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The Journey to Higher Quality Audio With Nordost Leif Cables: Part 3 of 3
Following the Ideal Path to Upgrading Cables. Part 3 of 3: USB Interconnects and Speaker Cables I recently watched English indie band ALT-J perform at Echo Beach in Toronto and what an incredible sonic and visual [...]
Meet the Maker: An Interview with Charles Kirmuss of Kirmuss Audio
Charles Kirmuss and Michael Fremer from Stereophile, standing in front of Michael's 30,000+ record collection. Kirmuss Audio has been making some big waves in the audio world over the last several months, since the introduction of [...]
Meet the Maker: Italian Made Unison Research & Opera Loudspeakers
The consumer audio industry around the world is driven by remarkably passionate and sometimes eccentric individuals. For many of these individuals, audio is not just their business, it is a lifelong hobby. Welcome to NOVO magazine’s [...]
The Journey to Higher Quality Audio With Nordost Leif Cables: Part 2 of 3
Following the Ideal Path to Upgrading Cables. Part 2 of 3: Interconnect Cables You may not spend much time thinking about the cables behind your music system because they remind you of a snake pit from [...]
Great Recorded Music to Showcase Your Sound System – Part 1
Several months ago I attended a listening session showcasing the awesome Naim Statement amplifier. The entire system, using B&W’s 800 Series Diamond reference speakers had a price tag just north of $400K. That’s a-ton-o-cash for anything, [...]
Best Vinyl Record Stores in Toronto 2018
The resurgence of vinyl records over the last several years has spurred many new record shops to open in Canada. This in turn, spurred us to generate a list of the best ones we know in [...]
3D Blu-ray Players: Everything You Need to Know
It’s been over five years since the first Blu-ray players hit the market and while improved technology, features and functionality have emerged, the core purpose of Blu-ray has remained unchanged - to provide the highest-quality picture [...]
Streaming Movies: An Alternative To Watching Movies From a Disc
A few years back I remember a friend explaining the concept of an MP3 to me, how CD quality audio could be compressed and file sizes made smaller to the point where it could easily be [...]
Home Theatre Apps for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch
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 [...]
Three Approaches To 3D At Home
In-home 3D has been out for almost two years now and while it hasn’t made the in-roads that manufacturers had hoped, it is still a prominent part of most manufacturers’ offerings with additional models continuing to [...]
Tablets: The Computing Devices of 2011 and Beyond
Tablets are currently at the forefront of the consumer electronics landscape. With a large majority of users doing their computing through websites such as webmail and social networking and simple productivity applications such as word processing, [...]
An Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Highly Anticipated Toronto Audio Video Entertainment Show (TAVES)!
Our beautiful country of Canada is home to a healthy, deeply rooted consumer audio video industry with an equally impressive consumer market. After all, some of the most successful brands in the business, particularly on the [...]