Editorial March 2025
March 2025 I am not sure what happened to February but that just disappeared. An Audi also happened as promised and that's covered under a separate post. To say clinical and utterly ruthless as a [...]
Car Sound Part 3
..../ and try we do. Enter damned Audi Stage Right. A circa 2014 estate to be more or less imprecise. In all honesty I had heard this car before, about a year ago in fact. [...]
Car Sound Part 2
../ The fun part is that we can be duped. (from Part One) How are we duped? This is where Digital Signal Processing or DSP makes an appearance. In essence what happens when we hear [...]
Car Sound Part 1
What's in a car sound system anyway? These days there is quite a bit actually. Digital Sound Processing (DSP) has changed everything. From the days when digital was limited to CD and sound processing was [...]
Editorial February 2025
February 2025 Januworry is done - and we're all into Feb. My other life is busier than it should be but that's OK. It means I get more downtime with my music what with all [...]
Editorial January 2025
January 2025 Another year and some more life experience under the belt! 2024 was a rough year for many but the less said about that the better. Hi-Fi is alive and well and streaming and [...]
Editorial December 2024
December 2024 I delayed my editorial this month deliberately to gather some information on a system that I was invited to listen to. I can safely and honestly say that I have never heard anything [...]
Editorial November 2024
November 2024 Did I mention time flies when you are having fun? Wow - have the last 6 weeks flashed past or what? It's been like a slow motion train wreck but at speed and [...]
Editorial October 2024
October 2024 Part of this learning journey is learning new things. Learning from a master about how little you know about a subject that you count yourself lucky to be immersed in not once, but [...]
SONOS ARC Soundbar
VITAL STATS Connectivity WiFi (2.4 HHz), 10/100 Ethernet Features 11 Class D amps, 8 Full range woofers, 3 silk dome tweeters Trueplay via iOS only, Speech enhancement, Night sound Dimensions (HxWxD) 8.7 x 114.2 [...]
T+A HA 200 Headphone Amp and Solitaire P Headphones
VITAL STATS - HEADPHONE AMP Model HA 200 Class A Operation Up to 700 mA Frequency Response 0.1 Hz to 200 kHz Signal to Noise Ratio >110/114 dB Channel Separation >108 dB Analogue Inputs High [...]
Editorial August 2024
August 2024 The speed of life is simply staggering innit? Real life work balanced with AV News "work" is challenging but at the same time being busy places demands on music availability (I listen to [...]