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Update TV & Stereo: A Unique Canadian Retailer
Ken Angeles (General Manager) and Shaun Schwartz (Sales & Marketing Specialist) In the retail environment it's easy to run a business that's just like every other retail front. What's not easy is to dare to be [...]
The Journey to Higher Quality Audio With Nordost Leif Cables: Part 1 of 3
Following the Ideal Path to Upgrading Cables. Part 1 of 3: Power Cords Let me tell you a little secret about building a high-end music system: Cables play a much more important role in your hi-fi [...]
Beginner’s Guide to Building a HiFi System
Setting up a quality two channel audio system for a beginner is an exciting prospect. There are many different options and directions a budding audiophile can choose to follow. It can be a very rewarding experience, [...]
Why Do We Need Better Cables? Continued Innovation In Audio Equipment Drives the Need For Higher Quality Cables
We should examine the work of a bunch of pioneering guys – Peter Walker, Ivor Tiefenbrun, Julian Vereker, Bob Stuart, Mark Levinson, Dan D’Agostino, Ed Meitner, Dave Wilson, Alon Wolf and Yoav Geva. Who are these [...]
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 [...]
Visiting Fab Audio – Vintage, Home and Pro Audio Equipment Service
A number of years back, when CANADA HiFi Magazine was just in its infancy, we reviewed an original loudspeaker creation – The Brat , from a company named Fab Audio. The Brat was a creation of [...]
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 [...]