Columbia Pictures just (June 16, 2020) released Volume 1 of their series Columbia Classics on 4K, which includes six films: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...
After Private Luc Deveraux (Van Damme) and Sergeant Andrew Scott (Lundgren) are killed in Viet Nam, their bodies are re-animated in a top secret program...
E.A.T. has introduced their Prelude turntable, which is an entry-level unit, designed to entice audiophiles to become vinyl enthusiasts, and which will leave your bank account pretty much intact.
With all the OLED and QLED flat panel displays becoming available, there is an obvious black level difference between these new displays and the old standard LED displays.
E.A.T. has introduced their Prelude turntable, which is an entry-level unit, designed to entice audiophiles to become vinyl enthusiasts. It will also leave your bank account pretty much intact.
The Sonus faber Lilium speakers represent some of the best speakers on planet earth. Expensive? Yes. Heavy? Yes. Beautiful? Obviously. Worth every penny?
Sonus faber is a well-regarded Italian speaker company. Their staff’s engineering skills, creativity, and craftsmanship put them in the same league as...
Music and movie streaming is becoming increasingly popular at an astonishing rate. Streamers and streaming services have been here for a while but are...
Music and movie streaming is becoming increasingly popular at an astonishing rate. Streamers and streaming services have been here a while but are really...
Music and movie streaming is becoming increasingly popular at an astonishing rate. Streamers and streaming services have been here for a while but are...
Power conditioners have been a contentious product for decades, probably because they just didn’t seem like something that could affect audio or video...
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. John E. Johnson, Jr. founded Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity in 1994, shortly after publishing a hardcopy book of the same title. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity until 2022. John has been involved in audio and video for more than 50 years, having built radio transmitters, amplifiers, turntables, and speakers from scratch. He was also one of the founders of the Northern California Audio Video Association, now The Bay Area Audio Society.
John holds four university degrees, including a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, and has published numerous scientific books, along with dozens of scientific articles on biomedical research topics as well as imaging technology. He was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of two medical/scientific journals for 20 years. John holds several patents, including one on high resolution image analysis and one on a surgical instrument. He has been affiliated with NASA, The National Institutes of Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Stanford Research Institute, and The University of California at Berkeley. He is President of the consulting firm Scientific Design and Information, Inc., which is based in Redwood City, California.
John resides in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife and multiple kitties! His daughter, Cynthia, who was an integral part of SECRETS for many years, resides in San Francisco.