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Product News: Smith Announces Brand New Aleck Wireless Audio System for Snow Helmets
Pexels Photo | Chris F New Product: Smith x Aleck 006 Audio Systems Snowsport enthusiasts around the world will soon be able to take their tunes with them! Snow gear manufacturer, Smith, has announced that they [...]
Nordost QRT Power Products Review. Part 1 of 3: QX Power Purifiers QX4
I’m no stranger to Nordost products. I’ve been using Nordost in my own system for just about 5 years; Norse cables, including Heimdall 2 and Tyr 2, with a QRT QBase-Mark I Qb8 power distributor and [...]
Kenwood eXcelon Reference DNX996XR Sound / Navigation System Review
The Kenwood eXcelon Reference DNX996XR comes with a box full of accessories and cables. Summer is here in full swing and there are few things in life that bring me as much joy as hitting the [...]
Streaming Setup For Beginners: What You Need To Get Started
EGLX 2018 | Alyssa Castle The most recent trend in gaming has taken the industry by storm, turning customers into self-made millionaires in just a few short years. The invention of online video game streaming created [...]
Integrated Amplifier Buyer Guide: Why So Many Music Listeners Are Choosing Integrated Amplifiers Today
The tubular glow of my father’s 1965 Harman Kardon A500 was my first introduction to the world of integrated amplifiers. The capacitors were leaky, a constant background hiss plagued the soundstage, the volume potentiometer made horrible [...]
Meet the Artist: An Interview with Ray Montford, Canadian Composer, Guitarist, Producer & Engineer
Ray Montford is a very talented Ottawa-born composer and guitarist, with nine albums under his belt. He also finds himself in the role of a producer and engineer at his state-of-the-art studio called Anchor Sound, near [...]
Lights, Camera, Action … IMAX! Plus Introduction to the IMAX Private Theatre
Editor's note: this article was originally published in the June/July 2014 print edition of CANADA HiFi. Hundreds of millions of people around the world have heard the brand name IMAX. IMAX research shows that consumers generally [...]
Exploring Two Budding TV Technologies: 4K Ultra HD and OLED
On March 25th, 1925, when Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of televised silhouette images in motion at Selfridge’s Department Store in London, England, little did he know that his rudimentary contraption [...]
4K Resolution: The Next Evolution of Video
HDTVs are an integral part of many consumers’ homes and with the recent switch to digital over-the-air broadcasting in Canada, back in September of 2011, many consumers now have access to free, high definition content (1080i) [...]
The New Role of Smartphones and Tablets In Home Entertainment
The home theatre is a focal point in many homes. It’s a place where friends and family congregate to watch the latest blockbuster movies, catch up on the day’s events with a local newscast or listen [...]
Smart TVs: the Evolving Screens of the 21st Century + Standalone Devices That Can Make Your Existing TV Smart
When the first television sets arrived in the 1930s, they changed the way information and media were brought to the masses. For the first time, moving images, along with sound could be transmitted and viewed by [...]
Eliminating Unwanted Audio and Video Noise
It’s an exciting day as you rush home eager to try out that new audio or video component that you just purchased. After taking time to carefully hook up the new gear and double checking that [...]