You don’t have to spend 6 figures to get a good sound. Yes, a 6 figure sound system will probably sound like angels are dancing and singing in your living room (or some gut busting drum ‘n’ bass, you do…
Year: 2017
Microphone Calibration – My experiences.
Just about every home theater receiver has some form of room calibration suite at its disposal. In the case of Denon and Marantz, it is provided by Audyssey. And Arcam comes bundled with a DIRAC room correction suite. These use…
ARCAM AVR Special Offer
Audiophile grade home theater receivers aren’t the most common of things. Many brands will have their barebones unit, then a midrange set, then a flagship model or two. Many of them will have a shipload of features, all the bells…
How to make your Wi-Fi not suck… with little effort… but some expense…
Since writing the previous post, I have recently discovered (and set up) a set of Amplifi Wi-Fi mesh systems (From Ubiquiti) in the boss’s concrete cube of a house. These things have come a long way, it was easy to…
Records, Vinyl, LP’s etc. Are you caring for your precious records properly?
Vinyl Records Cracks and Pops Vinyl records have a reputation for being scratchy, crackly, noisy etc. This need not be the case. Records will always have some noise, that is just part of the way it works. When the stylus…
Your Wi-Fi Sucks!
I see it all the time. A customer purchases a multi room wireless audio system, then we get phone calls and returns and complaints that it isn’t working. The problem is your Wi-Fi modem is generally a piece of junk…
HEOS Bar and Subwoofer
With HEOS making waves in the multi room streaming category, they have recently added a couple new products to compliment their already impressive product line-up. Since their launch, HEOS has offered their HEOS Home Cinema package that consists of a…
Audiolab 8200A Amplifier Clearance
UK manufacturer Audiolab have long been synonymous with audio quality and refinement. Their long running 8200 range of products have recently been super-ceded by the 8300 range. With significant audio improvements, this range also attract a rather hefty price…
Heos AVR Streaming Home Theatre Receiver
New from Heos (by Denon) is the AVR. This sleek looking 5.1 channel home theatre receiver features the HEOS multi room streaming technology and a great sounding movie experience. With 4x HDMI inputs and 1x HDMI out with ARC (Audio…
Bowers and Wilkins Australia
U.K. speaker and headphone manufacturer Bowers and Wilkins (B&W) are opening an Australian subsidiary starting August 1st. This move will enable many benefits for the consumer. It will allow quicker communication with B&W head office in the U.K., which is…