On several occasions I've noted that I'm a big fan of digital music's convenience and portability. If you're using your music in a one-to-one setup between your computer or iPhone and your headphones then things then the things are...
This year, I didn't listen much to the traditional radio or my iTunes Library. Instead, I just jammed to iTunes Radio.
I love filling the house with Christmas music. Whether it's firing up some of my classic Christmas stand-by albums...
In my last post on "The Fix for HDMI Woes" I started to talk about how the promise of HDMI has been vastly different than the reality—especially when it comes to setting up HDMI-based networks. In that article, I...
In one of my recent posts about headphone accuracy, I mentioned how I was a fan of Dr. Sean Olive, Director of Acoustic Research at Harman and have a deep respect for the work he's done. From time to time,...
Imagine for a moment if you could hire one of the most well respected speaker designers in the industry. You know, someone who has designed speakers costing $40,000, $60,000, or 78,000 (yes, there are lots of zeros there)....
Unfortunately, the promise of HDMI has never lived up to it's reality. To be fair, if you have a simple setup—a source device connected to a display—and you're within about 6-15 feet or so then generally you're fine. However,...
Revel's Speakers have a reputation
for measuring well in various environments
Over the years, there are several reviewers that I've enjoyed reading: Michael Fremer, Thomas J. Norton, Kris Deering, John Atkinson, Steve Guttenburg, Scott Wilkinson, to name just a few I've...
What's the best receiver you can buy for around $500? That's a question that one of my relatives posed to me this past week when his poor Onkyo 7.1 channel home theater receiver died. Budgets are tight and with...
Bob Carver with one of his Tube Amps
Back in the summer it was big news that Emotiva had purchased Bob Carver's latest company, which made tube amps. If you're not familiar, Emotiva is a value-focus Internet direct company that...
Vinyl fans rejoice. In keeping with our theme of highlighting some great audiophile deals for the poor audiophile, we're highlighting some deals on record cleaning machines.
The Record Doctor V vinyl cleaning machine
The Record Doctor V record cleaning machine is...
