Topics in HiFi

Topics in HiFi

Topics in HiFi: a look into the future, new technologies, new high-tech components, tales and ramblings about the crazy World of HiFi Audio and a collection of articles on various topics related to HiFi

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Crash course on downgrading: how to make your system worse and live happy - Part I
Crash course on downgrading: how to make your system worse and live happy - Part II
Crash course on downgrading: how to make your system worse and live happy - Part III
Crash course on downgrading: how to make your system worse and live happy - Part IV
A cauldron of conundrums - myths and legends in HiFi - Part I
A cauldron of conundrums - myths and legends in HiFi - Part II
So, you want to be a reviewer? Let's make sure you have what it takes! - Part I
So, you want to be a reviewer? Let's make sure you have what it takes! - Part II
Things Mom warned you about
- Volume control VS power output: myths, urban legends and the feared 12 o'clock position
- Debunking audiophile myths - real audiophiles don't have tone controls
- Debunking audiophile myths - how much power do we really need?
Unboxing, a modern striptease show for audiophiles
AI and circuit topology on HiFi components
Books and bookshelves for improving room acoustics
Psychology and philosophy in audio, plus some audiophile neuroscience - Part I
Psychology and philosophy in audio, plus some audiophile neuroscience - Part II
How to evaluate HiFi components or systems. A set of minimal conditions - Part I
How to evaluate HiFi components or systems. A set of minimal conditions - Part II
How to evaluate HiFi components or systems. A set of minimal conditions - Part III
Let's make HiFi Shows great again!
Recycling your HiFi components
Expectation & Confirmation Bias in HiFi
Audiophilia: faith or fantasy?
HiFi Market Segmentation
Lossless streaming wars, what about the future of audio?
Lossless Bluetooth protocol is finally here!
A database of records analyzed according to their dynamic range (fighting the loudness war!)
Vinyl reissues, are they any good?
Ionic Originals discs, CDs and LPs melted together as a new audio support
CD/digital vs vinyl, which one is better?
"We Support Real Stereo": join our campaign in favour of Pure 2-channel Audio!
S.O.S: Save our...Stereo! (against multichannel!)
A survivor's guide on audiophile behaviour in society
Effects of reduction of grey noise during lockdown
JBL celebrates 75 years of excellence in sound
Moving home with your Hi-Fi gear
The Psychological Aesthetics of Musical Experience
Memory and Judgement of Audio Quality - Part I
Memory and Judgement of Audio Quality - Part II
The MP3 Audio revolution
Certified and autheticated components: THX, MQA, Roon Ready, Hi-Res
Thoughts on the new Millennium
The Digital Revolution
Concern with spatialized audio. A walled garden?
A detailed table that explains the frequency response :-) of musical instruments
Listening and comparison tests of the Living Stereo reissues on CD
The (not so funny) past of DVD Audio
First listening tests of the new 24/96 Audio DVD
45 rpm vs 33 rpm Classic Records listening test
Comparative test between 16/44 digital and compressed MPEG3 data
A new paradigm in Audio: the multichannel experience
Women in HiFi: a true story
The Future of the Source of Hi-End Music (K. Metaxas)
The (funny) Future of HiFi (S. Rochlin)
A visit to a purpose-built Golden Ratio listening room
HiFi knitwear: that “warm and embracing sound”
Thermal aging on HiFi components