Speakers are the windows to our sonic landscapes. Choosing speakers is the most personal decision that you'll have to make when putting together a stereo or a multi-channel home theatre system. Every speaker has different sound [...]
What separates great home theatre sound from mediocre sound is the right balance between all the audio components. Matching a $2000 A/V receiver with a $500 multi-channel speaker system simply doesn't make sense. The receiver's performance [...]
Now that the wintery weather is behind us, it’s time to get outside. And like many Canadians this summer, you’ll probably be soaking in the sun on your patio in the city or at the cottage. [...]
Every year, while New Years resolutions are still being attempted and you've finally read through the manual and figured out how to use all the functions on your new electronics, along comes the Consumer Electronics Show [...]
Some of us build home theatres in order to recreate the movie theatre experience at home. Some of us do it for bragging rights. Then there are enthusiasts who constantly upgrade their components in the attempt [...]
So you read the Toronto HiFi magazine and from time to time you come across a term which you don't have a clear understanding of. Perhaps you don't understand it at all. Chances are, you're not [...]
Suave’s Picks Neil's Picks Star Trek DVD/Blu-ray, $24 and up Caig Laboratories DeoxIT Gold Contact Enhancer (G5MS-15, $9.95 US) and Contact Cleaner (D100S-2, $19.95 US) This holiday season, the Enterprise will set course for millions of [...]
You've probably encountered the phrase '3:2 pulldown' in a description of an audio video product. DVD players perform it, projectors perform it and even televisions perform it. So what exactly is 3:2 pulldown? To fully understand [...]
In the August/September issue we provided an introduction to do-it-yourself (DIY) audio and touched upon several DIY ideas - one of them being system tweaks. In this issue we well take a closer look at some [...]
Unfortunately when home audio systems are set up, the acoustics of the listening room are rarely taken into account. Indeed, most people opt for expensive, top of the range sound systems in an attempt to reach [...]