Like almost all audio nuts, I had picked up most of whatever early information I had from various sources, some of the most fruitful being the question sections of various magazines. Joseph Giovanelli and Herman Burstein offered scads of useful stuff Read More...

Today, it seems hard to believe, but when I was growing up, the ultimate in high technology was audio. How I managed to get interested in the field is a mystery to me, as it certainly was to my family -- my parents thought they had spawned some kind of Read More...

I had an interesting chat yesterday with my local high end dealer. He has a store in town called Soundstage that specializes in really esoteric high end stuff. His store carries names like Conrad Johnson, Martin Logan, Arcam and a whack of others I've Read More...

This is the weekend that most of North America is united in sitting outside on lawn chairs drinking cold beverages and maybe catching some fireworks (well, not literally catching but - you know what I mean). The US celebrates its hard fought independence Read More...

THX began life as a series of specifications for movie theaters back in the early 1980s when George Lucas was appalled by the varying audio/video quality that movie goers had to suffer. The first THX showroom opened in 1983 when the THX division of Lucasfilm Read More...

Break out a slice of that humble pie, I'm ready to take a bite. Last Friday I reported on a story about Circuit City forums being hacked. In that news item I made an offhand quote: "It's a good excuse to have better taste in forums." Comments by members Read More...

Less is more Spring has returned. Waking to the sounds of ever more species of birds as the frost-line makes its seasonal ascends up northerly parallels I am reminded again of my love of acoustics. The world has a natural soundtrack that through mobile Read More...

I don’t watch the Oscars. I love movies but I don’t care for the elitism and fanfare so the whole Oscars thing makes me want to gag. I would enjoy movies far less if I fully realized what pompous twits most people involved in movies are, so Read More...