upon Mark's presentation of a theoretical design to George
that there may be a significant temporal flaw in digital CD error correction codes, the
Reed-Solomon codes or ECC in early 2004. They decided to explore this both
theoretically and prototypically and the results were so profound, they decided to try to
market "a codeless CD playback system" or The Memory Player, in 2004. The first of it's
kind.
debating, near instantaneous abstract reasoning power, razor sharp, spectacularly fast
deductive powers were destined to land him with honors in engineering, physics or
mathematics.
But George's intense love of music, and especially how the sound of reproduced music
affected human beings emotionally and intellectually ,proved to be his calling, which he
answered with legendary results. He recognized and extrapolated a fascinating and
controversial correlation between an individual's ability to resolve stereo imaging, and their
IQs! He chose to NOT publish this potentially volatile paper, but it was indicative of
his trend setting works to come.
His early works, which paradoxically eschewed digital audio, were the first circuits in
High End Audio that used Nuvistors to enable miniature, quiet TUBE head amps. These
were required for moving coil phono cartridges, and were arguably the best of their
kind in their day.
Solid state head amps stood in the shadow of George's work in those early efforts to
quietly and linearly with the microvolt level signals, which were almost ALL exclusively
solid state prior to his "JG Acoustics Nuvistor Head-Amplifiers" released in the early
1970s. JG Acoustics featured the first commercial success of Bextrene technology as well.
His deep interest in line source loudspeaker concepts led to his first design with a
newly found friend and customer in George's super-high end audio salon, "Personalized
Audio" in Dunellen, NJ, Mark Porzilli. Together, in 1979, they designed and built the
first American ribbon line-source speakers, using the legendary Strathern Ribbons
from England, which garnered accolades in the pages of Stereophile magazine in the
1970s and early 1980s. These remarkable sounding but atrociously inconsistent QC
ribbon midranges (Melos Audio offered a service to match Strathern ribbons because of
this) became the nexus of the Infinity QRS systems that were Harry Pearson's reference
system in The Absolute Sound before the IRS was eventually released after Infinity
discarded the HEA market.
The intensity of George's study of how reproduced music interacted with human beings
psychologically, and the "brain triggers" responsible for those to occur in the realm of
the reproduction of music, eventually forced him into the choice most artists eventually
face: happiness OR wealth.
Their most monumental joint effort of course was Melos Audio from 1979-1999. After
leaving Melos, George founded GeorgeMark Audio, whose first product, the First
Overture tube dac, won "Most Wanted Component" in The Stereo Times in 2004.
He re-partnered with Mark upon Mark's presentation of a theoretical design to George
that there may be a significant temporal flaw in digital CD error correction codes, the
Reed-Solomon codes or ECC in early 2004. They decided to explore this both
theoretically and prototypically and the results were so profound, they decided to try to
market "a codeless CD playback system" or The Memory Player, in 2004. The first of it's
kind.
Mark Porzilli was a child prodigy who built simple circuits
and drew schematics at the incredible age of 5. He completed
college level educations in Chemistry and Physics by age 14,
after winning a national competition to miniaturize electronic
circuitry for Bausch & Lomb at age 12. From ages 12-14, he
designed the most sensitive biofeedback electronics then
available for Children's Specialized Hospitals in New Jersey and for several other New York
City psychiatric facilities. He entered two state science fairs, winning first place in both
before the age of 14. A scholar of religious philosophy and a prolific artist, his huge body of
works, over 2000 images may be viewed online by clicking HERE
By strange coincidence, new designs in LASER seems to be almost genetically ordained.
Anthony Porzilli, Mark's father, was the chief electronics technician under Lucio Vallese at
ITT Laboratories during his pioneering work on the Ruby Laser, in the early 1960s.
He recalls the extremely precise polishing of "barrels" of rubys and hot white light passing
through the rubys until a single frequency of light ONLY could emit: The L.A.S.E.R.
Mark designed all of Melos Audio's solid state and vacuum tube products with his partner
George Bischoff from 1979-1999. He is also the designer of the original, award winning
Pipedreams Loudspeakers. He is the designer of the new, also award winning
Scaena Line Source Loudspeakers, rave reviewed by Harry Pearson in The Absolute Sound,
January, 2008 and of course, now designs with George, all of Nova Physics products.
In its 20 year history, Melos Audio garnered over 400 rave reviews from 30 countries, on six
continents. Melos won Stereophile's "Product of the Year" for its legendary
SHA-1 Headphone Amplifier and "Editor's Choice" in The Absolute Sound. The original
Pipedreams Loudspeakers won The Absolute Sound's coveted "Golden Ear" award and
appeared on the cover of the Robb Report. Scaena Loudspeakers also won TAS' "Golden
Ear" award in 2008.
Melos Audio received no negative reviews in it's two decade history.
The Memory Player is the first product from these 30+ year veterans of High End Audio and
as we write this, The Memory Player has only been "on the market" since November, 2006 and
has already won 4 "Most Wanted Component" awards from "The Stereo Times and received 7 rave
reviews in 3 magazines (The Stereo Times, Positive Feedback, The Audiophile Voice)!
They have united to bring forth a new and radical improvement in the art and science of the
music CD, Memory Playback, and the innovative award-winning vehicle that brings this to
the Audiophile community, The Memory Player.
Since 1979, while designing for Melos Audio and several OEM products, George and Mark
made strenuous efforts to refine the precision of clocks, which ultimately found their way
into serving vacuum tubed DACs. Melos had several since the 14bit era, which were well
received in both Stereophile and The Absolute Sound magazines.
Still, the industry is enslaved by clocking. An omnipresent potential of losing the original
timing somewhere in the chain of clocks and reclocking devices.
The only exact and unwavering representation of timing in the entire digital audio system IS
STAMPED ON THE CD. The unending refinement of a clock to 're-create' timing that is
perfectly stamped on the CD seems to hold no value, save for spectacular numbers.
If you're old enough, Gentle Reader, you'll recall the "THD Wars" in the 1970s' !
Still, traditional approaches in CD reading have made only "baby steps"
(see Clark Johnsen, Positive Feedback, and Arnis Balgalvis, Positive Feedback
& The Audiophile Voice) and the failures of their performances excused as "just jitter".
In a science that has changed little in two decades, anything introduced that proposes a new
and superior approach is likely to fall under great scrutiny, even perceived as a 'threat'.
This speculation is welcome, as to understand Memory Playback is the first step towards
embracing it as the next chapter in improving the technology of the music CD.
To learn more about Memory Playback, click HERE.
Within this site, we hope to bring greater clarity to explaining, in layman's terms, jitter,
bit-perfection, and clocking. Traditionalists assert that CD is "perfect", and no bits are ever
lost. Experientialists challenge this as "Why, then, do 'perfect' reproductions sound so
vastly different!?" It's true that no bits are lost, but they're anything but 'perfect'.
Alternatives DO exist. The problem is error-correction. The solution is re-reading, not
patches.
The original Pipedreams Loudspeakers received rave reviews from Harry Pearson of
The Absolute Sound, and Jonathon Valin , also of TAS. The accomplishment of unifying
over 100 drivers into a simple 2-way speaker with all ultrasonic noding was awarded a
US Patent, see HERE. After the reviews, The Pipedreams also won the "Golden Ear" from
The Absolute Sound.
Melos Audio products stayed on Stereophile's "Recommended Components" for an
incredible TEN YEARS. Melos holds copyrights and US Patents for "Filament Drive" (SHA),
"G2 Triode Drive" (High Current Triode Amplifiers), "Ultrasonic Noding" and "Cylindric
Non-Parallelism" (in the original Pipedreams Loudspeakers) and a true contact-free
volume control using photo-resistance, "The Photentiometer" which was rave reviewed in
Stereophile magazine.
Some 14,000 Melos Audio products were sold world-wide. Enormous by HEA standards.
and drew schematics at the incredible age of 5. He completed
college level educations in Chemistry and Physics by age 14,
after winning a national competition to miniaturize electronic
circuitry for Bausch & Lomb at age 12. From ages 12-14, he
designed the most sensitive biofeedback electronics then
available for Children's Specialized Hospitals in New Jersey and for several other New York
City psychiatric facilities. He entered two state science fairs, winning first place in both
before the age of 14. A scholar of religious philosophy and a prolific artist, his huge body of
works, over 2000 images may be viewed online by clicking HERE
By strange coincidence, new designs in LASER seems to be almost genetically ordained.
Anthony Porzilli, Mark's father, was the chief electronics technician under Lucio Vallese at
ITT Laboratories during his pioneering work on the Ruby Laser, in the early 1960s.
He recalls the extremely precise polishing of "barrels" of rubys and hot white light passing
through the rubys until a single frequency of light ONLY could emit: The L.A.S.E.R.
Mark designed all of Melos Audio's solid state and vacuum tube products with his partner
George Bischoff from 1979-1999. He is also the designer of the original, award winning
Pipedreams Loudspeakers. He is the designer of the new, also award winning
Scaena Line Source Loudspeakers, rave reviewed by Harry Pearson in The Absolute Sound,
January, 2008 and of course, now designs with George, all of Nova Physics products.
In its 20 year history, Melos Audio garnered over 400 rave reviews from 30 countries, on six
continents. Melos won Stereophile's "Product of the Year" for its legendary
SHA-1 Headphone Amplifier and "Editor's Choice" in The Absolute Sound. The original
Pipedreams Loudspeakers won The Absolute Sound's coveted "Golden Ear" award and
appeared on the cover of the Robb Report. Scaena Loudspeakers also won TAS' "Golden
Ear" award in 2008.
Melos Audio received no negative reviews in it's two decade history.
The Memory Player is the first product from these 30+ year veterans of High End Audio and
as we write this, The Memory Player has only been "on the market" since November, 2006 and
has already won 4 "Most Wanted Component" awards from "The Stereo Times and received 7 rave
reviews in 3 magazines (The Stereo Times, Positive Feedback, The Audiophile Voice)!
They have united to bring forth a new and radical improvement in the art and science of the
music CD, Memory Playback, and the innovative award-winning vehicle that brings this to
the Audiophile community, The Memory Player.
Since 1979, while designing for Melos Audio and several OEM products, George and Mark
made strenuous efforts to refine the precision of clocks, which ultimately found their way
into serving vacuum tubed DACs. Melos had several since the 14bit era, which were well
received in both Stereophile and The Absolute Sound magazines.
Still, the industry is enslaved by clocking. An omnipresent potential of losing the original
timing somewhere in the chain of clocks and reclocking devices.
The only exact and unwavering representation of timing in the entire digital audio system IS
STAMPED ON THE CD. The unending refinement of a clock to 're-create' timing that is
perfectly stamped on the CD seems to hold no value, save for spectacular numbers.
If you're old enough, Gentle Reader, you'll recall the "THD Wars" in the 1970s' !
Still, traditional approaches in CD reading have made only "baby steps"
(see Clark Johnsen, Positive Feedback, and Arnis Balgalvis, Positive Feedback
& The Audiophile Voice) and the failures of their performances excused as "just jitter".
In a science that has changed little in two decades, anything introduced that proposes a new
and superior approach is likely to fall under great scrutiny, even perceived as a 'threat'.
This speculation is welcome, as to understand Memory Playback is the first step towards
embracing it as the next chapter in improving the technology of the music CD.
To learn more about Memory Playback, click HERE.
Within this site, we hope to bring greater clarity to explaining, in layman's terms, jitter,
bit-perfection, and clocking. Traditionalists assert that CD is "perfect", and no bits are ever
lost. Experientialists challenge this as "Why, then, do 'perfect' reproductions sound so
vastly different!?" It's true that no bits are lost, but they're anything but 'perfect'.
Alternatives DO exist. The problem is error-correction. The solution is re-reading, not
patches.
The original Pipedreams Loudspeakers received rave reviews from Harry Pearson of
The Absolute Sound, and Jonathon Valin , also of TAS. The accomplishment of unifying
over 100 drivers into a simple 2-way speaker with all ultrasonic noding was awarded a
US Patent, see HERE. After the reviews, The Pipedreams also won the "Golden Ear" from
The Absolute Sound.
Melos Audio products stayed on Stereophile's "Recommended Components" for an
incredible TEN YEARS. Melos holds copyrights and US Patents for "Filament Drive" (SHA),
"G2 Triode Drive" (High Current Triode Amplifiers), "Ultrasonic Noding" and "Cylindric
Non-Parallelism" (in the original Pipedreams Loudspeakers) and a true contact-free
volume control using photo-resistance, "The Photentiometer" which was rave reviewed in
Stereophile magazine.
Some 14,000 Melos Audio products were sold world-wide. Enormous by HEA standards.
Can you play that from
Memory?
Memory?
Nova Physics Corporation
The designers of The Memory Player by Nova Physics may
sound new but they are two of the most experienced and well known veterans of
High EndAudio with over 30 years in the industry. In electronic designs, Melos Audio
won over400 rave reviews on 6 continents without a single negative review in it's
20 year history.
Melos Audio held 10 products in Stereophile's Class A Recommended Components
for 12 YEARS and on The Absolute Sound's Editors Choice for 20 YEARS.
Over 14,000 people own Melos Audio electronics.
And their works extend beyond HEA electronics; The PATENTED Pipedreams Loudspeakers (no relationship with present Nearfield Acoustics) and
much more recently, the Scaena Loudspeakers both were rave reviewed in The Absolute Sound and BOTH were awarded the Golden Ear.
With Nova Physics, they created "the first serious alternative to Reed-Solomon error correction in digital audio since 1982" (Arnis Balgalvis, Positive
Feedback and The Audiophile Voice) and the first high end music server; both represented in The Memory Player, in 2004. The Memory Player has
already received 12 rave reviews and awarded Most Wanted Component FOUR TIMES in The Stereo Times,2005,2006 2007, & 2008).
sound new but they are two of the most experienced and well known veterans of
High EndAudio with over 30 years in the industry. In electronic designs, Melos Audio
won over400 rave reviews on 6 continents without a single negative review in it's
20 year history.
Melos Audio held 10 products in Stereophile's Class A Recommended Components
for 12 YEARS and on The Absolute Sound's Editors Choice for 20 YEARS.
Over 14,000 people own Melos Audio electronics.
And their works extend beyond HEA electronics; The PATENTED Pipedreams Loudspeakers (no relationship with present Nearfield Acoustics) and
much more recently, the Scaena Loudspeakers both were rave reviewed in The Absolute Sound and BOTH were awarded the Golden Ear.
With Nova Physics, they created "the first serious alternative to Reed-Solomon error correction in digital audio since 1982" (Arnis Balgalvis, Positive
Feedback and The Audiophile Voice) and the first high end music server; both represented in The Memory Player, in 2004. The Memory Player has
already received 12 rave reviews and awarded Most Wanted Component FOUR TIMES in The Stereo Times,2005,2006 2007, & 2008).
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