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I set out to pinpoint which signal cables offer the biggest sonic gains, but instead ran into resistance from AudioQuest’s Bill Low and Audience’s John McDonald, who questioned the premise itself and steered the discussion into deeper philosophical territory.
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Robert Schryer puts DR Acoustics’ Polynice power distributor and its cables to the test, uncovering how their innovative designs tackle noise and improve clarity, detail, and soundstaging.
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Signal loss impacts imaging, clarity, and bass—but it’s fixable. Discover 10 years’ worth of tips for unlocking your system’s potential.
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It’s that time of year again—the season of giving! In that spirit, I’ve put together a list of Holiday audio gift ideas that even Scrooge might approve of.
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Decades of hi-fi tweaks taught Paul Bowes that optimizing gear—not endless upgrades—unlocks music’s full potential. From speaker placement to EMI fixes, these methods elevate performance dramatically.
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Affordable hi-fi tweaks like ferrite cores, Sorbothane pads, and mains conditioners offer subtle but measurable improvements, tackling interference, vibrations, and noise in your audio setup.
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Paul Bowes shares his story of getting invited to the UK, Europe, and North America to perform space optimization in the listening rooms of complete strangers who later became friends.
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In this profile, Alain Gascon shares his audiophile journey—from teenage catalog dreams to a vinyl-focused system built around Totem Winds and McIntosh gear—emphasizing music’s emotional power over technical obsession.
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Prices listed in CA$ except where otherwise noted. Some demos blow away my expectations with their sound, and the Charisma room fell into that category. Aside from the fact Charisma Audio wasn’t well known to me, their speakers being demoed looked diminutive, so I expected sound to come out of them in, shall we say,…
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With cooler months inviting longer listening sessions, this seasonal hi-fi checklist—ranging from vinyl care and NAS backups to speaker tweaks and cable swaps—offers practical tips to refresh your system and elevate your sound.
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John Gish’s Garden District home hosts a mind-blowing, museum-worthy high-end audio system featuring 6-foot German speakers, 30,000 LPs, and 20,000 films—making it part private concert hall, part cinema, and all passion project.
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After a decade-long journey optimizing his system, Paul Bowes claims 30–40% of sound quality is often lost due to factors like poor source components, room acoustics, EMI, and subpar cables—but that much of it is recoverable.
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In this latest instalment, Paul Bowes reveals how purifying your power supply—through shielding, isolation, and waveform correction—can dramatically elevate musical clarity, dynamics, and emotional connection in your hi-fi system.
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Paul Bowes returns with more no-cost and low-cost tips to transform your sound—taming cable spaghetti for EMI-free clarity and using everyday items like IKEA trivets to squash vibrations and unleash your system’s full potential.
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Ciprian from Bucharest shares his meticulously crafted Wilson-LAMM system, built to dissolve his room and transport him emotionally—proof that passion for lifelike music reproduction knows no borders, only commitment.