Carlo Lo Raso

Denon’s New AVR-A1H Home Theater Receiver, Marantz AV10 and AMP10 Home Theater Separates – A Deep Dive

Carlo Lo RasoJanuary 27, 2023

At CEDIA 2022 Masimo Consumer Audio (formerly Sound United) took the wraps off of the new Denon AVR-A1H home theater receiver and the Marantz AV10 and AMP10 hom...

Editorial

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes….

Carlo Lo RasoJanuary 17, 2023

By the time you read this, I will have officially been serving as Editor-In-Chief of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity for about two weeks. Taking a literal cue from the David Bowie song referenced in the title

Editor's DeskEditorial

CES 2023 Show Report – by Carlo Lo Raso

Carlo Lo RasoJanuary 4, 2023

CES 2023 Show Report, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 5 - January 8 CES 2023 Coverage and Discussion Happy New Year Secrets readers! Well as usual the first...

Show Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

What We’re Listening To – Winter 2022

Carlo Lo RasoDecember 15, 2022

This time, we bring you the best music to listen to on this winter season. Get your equipment ready and enjoy!

What We Are Listening To!

Bowers & Wilkins 803 D4 Loudspeakers: A Secrets Video Review

Carlo Lo RasoNovember 14, 2022

Having previously reviewed the 803 D3 back in 2017, Bowers and Wilkins were kind enough to extend the invitation for me to review the latest generation 803 D4. I decided I would try my hand at shooting a video for this review. I hope you enjoy it.

Floor Standing SpeakersReviewsSpeaker Reviews

Capital Audiofest – Rockville, Maryland – November 11-13, 2022 – Show Report by Carlo Lo Raso and Craig Chase

Carlo Lo RasoNovember 13, 2022

Welcome to the Capital Audiofest, the East Coast’s Favorite Audio Show! CAF started out in 2010 as a very casual show and has evolved into a well-organized and ...

Show ReportShow Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

ELAC Debut ConneX DCB41 Powered Speaker Review

Carlo Lo RasoOctober 31, 2022

The ELAC Debut ConneX DCB41 could be the answer to a lot of different speaker questions you might not have even known you had.

Bookshelf SpeakersReviewsSpeaker Reviews

Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000 Digital Audio Player Review

Carlo Lo RasoOctober 26, 2022

With the new A&ultima SP3000 Digital Audio Player, Astell&Kern has gone for the “One Ring to Rule Them All” strategy.

Audio Player ReviewsPortable AudioReviews

Mark Levinson No. 5909 Wireless Noise Canceling Bluetooth Headphone Review

Carlo Lo RasoOctober 10, 2022

While almost double the price of most Wireless ANC headphones that I’ve previously reviewed, there is no denying the premium sound quality, noise-cancellation performance, and absolute comfort that the Mark Levinson No. 5909 headphones bring to the table

Headphone and Earphone ReviewsReviews

CEDIA Expo 2022 – Dallas, Texas – September 29 – October 1 – Show Report – by Carlo Lo Raso

Carlo Lo RasoSeptember 30, 2022

CEDIA Expo 2022 - September 29 - October 1 - Show Report - by Carlo Lo Raso Day 1 (September 29): At 8:15 this morning I attended the Sony Press event a...

Show Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

A Talk with Vinyl Mastering Engineer Bernie Grundman – The Secrets Interview

Carlo Lo RasoSeptember 29, 2022

I got a chance to sit and talk with one of the most prolific and well-known mastering engineers in the music industry.

FeaturesTours, Interviews and Book Reviews

Dali Speakers Press Conference and Factory Tour – Nørager, Denmark – New Photos and Video – September 1, 2022 – by Carlo Lo Raso

Carlo Lo RasoSeptember 1, 2022

DALI is a speaker manufacturer in Nørager, Denmark. I, along with editors of several other audio magazines, were invited to attend a Press Conference and a fact...

FeaturesPress ConferencesShow ReportTours, Interviews and Book Reviews

Spirit Torino Mistral Bluetooth Headphone Review

Carlo Lo RasoAugust 17, 2022

The Italians have arrived on the headphone front in the form of the Spirit Torino Mistral Bluetooth headphones. And boy, do they make a heck of a first impression!

Headphone and Earphone Reviews

Atohm GT2-HD Loudspeaker Review

Carlo Lo RasoAugust 8, 2022

The Atohm GT2-HD are both a beautiful looking and sounding pair of loudspeakers brought to you from our friends in France. Meant for those who are looking for something more than just a fine-sounding commodity item.

Floor Standing SpeakersReviewsSpeaker Reviews

Topping D90SE DAC Review

Carlo Lo RasoJuly 11, 2022

The Topping D90SE DAC continues the company’s tradition of offering objectively high-performance audio products for reasonable prices. But don’t let the product’s deceptively simple exterior fool you. For being a straightforward DAC, the D90SE provides a surprising amount of feature customization to suit your taste.

DACs

Carlo Lo Raso

A native of Toronto Canada, Carlo's interest in audio began at a young age when, unbeknownst to his mother, he started taking apart her numerous transistor radios to see how they worked. This desire for “knowledge through deconstruction” continued through to the family’s 8-track tape player, turntable, headphones, and speakers. Carlo subsequently spent a lot of time in his room. Toronto was a fertile ground for Hi-Fi in the 1970s and 80s and Carlo spent much of his wayward youth hanging out in downtown Toronto stereo shops, listening to all manner of gear and picking the brains of the various store owners. Through that formative experience, Carlo developed an appreciation for good music and good sound reproduction. Also, as a budding graphic artist, the aesthetic aspects of a given piece of gear became increasingly of interest to his eyes. It was at about that time as well that Carlo began purchasing “Audio Magazine” on a regular basis and came to appreciate, in particular, the writing and reviewing of the late Leonard Feldman. Later on, he was also influenced by the writing and observations of the staff at Sound and Vision Canada, helmed at the time by Alan Loft. Carlo graduated from Sheridan College with a degree in Classical Animation and was subsequently employed by Walt Disney Consumer Products for 10 years as a Character Artist and Art Director. Having become disenchanted with Los Angeles, he then decided to strike out on his own. Carlo started his own company and has been freelancing artwork, from his home studio, primarily for the toy and publishing industries since 2001. In 2013, on a bit of a lark, Carlo answered a “Call for Writers” ad from an AV website that he had been regularly reading for about 5 years called Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity. He had come to appreciate the website’s combination of subjective impressions along with the objective bench-testing available in several of the reviews. The “B-Team” must have been working that day because by some miracle he was hired as a writer and his first review for the site was published early in 2014. Carlo has been continually writing, editing, traveling, listening, and learning on the company’s behalf ever since. Carlo currently lives in Granville, Ohio with his wife, two sons, and a very old, but chill dachshund.

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