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EQ Audio Video wowed with two epic setups: a Borresen T5/Aavik system offering visceral, lifelike sound, and a Dolby Atmos home theatre rig with Monitor Audio Cinergy speakers that rivaled the live concert experience.
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In a standout demo, Guy Bélanger played live harmonica over his Postcards from London album, with Davis Acoustics’ “The Wall” speakers and Atoll electronics delivering bold, full, and lively support.
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Being in a band is all about gigs. The challenge is getting them. Writer and touring vet Frank Doris gives tips on how to do it, even if it’s the part he likes least about the business.
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Frank Doris lays bare the gritty reality of gig pay—from $25 farmers’ markets to $250K arena tours—exploring tips, contracts, tribute bands, and the financial tightrope musicians walk to keep the music playing.
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Howard Milstein takes the Allnic Audio A-2000 Mk3 tube power amplifier out for a test drive and discovers how powerful it is.
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Frank Doris has an alternately exhilarating, relaxing, exhausting, and rewarding weekend playing music at the Montauk Music Festival in upstate New York.
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Before the lute sang courtly ballads, the oud wept across empires—fretless, poetic, and ancient, it journeyed from Ur to Córdoba, carried by legends like Ziryab and crafted with near-religious devotion.
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On July 4, 1996, Tupac turned the House of Blues into a Death Row sprint, packing unreleased fire and all-star cameos into his last concert before everything went dark.
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Frank Doris discovers his system’s sound had subtly worsened—until a corroded breaker, a house-wide power mystery, and an unexpected speaker tweak revealed what was really going on.
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What could beat hearing Marvel soundtracks on the best home theatre setup? Robert Schryer asks Francis Choinière, who’s conducting them live with an 80-piece orchestra for The Infinity Saga Concert Experience in Montreal.
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From a Xi’an high school garage to a global force, Matrix Audio blends obsessive engineering and minimalist design, with in-house software and hardware that now challenge legacy brands on performance, integration, and value.
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The hi-fi world gets a wake-up call as this piece slams the disconnect between lavish audio gear and underfunded artists—urging brands to fund music creation, not just polish playback of the same old tracks.
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Mutine’s Pascal Ravach shares his philosophy on how to listen—and how to find a system that helps you achieve the ultimate connection—with music, but also with life.
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In the first of two articles, Jeff Weiner tracks how late-’60s rock giants like Clapton, Beck, and Page resurrected early blues legends, transforming Skip James and Robert Johnson into classic rock staples.
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Doug Moore puts the Schiit Magni Unity headphone amplifier and HIFIMAN Arya Stealth headphones through their paces and comes out with some interesting observations.