The Home Theatre Experience: An Introduction
Home theatre has come a long way since the days of hooking up a Dolby Surround processor to your stereo receiver and HiFi VCR. Maybe you were such an enthusiast in the late 80s that you [...]
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DTS Surround Music
It seems that the record label industry has gone "format-happy". Perhaps "format-crazy" is a more appropriate term. The introduction of all of the new audio formats has left us at Toronto HiFi scratching our heads. Most [...]
Generation MP3: Digital Music Players
With the introduction of the MP3 file format in the mid 90s the music industry was turned on its head. MP3 refers to MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3. It is an audio encoding and compression format [...]
Digital Amplifiers
Digital technology has the ability to make good products better. It gives us the opportunity to develop previously unthinkable devices and reinvent analog products as digital ones of smaller size that have offer increased functionality and [...]
Wireless Lifestyle
Wires are a great medium for the most part. They provide solid, interference-free connections between today's electronic devices. Different types of wires can carry analogue and digital signals, and of course electricity. Without wires, life would [...]
Surround Sound Formats Explained
Surround Sound Decoding - so what is everyone talking about? Learn the whole story on the competing formats of surround sound, a little history of each, and which one is best for you. First off, surround [...]
Made in Canada! Part 1 of 3
When one thinks of consumer electronics products, one country generally comes to mind: Japan. Home to industry giants such as Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic and Sharp, chances are you have several A/V devices from a Japanese manufacturer [...]
Made in Canada! Part 2 of 3
Part one of our survey of Canadian manufacturers covered Anthem, Axiom Audio, Bryston, Classé Audio, Gutwire, Magnum Dynalab, Paradigm, Totem and SimAudio. There's at least twenty left to cover. Part two will concentrate on speaker manufacturers. [...]
Made in Canada! Part 3 of 3
The third and final part of our survey of Canadian manufacturers covers some truly remarkable companies, some marching to the beat of a very different drummer. Let's take a look at them in alphabetical order. Aurum [...]
The Home Theatre Experience: An Introduction
Home theatre has come a long way since the days of hooking up a Dolby Surround processor to your stereo receiver and HiFi VCR. Maybe you were such an enthusiast in the late 80s that you [...]