Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Q I am thinking of buying Ohm Walsh 2000 or Walsh 3000 speakers. Should I go with the Walsh 3000 and skimp on the electronics by pairing them with an NAD 375BEE integrated amplifier, or should I go ...

Two components make up the foundation of any hi-fi system: the speakers and the amplifier needed to properly drive them. If you want to create a vinyl hi-fi system, you’ll also need a turntable and a ...

Ceramic speaker manufacturers specify a maximum voltage of 14 to 15 V p-p to produce the highest levels of sound pressure. The question quickly becomes how to generate these voltages from a single ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Remember the days when you strung two tin cans together to make a telephone? Unfortunately, cell phone audio can sound a lot like those tin cans because of the miniaturization of devices, including ...

As we’ve traced our no-nonsense path through the world of Hi-Fi audio, we’ve started with the listener, understood the limitations of the human ear, and thence proceeded to the loudspeaker. We’ve ...

August 4, 2008 Of all the equipment we use in our hi-fi and home theater systems, the thing that’s changed the least over the past 20 years is the speaker. After all, there’s only so many ways you can ...

The new Cambridge Audio CXA 81 is a powerful 80 Watt integrated amplifier that's packed with features, including a USB input and Bluetooth apt-X HD streaming. For the past month, I’ve had plenty of ...

The purpose the average Joe or Jane understands is boosting the power of audio signals on the way to your speakers. Broadly speaking, some sort of amplification is unavoidable, since the signals ...