Signal loss impacts imaging, clarity, and bassโbut itโs fixable. Discover 10 yearsโ worth of tips for unlocking your systemโs potential.
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.
Photos by Robert Schryer except where otherwise indicated. Iโd never listened to the WATT/Puppy speaker before, but, of course, as an audiophile, Iโd heard of it, although not in the last few years, the reason for which will be revealed in a moment. But I always wanted to hear it, so having been offered the…
“Sonic Edgeโs driver is based on ultrasound, where ultrasound is generated from multiple speakers, each the width of a human hair.”
โItโs holographic. I close my eyes and can feel the sound of my system around me, like thereโs a soft breeze running through everything. That is the ultimate.”
The HiFi world is notorious as an industry rife with superstitions, outlandish claims, and broken promises. Itโs a realm where the pursuit of pristine sound often collides with the allure of pseudoscience and the mystical. In this article, we dive into some of the most eyebrow-raising products on the marketโfrom quantum stickers that claim to…
Life is full of noise. Donโt you want less of it from your system?
“My friend came over and said, ‘Why are you listening to this crap? You should be listening to 2-channelย audio. It sounds better, and has more bass!โ”
“Then, five years ago, I visited a store to buy cheap speaker cables for my home cinema, and, out of curiosity, I listened to a modest hi-fi setup thereโI don’t think it cost more than $5000. I was blown away. From there, I spiralled into the high-end.”
In his native India, Priyo was raised on a steady diet of classic rockโLed Zep, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd. His musical tastes began to widen when he took guitar lessons from a teacher who played the blues. โI had never heard the blues beforemโ Priyo said during our Zoom interview. โAnd I was like โwow,…
Paulโs system is one of those rare audiophile systems; its composed entirely of gear of the same brand, in this case, made by venerable Scottish company Linn. Paulโs system is Linnโs 5.0 Katalyst Surround System. Did you think that Linn was mostly about turntables and analogue? Only in a nostalgic sense. Before I get into…
One of the things that impresses me most about PMA Magazine contributor Claude Lemaire is the manโs encyclopedic knowledge of popular music. If there was an edition of the game show Jeopardy! entirely focused on the minutia of who did what on any recording, Iโm convinced Claude would have a legitimate shot at being inducted…
Here we go, starting with four CD-related products: three SPDIF digital cables and an accessory for CD playback. If the former might rankle the sensibilities of some outside the audiophile sphere, the latter will surely send those same people into a hissy fit.
After PMA Magazine posted its inaugural โNo, I have the best system in the world!โ, a few willing participants answered our call to talk about their own audio journeys and โBestโ system,ย i.e. a system they felt had reached a certain level of performance they could live with for the long term. To do the series,…
First impressions All prices listed in USD My wife is not an audiophile. But as a classically trained pianist and a professional musician, she has ears for sound quality. Itโs why I sometimes seek her opinion after changing something in my audio system. This yearโs T.H.E. Show, held in Long Beach, was her first audio…