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The ported, two-way, CA$ 6000/pair standmount Yamaha NS-800A oozes quality—it’s hefty, feels impeccably built, has a curvaceous body, and comes with big, robust binding posts that feel like iron door knockers between your fingers. It also comes in a beautiful black finish, said by Yamaha to be the same signature gloss finish used on the…
The SilentPower brand is categorized into four main segments: Power Supplies, Cables, Conditioners and Accessories. Each segment is meticulously engineered to deliver superior noise cancellation and power purity.
“The sound quality is simply mind-blowing. Go to track 10 of the first disc, turn up the volume, and close your eyes…”
“My goal is to win. That’s why I recut the Steely Dan record, the first one, seven times. I’m going to make sure ours is better.”
Diving into the whirlwind recording session of The Beatles’ debut album “Please Please Me” is akin to unearthing a time capsule filled with musical marvels, quirky anecdotes, and the birth of legends. This album, crafted in a single day’s sprint on March 22, 1963, at Abbey Road Studios, is a tapestry woven with tales of…
“COVID caused me problems, caused everybody problems, caused a lot of death. But it also doubled my business overnight.”
Episode 51 When bringing a vintage piece back to its original glory, whether as a DIY project or with the help of a professional, you have to decide if the restoration is going to attempt to use vintage parts from the same era (if that’s even a possibility), or whether newer and better components should…
Episode 26 In the history of hifi audio, there have been many more truly small companies than those that can be considered large for the industry. There are specific pros and cons to both, and in this episode of The Hifi Podcast, hosts Darren and Duncan discuss the topic at length. Small companies like Morrison…
On a brisk autumn day, precisely 48 years ago, the world stood on the precipice of musical revolution. The calendar read October 31, 1975, a date that would resonate through the annals of rock history like the echoing strings of a guitar. From the boundless creativity of Queen and the ingenious mind of Freddie Mercury…
54 years back, in a slice of London that was more suburbia than swinging, The Beatles—rock’s original Fab Four—stopped traffic, literally and figuratively. It was August 8, 1969, when John, Paul, George, and Ringo strutted down Abbey Road, giving birth to an image as legendary as the riffs on that album. Outside the legendary recording…
1970 proved to be a landmark year in the annals of rock music.
Life is full of noise. Don’t you want less of it from your system?
Signal loss is causing your system to sound 30-40% less good than it could. That’s my estimate, and I think it’s conservative. The loss begins at the source and continues through a bog of electronic parts, EMI, connectors, and cables, a long process of loss that doesn’t end with your speakers, but your room. Everything…
“My friend came over and said, ‘Why are you listening to this crap? You should be listening to 2-channel audio. It sounds better, and has more bass!’”
One of the most critical factors for getting audio components to perform their best is to supply them with the cleanest possible power. The power you get from your electrical outlet is often polluted and noisy […]