Announcing the SECRETS Recommended A/V Gear
So, we’re making a list…and yes, we’ve checked it more than twice! Welcome to the new year folks.
So, we’re making a list…and yes, we’ve checked it more than twice! Welcome to the new year folks.
Benchmark Media Systems is a small but accomplished audio manufacturer headquartered in Syracuse, New York.
After a year-and-half of dealing with the scourge that is COVD-19, this fall looked to have a semblance of a chance of audio shows returning and having some measure of safe attendance.
These are the days when anything goes (with apologies to Sheryl Crow)….
Definition of Integrated – “combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole.”
You’ve no doubt heard the news that venerable Canadian audio brand, Bryston has been sold. The new owners are not some obscure investment...
Dante is an audio distribution platform that has seen much use and growth within the professional audio sector. Its purpose is to reliably...
A passing comment about tube amplifier burn-in. I have noticed, that on multiple vacuum tube power amplifiers, the sound of the amp changes...
Recently, Secrets contributor Sumit Chawla had a chance to interview HARMAN’s Senior Director of Global Engineering Nick Clarke on the...
Recently, The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) released its mid-year report for 2020 which, among other things, showed...
The question is often asked, how much amplifier power do I really need? Is my 80-watt per channel AVR going to drive my speakers to an...
With most consumer electronics offering built-in DACs these days, is it worth the money to buy a supposedly “better” and more expensive outboard DAC?
This audiophile debate still rages for stereo but is long settled for movies. Movie soundtracks, with their “point-one” effects channel, has mandated by...
With the plethora of new high res streaming services such as Qobuz, Tidal, and Roon, I frequently have audiophiles approach me to discuss how much they...
As I compose this article, I am beginning my sixth week of staying at home, having started a week before the official announcement here in California.