Been a while since I’ve written something for everyone. There is so much demand for multiroom lately considering how easy it is to set up Google Home and Amazon Alexa in your own home. There are things to consider first…
Category: Tips and Tricks
This category will contain all sorts of little tips and tricks (sometimes affordable accessories and their effects) to improve the sound, or functionality of your stereo system.
Ceiling Speakers
Many people want to install ceiling speakers into their homes when they are renovating or building. This is great, getting music around the house, making it a more lively place to live. But recently, I have come across a bit…
Getting the best out of a tight budget.
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…
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…
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…