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Beginner’s Guide To Turntable Setup
A Complete Guide To Setting Up Your Turntable In 1982, the music industry launched the compact disc (CD) with the bold promise that the new digital format would create “perfect sound forever”. Since 2005, a surprising [...]
Doom or be Doomed: A Humorous and Practical Guide About Getting Into Doom Metal Music
Getting Into Doom Metal Music as the Apocalypse Encroaches I discuss doom and death a lot in my audio reviews. Why…? Simply because, whether you like it or not, Mother Nature wants to kill you anyway [...]
Two Australian Speaker Manufacturers Team Up To Produce Badly Needed Face Masks For First Responders
Kyron Audio is world-renowned for producing extreme high-fidelity dipole loudspeaker systems for the luxury market and was due to exhibit its wares at Sydney’s 2020 Hi-Fi Show last weekend. But the cancellation of the event and [...]
How Audiophiles Can Stay Sane During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Humour Story with Practical Advice
Surviving the Novel Corona Apocalypse Slayer’s song “Disciple” off their brain-warpingly awesome 2001 God Hates Us All album contains the life-affirming chorus “God Hates Us All!” While this statement may inspire profound ontological debate on the [...]
Press Release: Sound United Brings Roon Compatibility To Denon and Marantz Products
Denon and Roon Collaboration | Sound United Full Press Release: Denon and Marantz Owners Will Enjoy the Benefits of Roon’s Graphically Rich Subscription-Based Music Management Capabilities When Connected to Certified Devices Vista, Calif. (March 23rd, 2020) — [...]
Press Release: New Sharp Products Pack Entire Dolby Atmos® System Into Single Soundbar
Sharp HT-SBW460 | Sharp New Products: Sharp HT-SBW800 and HT-SBW460 Full Press Release Dolby Atmos® is changing the world of cinema with the introduction of height to the movie’s audio. Now, thanks to Sharp’s two new soundbars, [...]
Living in a Virtual World: A Look at Today’s Leading VR Headsets
It may come off like a buzzword, or even a short-term fad, but VR, or virtual reality, looks like it’s going to stick around for some time. The idea, and even implementation, is not new, given [...]
CANADA HiFi Will Become NOVO Magazine This Fall
Promotional issue of Toronto HiFi (August 2003), the first issue of CANADA HiFi (Nov/Dec 2005) and prototype NOVO cover. A Brief Story About Toronto HiFi, CANADA HiFi and the Evolution To NOVO My love for music [...]
Ultra High Definition TV — More Than Resolution: Enjoying All the Benefits of UHD
When Ultra High Definition TVs began hitting store shelves a few years ago, manufacturers referred to them as 4K TVs. More recently however there has been a shift to market them as UHD TVs. Today, every [...]
OLED – The Next Revolution in TVs: The Benefits of OLED TVs and Who’s Making Them
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 [...]
The IMAX Private Theatre … WOW, just WOW!
Let’s assume that you have been a good little boy or girl over most of your history. And we are not talking just good, we’re talking serious good! We’re talking major philanthropy. We’re talking helping elderly [...]
TV Buyer Guide 2015: Is the Time Right to Buy a 4K UltraHD TV?
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 [...]