Joel is an experienced reviewer of hi fi equipment and has done so over many years.
Posts by Joel Kopping
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 [...]
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 [...]
Editorial June 2024
June 2024 I'm not even going to mention builders. Or the fact that I missed May. It's just been stupid busy. Spending time in front of an R3M sound system has been the highlight - [...]
Editorial April 2024
April 2024 The Great Construction continues. Slowly. What started off as a two week 'just tile the damned room and paint it' has revealed several, ahem, challenges. OK they're not challenges. They're bloody expensive problems [...]
Editorial March 2024
March 2024 It's been a long term dream of mine and it's finally beginning. Whether it takes a year or three remains to be seen but the Great Construction Project of 2024 has commenced - [...]
Editorial February 2024
February 2024 2024 has leapt off with a massive bang and not on the AV side I am afraid. "Real Life" has kept me away from my toys far more than I would have liked [...]
Editorial January 2024
January 2024 It's going to be a big year no matter which we slice or dice it. Events in the world at large are happening everywhere and the winds of change are ever blowing. Locally [...]
Editorial November 2023
November 2023 Black November or otherwise? I see that some are now punting that Black November specials should be vetted for being 'specials'. Who would have thought that a retailer in these tough times might [...]
Editorial October 2023
October 2023 The war of the formats ala continua... We haven't had much to say in recent times over the war of formats. It's the ongoing unstoppable object meeting the immovable force debate and as [...]
Editorial September 2023
September 2023 What can we say? It's NAD, NAD, NAD and..... PSB month this month. We have some cool toys from, yes, you guessed it , NAD to play with this month. At the moment [...]