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Top 5 Subwoofer Placement Tips from SVS Sound Experts
Placement of subwoofers is a process driven by competing variables that differ in every home. Décor, floor space, furniture, speaker placement, seating location, and of course, sound quality all factor into the decision of where a [...]
Ported vs. Sealed – Sound Subwoofer Advice from SVS
Should I go with a Ported or Sealed Subwoofer? One of the first questions many people ask when deciding to purchase or replace a subwoofer is: Should I go with a ported or sealed box design? [...]
What Makes a Great Subwoofer? 5 Key Performance Attributes (Presented by SVS)
Adding a subwoofer can be the most impactful upgrade you can make to the performance of an audio system or home theater. But a truly great subwoofer adds dimensions of impact, excitement, and low frequency extension [...]
Origins of Harder Rock- Part 2 Suggested Albums From Cream, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath
In Part 1 of my review of late 1960s and early 1970s era albums which were fundamental to the development of hard rock and heavy metal, I explored some of the greatest albums from Jimi Hendrix, [...]
How Bryston Got Into the Loudspeaker Business – An Interview with James Tanner
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to met face-to-face with James Tanner, the VP of Sales & Marketing at Bryston, to discuss the history behind the company’s loudspeaker business. DSB: “Why did Bryston decide to [...]
Outfitting an Audio System with Nordost Norse 2 Tyr 2 Cables and QRT QBASE Power Distribution
Many decisions need to be undertaken in the quest to assemble a high quality hifi or home theatre system and CANADA HiFi buyer guides can play an instrumental role in helping you make the right choices. [...]
OLED – The Future of TV Technology?
In the interest of full disclosure, I should preface this article by saying that I am the proud owner of a Pioneer PDP-6010FD, a 60-inch 1080p KURO series plasma, which is one of the highest-rated displays [...]
Achieving a Better Picture in About Ten Minutes
Directors have a particular vision for their films and to truly experience them at home you need a properly calibrated display. Most TVs are factory adjusted to draw attention to themselves under the bright lights of [...]
Latest TV Tech: 1080p, HDMI version 1.3, 24 Frames Per Second, 120 Hz and More
If nothing but the best picture performance will satisfy your hungry eyes, there are several new TV features and technologies to look out for in the latest TV sets. The hottest TV tech currently available includes [...]
LCD or PLASMA, which is right for you?
As with any new technology, it took a few years to perfect flat panel displays. Modern plasma and LCD television sets are bright, offer high contrast ratios and display accurate colours. The latest flat panel TVs [...]
The Next Generation of Flat Panel TVs: OLED, SED and TDEL
The general public has finally caught the flat panel wave. We're not exaggerating. As unfortunate as it is, because at the top-end CRT still delivers the picture quality that plasma and LCD strive for, the death [...]
HDTV Primer
Television goes digital For a technology that has been around and virtually unchanged for 50 years, television is making huge leaps in quality and features. According to published sources, colour was added to television in 1953. [...]