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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s winter again and with the falling temperatures it’s time to catch up on all your favorite shows and movies. Seems like as good an excuse as any to upgrade that old flat screen to [...]
Everything You Need To Know To Find the Perfect Portable Player From the transistor radio to the Sony Walkman to dedicated players like the iPod, each technological jump in portable music systems has been quickly adopted [...]
Every music listener on the planet has an opinion on the merits of digital verses analogue audio. This debate started in the 80’s and rages on to this day, with each camp sticking firmly to their [...]
If you are old enough to remember the days when anything over 21 inches was considered to be a big screen TV, then you will also most likely remember that even those 21-inch Cathode Ray Tube [...]
As high fidelity components, receivers had relatively humble beginnings. They were essentially intended to be a compromise for those who didn’t have the space or the funds for separate components. Receivers long predate multi-channel digital surround [...]
Today’s televisions are leaps and bounds beyond what the first cathode ray tube sets were, containing everything from quad-core processors to gyroscope-equipped remotes with voice-recognition capabilities. The pursuit for the highest picture quality to rival that [...]
Buying a new television, despite the myriad of specifications, technologies, resolutions, and other factors, doesn’t have to be a bewildering quest. With the shuttering of plasma technology by Pioneer, Samsung, and others, the only remaining mainstream [...]
What You Should Know Before Selecting An Amplifier, Integrated Amplifier Or AV Receiver The integrated amplifier or AV receiver is the heart of your stereo or home theatre system and also its control centre. It accepts [...]