The Gearhead

A long weekend is a rare gift, for anyone, but definitely for us, steeped in the world of audio. When I see a long weekend on the calendar, hmmmm, the entire Floyd catalog, or am I diving into the man…

Synergistic Research doesn’t make a traditional power conditioner, honestly, they don’t make traditional anything. They build solutions that tackle real system problems using technology th…

For those who already know what great sound feels like. When your system’s been dialed in, upgrades aren’t about volume or flash — they’re about refinement. Texture. Realism. T…

Every audiophile remembers the first time they heard a system that could create a real image, a soundstage that put you in the music rather than listening to it. Or, the moment you finally got your sy…

Think about the “soap opera effect” on modern TVs or the uncanny look of CGI characters. On paper, these are technically correct: motion interpolation creates ultra-smooth video, and CGI r…