The tubular glow of my father’s 1965 Harman Kardon A500 was my first introduction to the world of integrated amplifiers. The capacitors were leaky, a constant background hiss plagued the soundstage, the volume potentiometer made horrible [...]
Ray Montford is a very talented Ottawa-born composer and guitarist, with nine albums under his belt. He also finds himself in the role of a producer and engineer at his state-of-the-art studio called Anchor Sound, near [...]
Vinyl is back..for good! At the end of a nice long listening session with my Rega Planar 6 w/ the Ania MC cartridge, feeding the outstanding Bryston BP-2 MM/MC Phono Preamp, I just finished spinning all [...]
Following the Ideal Path to Upgrading Cables. Part 3 of 3: USB Interconnects and Speaker Cables I recently watched English indie band ALT-J perform at Echo Beach in Toronto and what an incredible sonic and visual [...]
Charles Kirmuss and Michael Fremer from Stereophile, standing in front of Michael's 30,000+ record collection. Kirmuss Audio has been making some big waves in the audio world over the last several months, since the introduction of [...]
The consumer audio industry around the world is driven by remarkably passionate and sometimes eccentric individuals. For many of these individuals, audio is not just their business, it is a lifelong hobby. Welcome to NOVO magazine’s [...]
Following the Ideal Path to Upgrading Cables. Part 2 of 3: Interconnect Cables You may not spend much time thinking about the cables behind your music system because they remind you of a snake pit from [...]
Several months ago I attended a listening session showcasing the awesome Naim Statement amplifier. The entire system, using B&W’s 800 Series Diamond reference speakers had a price tag just north of $400K. That’s a-ton-o-cash for anything, [...]
The resurgence of vinyl records over the last several years has spurred many new record shops to open in Canada. This in turn, spurred us to generate a list of the best ones we know in [...]
Ken Angeles (General Manager) and Shaun Schwartz (Sales & Marketing Specialist) In the retail environment it's easy to run a business that's just like every other retail front. What's not easy is to dare to be [...]