If you are a Canadian music or home theatre enthusiast, chances are good that when someone brings up the subject of loudspeakers the first brand name that usually comes to mind will probably be Paradigm. Given [...]
Meridian systems aim to provide the closest possible recreation of the original musical performance for the listener. Keeping to this objective but aiming to please those who prefer unseen equipment, Meridian is launching their new compact [...]
After two weeks of burning-in Bryston’s Model A2 floorstanding loudspeakers, I invited two audio enthusiast friends over to listen to them. Both are well-heeled professionals with $150K+ invested in their 2-channel stereo systems. Irv owns high-efficiency [...]
For many of us who have gotten used to the relatively superior convenience of storing, accessing and playing digital music files, it is quite a chore to play our music collection on vinyl records. It is [...]
Not long ago, few people had the opportunity to lay their eyes on an emerging video display technology named OLED. The promise of infinite black levels and an incredible contrast ratio was certain to lay plasma [...]
Television technology has been advancing at a rapid pace over the last several years and there are no signs of slowing down. It never ceases to amaze me that every year a new generation of sets [...]
The story of exaSound Audio Design is an inspiring one - the company was born when electronics engineers, software developers, musicians and entrepreneurs got together and decided to pursue their passion for music. This Canadian company [...]
Even though my wife is gainfully employed as an analytical chemist, at times I think she’d be happier working as an interior decorator. She seems semi-addicted to the Home and Garden channel and holds strong verbal [...]
Three components are seeing major growth in the audio market: headphones, DACs and streaming music players. Today we’ll take a look at a streamer from Cyrus Audio, a well established company operating out of the Ermine [...]
Over the past few decades, we have seen some truly splendid consumer electronics products come out of Japan. Sadly, except for a few exceptions, this did not include great high-end loudspeakers. This is why most audiophiles [...]