April 2009 • Audio Files
Visual Aids
Some music fans just hate movies. And after perusing a few of...
Home Audio
January/February 2010 • Audio Files • By Brent Butterworth
The Ear's Best
Brent Butterworth culls the most outstanding audio gear of 2009
October 2009 • Audio Files • By Brent Butterworth
New Spins on the Old CD
Nearly three decades after their birth, CD players are still evolving.
August/September 2009 • Audio Files • By Brent Butterworth
Power Trios: Sweet Speakers, A Solid Amp and a Smooth CD Player Are All You Need For Great Stereo Sound
Flip through a few magazines from the 1970s, and you might conclude that men were judged by the size of their stereos. Indeed, a towering rack (or two) of stereo gear once seemed as mission-critical as bushy sideburns and a Qiana shirt. While abundant facial...
May 2009 • Audio Files • By Brent Butterworth
The Sidemen of the System
Quick—name three jazz artists. Who’d you pick? Bird? Miles? Hub? It’s a pretty safe bet you didn’t pick Jimmy Cobb or Paul Chambers. Great as they are, they’re best known as sidemen. They seldom get the recognition that the hotshot saxophonists and trumpeters...
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March 2009 • Audio Files
CES Unseen
Practically everybody knows about the Consumer Electronics Show...
January/February 2009 • Audio Files
Following the Heard: The Best New Audio Products Of 2008
The audio business works on a different model than other electronics...
December 2008 • Audio Files
Alms for the Audiophile
Picture it: You’re spending a chilly December evening at home...
November 2008 • Audio Files
Look, Listen, Learn: Must-Have Gadgets Abound at 2008 CEDIA Expo
Imagine a fantastic, outsized home-entertainment toy store, although...
October 2008 • Audio Files
Jon Faddis: Searching for Sonic Truth
Faddis' audio equipment has evolved alongside his music
September 2008 • Audio Files
Gearing Up, Getting Down: New Toys for the Changing Seasons
Fall is the time for regrouping, for preparing to hunker down...
August 2008 • Audio Files
How Great Speakers Work: Why We Hear What We Hear
Speakers are boxes or panels, among other things, designed to...
June 2008 • Audio Files
Perfect Sound for the Time Being: Behind the Compact Disc’s Sonic Ascent
Sony and Philips painted themselves into a digital corner when...
May 2008 • Audio Files
Watch the Changes
Big-screen television sets were once almost exclusively the property...
April 2008 • Audio Files
Viva Las Vegas
Among the 1.85 million square feet of exhibit space at the 2008...
March 2008 • Audio Files
All Systems Go
Bird and Diz. Metheny and Mehldau. Bix and Tram. Miles and his...