Speaker cables have become one of the least quantified and objectively analyzed audio products in the audio marketplace. Many cable vendors and forum cult hobbyists insist on the abandonment of ...

Understated aesthetics, solid specification and capable performance ...

Note: This article was originally published September 23rd, 2005 but we felt it was time for a little update based on some of the new products that surfaced to allegedly fix a non-existant problem.

Which speaker cable is best? Choosing the best speaker cables for your home, office, patio or other sound setups can be tricky, especially if you aren’t sure what you’re seeking. Ultimately, the best ...

Cable manufacturers often take their lead from the hi-fi industry when it comes to marketing. Terms such as oxygen-free, skin effect, directionality and dielectric biasing are bandied about and, while ...

Those upgraded audio cables probably won't take your music listening pleasure up to the next level. All you need are the ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

It is a question as old as stereos: how much do the cables in your system affect the sound? The main problems with assessing cables are psychological. Placebo effect and comparative listening play ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

At least at low frequencies, dynamic loudspeakers present a low resistance load to an amplifier, so it’s important to use heavy gauge wiring for connections. That’s about as far as you can go with ...

We’ve now spent several months in this series journeying through the world of audio, and along the way we’ve looked at the various parts of a Hi-Fi system from the speaker backwards to the source.