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Jonson Lee finds this year’s SoCal T.H.E. Show more varied than ever, with standout rooms from Legacy, Audio Note, and Rockport—plus a surprising mix of excellence from Popori, Boenicke, and SVS.
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Writer Mike Harkins searches for audio gems at the Lone Star Audio Fest 2025 and digs up a saddlebag full of them.
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20 years of circus, burlesque, art, music, wrestling, and freakshow mayhem!
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Claude Lemaire spotlights three pivotal 1970 albums—by Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin—that fused prog, blues, and folk into the roaring blueprint for what would become heavy metal.
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Writer Rudy Radelic recommends a dozen great-sounding albums to play at audio show exhibits. Exhibitors, are you paying attention?
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Frank Doris gives more worthy tips about the business of playing music for an audience, this time about looking the part. You won’t believe what his #1 tip is.
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Save your souls!… Black Sabbath leads the way in this latest history lesson in the roots of hard rock and heavy metal.
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A new study reveals that low-frequency sounds, notably 63 Hz bass, can cause widespread hearing loss. Bass waves forcefully penetrate the cochlea and bypass earplugs via bone conduction, severely undermining traditional hearing protection.
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Electrical noise sabotaging your sound? A new virtual ground system wipes hum and EMI from even the cleanest rigs, revealing music’s full dynamic depth.
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Monitor Audio’s $5199/pair Gold 100 6G standmounts impressed Robert Schryer with their weight, luxurious finish, and superb clarity. With deep bass, rich detail, and effortless musical flow, they felt complete—no sub needed.
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Claude Lemaire thinks Led Zeppelin is so seminal to hard rock, he chooses them twice for Episode 3. King Crimson also makes the cut.
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On December 31, 1970, as a damp London chill settled over the city, Paul McCartney made his way into the High Court of Justice. The man who once penned “Yesterday” was now stepping into tomorrow with a heavy heart. In his hands, he carried a lawsuit that would dissolve The Beatles, a band that had…
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Tom Gibbs didn’t just like the performance of the US$ 1000/pair XSA Labs Vanguard monitors—he was gobsmacked!
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In this episode, writer and self-taught musicologist Claude Lemaire chooses Iron Butterfly, Jeff Beck, and even the Beatles as pioneering heavy rock influencers.
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In the glittering circus of pop music, where smoke, mirrors, and synthesized beats reign supreme, few scandals hit harder—or landed messier—than the Milli Vanilli debacle of 1990. This wasn’t just a little hiccup in the pop machine. This was a full-on implosion, a moment when the flashy veneer of the music industry was peeled back,…