Mundorf and Accuton are two revered audio product companies, both having their start in Cologne, Germany in 1985. In 2015, to celebrate their 30th anniversaries, the two companies collaborated on a new speaker kit – the [...]
More Canadian than Darryl Sittler sipping a double-double from Tim Hortons while handing Terry Fox an autographed #27 Maple Leaf Jersey at the Toronto City Hall, Bryston has been manufacturing consumer electronics out of Peterborough Ontario [...]
During 2016, my editor Suave Kajko at NOVO magazine let me audition a pair of Skogrand’s Tchaikovsky interconnect cables ($6,950 US) for about 8 months. Within a very short time, I concluded that these were (indeed… [...]
Grado Labs, is a U.S., Brooklyn-based company that hand makes headphones and phono cartridges. Founded by Joseph Grado in 1953, the company has dabbled also in other products, including loudspeakers, turntables, and even a wooden tonearm. [...]
Totem began speaker building in 1987 in Montreal Canada, starting off with just one model, the now legendary Model-1 monitor, which eventually was upgraded to the Signature version. Founded by Vince Bruzzese, a retired high-school math [...]
Monitor Audio CP-IW460X In-wall Speakers with the grills off Modern living environments and contemporary décor trends generally don’t embrace traditional audio/video systems with large speaker enclosures. Just flip through one of the latest home décor magazines [...]
When I began building my first hifi system some twenty years ago, I didn’t give much thought to cables. Cables simply served as a means of connecting all the components together. Audio magazines introduced me to [...]
Founded in 1938 in Tokyo Japan, Pioneer Corporation is one of the leading electronics firms in the world. The company offers several product groups, the largest being mobile electronics, which includes car stereos, car speakers and [...]
Hafler is a division of Radial Engineering Ltd, headquartered in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada. Radial is primarily a pro-audio company with products targeted at musicians and studios; however, in 2014, with the acquisition of Hafler, Radial [...]
The British have contributed mightily to the music universe. The world of music would just not be the same without the body of work of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Moody Blues. On the [...]