WHAT MAKES SPEAKERS SPEAK: UNDERSTANDING SPEAKER DRIVERS When you push that play button on your cassette deck or you drop that needle onto vinyl, it’s easy to forget the complex journey that sound takes before reaching your ears. At the...
TUNING IN: THE ART OF EQUALIZATION IN MUSIC Have you ever turned up the bass on a song or adjusted the treble to make voices sound clearer? If so, you’ve already used equalization! Equalization is a way of changing the...
THESE 3 EASY GUIDELINES WILL HELP YOU PICK OUT SPEAKER WIRE LIKE A PRO Receiver? Check. Speakers? Check and check. Then toss in a turntable, CD player, and maybe a cassette deck or two, and you’re ready to jump feet...
WHY THE AKAI GXF44R STILL IMPRESSES AUDIOPHILES TODAY “Tremendous Tape Tech Triumph.” That’s the alliterative title that best describes Akai’s GX-F44R. This cassette deck is a showcase of both style and function thanks to its distinctly high-end 1980s aesthetic and...
A RUNDOWN OF DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS A DAC is an essential part of a modern audio setup. So essential, in fact, that you probably already use one every day. Your smartphone and computer have DAC chips, for example. If you have...
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIGITAL COAXIAL AND DIGITAL OPTICAL CONNECTIONS? If you’re a newbie to the world of vintage home audio or a neophyte audiophile who’s just started gathering your own equipment, all the connections you see on the back...
A SIMPLE GUIDE TO R2RS Reel-to-reel tapes. AKA, R2R tapes. AKA AKA, open-reel tapes. An old audio recording format that’s now coveted by only the most earnest of music lovers. But if you dig up a bit of history on...
EMBRACE AUDIO NIRVANA WITH THE MCINTOSH MAC1700 “Buy the Mac 1700 and enjoy the best!” That’s what the 1967 advert from McIntosh claimed. And boy, did they deliver. Almost sixty years later, vintage McIntosh amplifiers are still sought after and...
THREE BENEFITS OF HAVING A DEDICATED POWER AMPLIFIER IN YOUR HOME AUDIO SETUP If you’re considering building a new system (or starting a second or a third system…), then you need to decide on your home base. One option is...
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