Can I share a secret with you? When I’m here at the office, I have a tough time admitting that I still play CDs, but the reality is, I listen to them all day long when I’m home with my baby. And, most of my friends still play their CD players whenever we get together. Yes, [...]
Are you part of the Netflix Generation? How about Youtube? Can’t forget Wii, Xbox, and Playstation, either. It is becoming a fact of life that TV is no longer just broadcast and cable. A typical modern video installation includes an HDTV, almost certainly a cable box, satellite box, or TiVo, and very likely a Blu-ray player, [...]

Viewed from Kowloon, Hong Kong is spectacular at night, like Manhattan or San Francisco. I took this picture during a recent trip. So what does this have to do with the SoundWare XS 5.1? Well, in this photo are probably about eight million small apartments, each with a person or family that loves sound. But it’s the [...]
One of my favorite things about demonstrating speakers is to create magic – I mean that literally because the best audio demos happen when the speakers completely fool you into experiencing an alternate reality. But I am not a magician by trade so I don’t really care about giving away the secrets! So here’s a good [...]
Of course it is, but the concept can also be deceptive. Think about a kick drum, which can be extremely punchy, if you really stomp on the pedal. But with reproducing high quality audio, there’s a catch. A speaker designer can actually design a subwoofer to be “ringy” – essentially to resonate at a specific note. [...]