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Dear Secrets readers. 

 

As we approach the holidays and prepare to spend time with our friends and loved ones, we here at SECRETS of Home Theater and High Fidelity wanted to take a moment to thank both our loyal supporters and our valued sponsors. 

 

In what has been by all accounts a turbulent year in our industry, we are grateful for the continued support from our dedicated readership (and viewership), both here and on our YouTube channel. Our mission has always been to provide meaningful HIFI and Home Theater enthusiast content, and we are primed to continue that goal for the new year and beyond.

 

A note of gratitude is also due to both our newer and longtime sponsors for continuing to support what we do and how we do it. Without them, we would simply not be here and be able to share the platform that we currently enjoy.

 

Speaking personally for a moment, I feel that we are all part of this HIFI and Home Theater hobby/obsession for the love of music, movies, and yes, the gear. It’s a passion that we can enjoy equally in quiet solitude or in the company of friends and family. 

 

As a community, it seems to me we are at our best when we freely and unconditionally share this passion of ours with others. Whether it is sharing the sound of your favorite headphones with someone, inviting a friend to listen to their favorite song over your HIFI system, or experiencing a beloved holiday film with family in your home theater. We can and should be our own best ambassadors for the hobby we love.

 

As a bit of a side-hustle to the “reason-for-the-season,” I encourage you to freely and unpretentiously share that joy our little world brings to each one of you, with others. Open someone’s eyes and ears to what is sonically and visually possible. A little more togetherness, especially during this time of year, is never a bad thing. And if it’s via some great music or movies, so much the better!

 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful and joyous New Year!

 

Carlo Lo Raso

Editor-In-Chief.

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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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