So you bought yourself a gorgeous flat panel TV, set it up with a Blu-ray player and began watching a blockbuster movie like The Dark Knight. If you’re a regular reader of CANADA HiFi then I’ll [...]
Headphones come in all shapes, sizes and types. But with regards to full-size over-the-ear headphones, they fall into two main categories, "closed" and "open", which refer to the acoustic seal in the ear-cups. In the case [...]
I grew up with radio, the BBC (the BEEP to us expats) to be exact, which offered high quality broadcasting in excellent FM sound. Just four stations, mind you. HiFi systems at the time had a [...]
Chances are you already own a portable media player and are using it with headphones and in the vehicle. So why not in your home? I’m always amazed at how many people will religiously use [...]
Modern audio and home theatre systems are connected with dozens of cables – it’s the nature of the beast you could say. What separates one system from another is how the cables are managed and concealed. [...]
"Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Contemplate on, meanwhile let me illustrate how music and hi-fi share a similar relationship: long before Edison built a phonograph, man made music. So music first...but wait! [...]
Improve the Sound in Your Home Theatre: Hot tips that every home theatre system can benefit from! It doesn't matter whether you spend two thousand or fifty thousand dollars on your home theatre - if your [...]
Come close, I’m going to let you into the secret for keeping your vinyl collection clean. Are you ready? Don’t let them get dirty in the first place. After building a large collection of records over [...]
What’s a poor audiophile to do? You’ve saved your hard earned money for a beautiful new turntable and are spending your beer money on albums at every opportunity, but you’re not sure it’s all set up [...]
The Beatles CDs first appeared in 1987 in disappointing sound, vastly inferior to the original vinyl pressings from the 60's. That's what we've been stuck with for over 20 years. Until now that is. Finally a [...]