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Google Chromecast

Google Chromecast Audio Overview

Earlier this year, Google released a new device called Chromecast Audio. Think Sonos Connect, but smaller and far, far cheaper. I got a chance to try it out recently and while I had them, many people’s first thoughts upon seeing them were...

30 Days With Sonos

30 Days With Sonos

After personally testing both Sonos and Denon Heos audio systems, I decided that for my house, I could get music everywhere I wanted using just three Sonos PLAY:1s, which is exactly what I did.

Buying Your First HiFi

I want to show you a no-snake-oil approach to building an affordable, good sounding hi-fi system. When I was 16, I built the system shown below, with parts I bought off eBay and Audiogon. It cost less than $1000, but sounded better than anything you could...

Little Things: Go with the flow

Little Things: Go with the flow

Let me start with a disclaimer: In no way is this meant to be an all-encompasing primer on the electrical properties of copper, nor to compare super-cable “X” to super-cable “Y”. To me, one of the quickest and biggest audio “bangs for the buck” is upgrading the wire connecting...