The popularity of Home Theater in Box (HTIB) systems never ceases to amaze me despite how unanimously sub-standard they are. But i f you’ve got no audio system at all the prospect of buying every single component for a complete home theater system Read More...

This is an interesting news article on Audioholics about the state of the entertainment industry, it illustrates the push / pull between media, content providers, hardware and operating systems. All of these conditions are vying for influence, power and Read More...

There’s a great article on Audioholics today, the budget bookshelf speaker shootout. I love to see real world affordable gear get highlighted and compared. As an average consumer I could easily see myself adding one of these speakers to my kit as Read More...

There is a natural tendency to hate big business in North America . We have our corporate favourites but they can easily fall to overexposure and advertisers know this and are careful with the brands they try to sell us. Both Microsoft and Sony are heavyweights Read More...

Consumer electronics advisors are in full force this time of year offering up wisdom on how and what to buy this holiday season. Usually these bits of wisdom involve specific models or technologies to avoid or what’s hot to buy. Advice will always Read More...

Time for me to spend some time slamming audiophilism again, it’s been awhile. To the left is a picture of a DVD with a Shakti stone on top of it. The stone is bringing out unsurpassed clarity and imaging, a wider soundstage and more dynamic range Read More...

In doing a bit of research on Audiovox for a project unrelated to Home Theater Focus I came across some sad comedy that I believe speaks ill of certain segments of the consumer electronics industry. Audiovox is an aftermarket car stereo company turned Read More...