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I added a fit/finish category and assigned it a 3/5 based on the finish quality.

Paradigm is a 30-year-old Canadian audio company with a well-deserved reputation for making excellent products at price points from entry level to high end. They’ve recently introduced their Prestige Series, a complete family of middle-to-upper-priced loudspeakers suitable for both serious music...

To the regular reader of this site it may sound crazy that we have to write an article on why we don't do listening demos on our YouTube channel. But, we get this question all the time from our YouTube followers who want to "hear what we're hearing". To find out the reasons why we don't do...

Audioholics reviewed the new Oppo Sonica Wi-Fi speaker this week and the old adage “Good things come in small packages” couldn’t be truer here. This $300 Hi-Fi wireless speaker has elegant styling and great sound and is easy to set up and use. But, can it compete in a crowded market of name...

We've received numerous emails from our readers asking if they could repurpose ordinary speakers they have laying around as Dolby Atmos Upfiring units as opposed to purchasing specific Atmos-enabled speakers. We talk about what is in a Dolby Atmos-enabled speaker and whether or not they are...

Except most of the writers at Stereophile think cable length differences are a problem!

The delay cable length adds is in the nannoseconds which isn't the detectable by your ears or adjustable by receiver delay settings. It's a moot point.

For anyone on our forum wondering if having speaker cables of different lengths between speakers will adversely affect the sound, you need to read our editorial and watch our related Youtube discussion for the answer. Folks often wonder if the cable length between the main front channels need...

ELAC's Debut line of speakers aim to deliver bonafide audiophile sound to the budget-conscious music lover and home theater aficionado. Boy do they ever deliver the goods. We took the ELAC F5, B5, and C5 for a spin in a 5.0 setup. Simply put, these Andrew Jones-designed products are some of the...

We seem to get more emails about cables than virtually any other topic in audio. A particular email caught our attention when one of our readers was concerned about spending as much money on interconnects as their AV processor. These type of situations may sound absurd to the uninitiated but...

Hollywood needs an enima.

Enclave Audio’s CineHome HD is a wireless 5.1 system that is compact and the most affordable WiSA wireless speaker solution available on the market today at less than $1,200. Rather than connecting a large AV Receiver to speakers by stringing lengths of wire around furniture and under carpets...

It's hard to stand out in a field of sub $1k bookshelf speakers, but Revel has done just that with their Concerta2 M16s. Revel has demonstrated top-notch engineering, build quality and value with their new Concerta2 line up of speakers. The M16s are balanced speakers that do a lot very well...

They are called E-books and are meant as a basic guide to help for purchasing and setting up equipment. The description in the sales pages and the YT video are quite clear. What question do you need addresses?

The HiFiMAN Edition X is one of Fang Bian’s latest concoctions in the world of hi-fi headphones. Just like the HE-1000 before it, the Edition X features innovative technology which allows it to sound world-class out of an ordinary smartphone device. At $1,799, the headphones are not cheap but...

Hi Patrick; It's carrying up 2 flights of steps with herniated discs that gives me pause ;)