Axiom Audio ADA 1500 Multichannel Amplifier Review
An audio amplifier can easily be compared to a car engine. You may not always need its full power but you’ll be glad to have it when the situation calls for it. When listening to music [...]
Serene Audio Talisman Active Speakers Review
If you’re an avid music listener than you probably have tons of great music caged up inside your computer, smart phone or tablet. And if you care at all about sound quality, the last thing you [...]
Building an Affordable Multi-room Audio System | Sonos Review
Have you ever played air guitar to Guns’n’Roses’ “Sweet Child of Mine”? Or perhaps air drummed Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” like that infamous Cadbury gorilla? Better still, maybe you’ve used the shampoo bottle in [...]
Naim Audio Launches New Products at Bay Bloor Radio
If someone asked you to predict the future of hi-fi a few years ago, would you be able to guess exactly what we would have today? You might be able to predict some things but probably [...]
MK Sound MK150THX 5.1 Speaker System
Have you ever wondered about what kind of audio systems professional studios use for engineering movie soundtracks? MK Sound has long been a popular choice for professional studios and over the years has made its way [...]
Monitor Audio Gold GX 5.1 Speaker System Review
If you have an exceptional memory, you might recall reading about the Monitor Audio Gold GX series speakers in these pages before. I reviewed the GX200 floor standing loudspeakers ($4,995/pair) from this series back in the [...]
ModWright Instruments KWA 100SE Amplifier and LS 100 Tube Preamplifier
Earlier this year, in the April/May 2012 issue of CANADA HiFi, Phil Gold reviewed the ModWright Instruments KWA 150 Signature Edition Amplifier. He was so impressed by this amplifier that it ended up finding a permanent [...]
Introducing Guyster – the guy’s guide to everything!
It gives me the outmost pleasure to introduce all readers of the CANADA HiFi magazine to a new project I’ve been working on for the last few months called Guydster – the guy’s guide to everything. [...]
Bryston BDP-1 Digital Player and BDA-1 DAC Review
The ways in which we enjoy music have changed rapidly during the last few years. The advent of the mp3 file format and portable digital music players revolutionized our ability to purchase and play music. Adding [...]
Building a Dream Basement Home Theatre: A Reader’s Passion and Creativity Comes Together
Going to the movie theatre has been a popular entertainment activity for decades. After all, there’s a lot of fun to be had when watching a good film on a giant screen, accompanied by life-sized sound. [...]