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 [...]
Following the Ideal Path to Upgrading Cables. Part 1 of 3: Power Cords Let me tell you a little secret about building a high-end music system: Cables play a much more important role in your hi-fi [...]
Setting up a quality two channel audio system for a beginner is an exciting prospect. There are many different options and directions a budding audiophile can choose to follow. It can be a very rewarding experience, [...]
We should examine the work of a bunch of pioneering guys – Peter Walker, Ivor Tiefenbrun, Julian Vereker, Bob Stuart, Mark Levinson, Dan D’Agostino, Ed Meitner, Dave Wilson, Alon Wolf and Yoav Geva. Who are these [...]
Promotional issue of Toronto HiFi (August 2003), the first issue of CANADA HiFi (Nov/Dec 2005) and prototype NOVO cover. A Brief Story About Toronto HiFi, CANADA HiFi and the Evolution To NOVO My love for music [...]
A number of years back, when CANADA HiFi Magazine was just in its infancy, we reviewed an original loudspeaker creation – The Brat , from a company named Fab Audio. The Brat was a creation of [...]
In part two of this historiography on punk music, I will examine some of the London UK bands that exploded onto the world stage from 1977 to 1979 and defined the British punk sound and the [...]
In this three-part series of articles on the origins and history of punk rock music from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s, I will examine some of the specific bands and albums which, in retrospect, [...]