LOCAL FOCUS: ANDRIES OBERHOLZER CONSULTING
My business specialises primarily in web development, but from this basis we have become more involved in digital marketing on social media platforms, systems development, as well as business consultation. I have been involved in [...]
Editorial October 2025
October 2025 Having spent a day listening to high end car audio using streaming services as a source and DSP to create a sound field in a small space (the car) whilst doing so in [...]
JABRA EVOLVE 2 55 AND 2 65 FLEX HEADSETS
Jabra Evolve 2 55 Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) Yes Speaker size 28 mm Speaker max input power 30 mW Speaker frequency range 20 Hz – 20 000 Hz Speaker bandwidth (music mode) 20 Hz – [...]
Spectacular Audio for Seaside Showroom – Courtesy of Meridian
The Sensory Dispensary, a home technology integrator in South Africa, recently relocated to Plettenberg Bay and has designed and installed a stunning showroom that features award-winning audio solutions from Meridian. Now based in the [...]
Bluesound’s Reference Streamer, the ICON, wins big at EISA!
TORONTO, CANADA, August 15, 2025 – BLUESOUND, the original wireless hi-res multi-room music brand, has won the 2025-2026 EISA Award in the Multiroom Streamer category. EISA, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association, is an independent [...]
Can We Really Measure What We Hear?
The Limits of Microphones and the Power of Human Hearing In the world of high-end audio, few debates stir more quiet tension than this one: if you can't measure it, does it really exist? Or [...]
Elevate Home Audio Without Compromising Design
In the world of residential installation, the most memorable audio experiences aren’t delivered by the most visible systems – they’re the ones that fade into the background, leaving only emotion, immersion, and ambiance. That’s the [...]
MUSIC THAT PARTS THE CLOUDS FROM MATSULI MUSIC by RICHARD HASLOP
The mainstream South African music industry has often been criticised, and rightly, over the years for not paying enough attention to significant portions of the country’s musical history, especially in the CD era when crate-digging [...]
Editorial August 2025
August 2025 Hi-fi is a rabbit hole without end. You get sucked in. You back out. You get sucked back in again. It's just plain nuts. Ludicrous. The longer you spend in the game the [...]
The Envelope of Perception – Rethinking the 20 kHz Limit
The Paradox of Human Hearing In audio science, one contradiction continues to provoke confusion and debate. According to conventional wisdom, the human ear cannot hear above 20 kHz. That limit has shaped how we design [...]
Selling Value Over Price In Premium AV
For system designers and integrators, the conversation around premium AV solutions often begins with price. But when talking to customers about an installation, shifting the focus to value – performance, reliability, ease of use, and [...]