Hunter S. Thompson once posited: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” To cynics and non-audiophiles, the very idea of potentially improving an audio system with posh “tweaks” is beyond weird. Skeptics and non-believers [...]
In 1886, Emile Berliner invented the flat disc record. A year or two later, that disc was probably covered in dust, dog fur, and an infinite number of mould particles. No doubt Emile ran into the [...]
Love it or hate it, we live in a world driven by data. Everything from your favourite TV shows to family pictures and work files reside as data on some type of a storage device. The [...]
One evening while casually browsing the web, I came across an audio product review that caught my attention. It wasn’t a review about a typical audio product, such as a loudspeaker, amplifier or DAC nor [...]
I was intrigued when I heard about a new video enhancer that claims to improve images of various video sources. How can this be? I’m normally a little sceptical anytime I hear the terms “video processor” [...]
Subwoofers have been around for ages and have become a common fixture in most home theatre systems but many purist two-channel audiophiles have shunned them because they have a reputation for making the overall two-channel sound [...]
Records and LPs are making a strong comeback in the music world and that’s no lie. I have personally re-introduced myself to playing records recently, thanks to the purchase of the fantastic sounding Rega RP3 turntable. [...]
There are numerous factors that may impede the optimum performance of various components in an audio and video system. Some are well known, while some not so clear cut. As avid audio video enthusiasts, many of [...]
Your hard earned money goes out the door and in return a fine set of audio components settles on your equipment rack, with the promise of audio bliss. It doesn’t always work that way. Why not? [...]
If there has been one category of gadget that has been blowing up to the point of ubiquity these last few years it’s the mobile computing device. Smartphones, tablets, netbooks, it seems everyone is connected just [...]