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Boston Acoustics in Hong Kong – the magician’s secrets revealed…

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 [...]

is punchy bass 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. [...]

how in the world can the Solo and Duo-i plus radios not have tweeters?

If you read up on speakers, you’ll find that the vast majority have tweeters, the small transducer that covers the highest frequencies and conveys the airiness, openness, and clarity of the sound. Tweeter technology, such as the VS Series EWB tweeters and the Reflection Series SWB tweeters, are crucial to our famous sound. But in the [...]

two subs are better than one

Today’s music and movies can contain a lot of bass. Some large, floorstanding speakers can accurately reproduce the bass found on most music. However, for movies there is a separate channel of sound just for bass, call the Low Frequency Effects channel, or LFE for short. Although the LFE can be directed to the system’s main [...]