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Alpha Design Labs ADL-H118 Headphone Review
Furutech is an audio-video product company based out of Japan that was founded in 1988 and is best known for their high-quality cables, connectors and audio accessories. Alpha Design Labs (ADL) is Furutech’s entry-level line of [...]
Paradigm SHIFT H15NC and H15 Headphones
Paradigm Electronics under their SHIFT brand has just annouced the release of their new H15NC and H15 on-ear headphones. The new headphones incorporate a number of propritary sound innovations. To design the H15NC and H15 on-ear headphones, Paradigm designers [...]
Westone Adventure Series (ADV) Alpha Earphones
Westone has just announced the release of their new Adventure Series (ADV) Alpha earphones. The Adventure Series Alpha has been developed by leveraging Westone's two decades of experience with audio and in-ear musicians' monitors and is specifically designed [...]
Sony PlayStation 4 Versus the Microsoft Xbox One – Console Details and Comparison
Both Sony and Microsoft recently announced that they will be releasing their next generation video gaming consoles by the end of this year and millions of video gamers around the world are curious to see just [...]
Sony PlayStation 4 Complete Details
Sony Computer Entertainment has just revealed the PlayStation 4 (PS4) hardware design at the annual E3 press conference, and also announced that its next gen console will retail for $399 US, this holiday season. Sony also [...]
Bowers and Wilkins 805 Maserati Edition Loudspeaker
Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) has just announced a new loudspeaker that brings together B&W design and performance with the opulence of Maserati. B&W's new 805 Maserati Edition is a special limited edition of B&W's highly-regarded 805 [...]
Oppo Digital BDP-105 Universal Playing in Silver
Oppo Digital, Inc. a manufacturer of audio/video components that is best known for their universal disc players, has just announced that their high-value / high-performance BDP-105 universal Blu-ray player is now available in silver finish, along [...]
Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay H3 Earphones and H6 Headphones
Bang & Olufsen is aiming to please dedicated music lover with its new H3 earphones and H6 headphones. Both new models combine quality craftsmanship with the latest technology to take portable music enjoyment to a whole [...]
Listening Room Acoustics: Room Modes and Standing Waves
Fig. 1 Low frequency measurement in a typical listening room. As stated in my earlier article (How do listening room acoustics affect sound quality?), room modes cause standing waves that can cause three acoustical problems: a [...]
World’s First Review of the JL Audio CR-1 Crossover with Dual Fathom f112 Subwoofers!
Subwoofers have been around for ages and have become a common fixture in most home theatre systems but many purist two-channel audiophiles have shunned them because they have a reputation for making the overall two-channel sound [...]
Musical Fidelity V90-DAC
Musical Fidelity has just release a new budget, no-frills, performance-focused digtial-to-analog convertor - their V90-DAC. The V90-DAC is small and compact to reduce costs on materials and shipping and put more of the cost into raising performance. Muscial Fidelity [...]
Ray Montford – New Hi-Rez Video for “Secret Place”
I just wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about a local (Toronto, Canada) artist that I've been following for sometime now - his name is Ray Montford. I first came across Ray a [...]
CANADA HiFi June/July 2013 Digital/Tablet/iPad Edition is Now Available!
Thank you for reading the CANADA HiFi Magazine! Click on one of the links below to open your preferred format of the June/July 2013 edition: Digital Format (for computers and tablets) PDF Edition (for computers) Apple [...]
Parasound Zamp Quattro Four-channel/Two-zone Power Amplifier
Parasound has just added the Zamp Quattro, a four-channel/two-zone power amplifier to its popular Z-Custom line of half-rack-width components. The Zamp Quattro expands the company's "Zamp" amplifier concept with more channels, more power and more versatility. [...]
Update TV & Stereo – Sony XBR 4K Ultra HDTV Event, With Sony XBR65X900A Review
Last Friday, May 31st, retailer Update TV & Stereo hosted an event at its Vaughan location to demonstrate Sony’s latest XBR 4K Ultra HDTVs. Update TV & Stereo is a boutique audio video retailer that prides [...]
Anthony Gallo Acoustics Micro SE and A’Diva SE Speakers
Anthony Gallo Acoustics has just begun shipping their new Micro SE and A’Diva SE satellite speakers. The form factor for these audiophile-grade speakers is what makes them most interesting - spherical metal balls, with the Micro SE being 4-inches [...]
Griffin Technology WoodTones Headphones
Griffin Technology has just released its WoodTones over-the-ear headphones which utilize real wood enclosures in a perfect marriage of design and sound quality. Griffin claims that its new headphones offer a warm acoustics and enhanced sound [...]
Pioneer Elite SC-71 and SC-72 Receivers
Pioneer has just released two new 7.2-channel, Class D amplified, 4K UltraHD receivers under their Elite brand, the SC-71 and SC-72. Class D amplification provides for high output and low distortion in a compact chasis. Since receivers are multi-channel, [...]
