If you like big bass with your music, you gotta look at this
You call that puny thing you have in your home a subwoofer? This is a subwoofer.
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Audio Gear
Are we seeing a new generation of audiophiles? That may be a result of the vinyl boom.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you’re of a certain vintage, you probably spent a huge chunk of your disposable income on stereo gear. Back in the 1970s, ’80s,
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Weekly survey: Into vinyl? Are you now thinking about upgrading your stereo/audio gear to enjoy better sound?
Sales of vinyl records have been on fire since 2008, posting double-digit growth year after year. According to some articles I’ve read, there’s also an interesting knock-on effect. Some people are now turning
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Random news for Thursday, July 8, 2021
If you’re still being very careful about wearing a mask, here’s one that takes things to a whole new level. Wait: Stream-ripping can be legal? That’s what a judge in France says. Here’s
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Gadgets!: A Limited Edition Portable Reel-to-Reel Tape Machine
My first electronic gizmo was a transistor radio. My second was a small reel-to-reel tape machine my parents got me from the Simpson-Sears catalogue. Later, when I graduated into the world of radio,
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What Does a $453,000 Stereo System Sound Like?
Back in the pre-Internet days before we were constantly distracted by things on small screens, there was music, music and more music. Boomers and early Gen Xers lived for it. I’m not saying
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Come Back with Me to a Time When Speakers and Stereos REALLY Mattered
I still remember my first stereo system. With $500 I earned at the soft ice cream parlour/pool hall in my small town, I begged my dad to take my 14 year-old self into
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