Posts by Tray Fiddy

If you're looking to install ceiling speakers and think there's a rule of thumb of how many of them you need, you'd be disappointed. Unlike speaker wattage per square foot, here a...

Since it's placed on your shoulders, the neckband speaker doesn't directly block your ears, so you don't get fatigued even if you use it for a long time. It's comfy to use and has sound...

Subwoofers were used extensively in movie theatres in the late '60s and '70s, and they were far from consumer items.  Yes, they existed but weren't part of the consumer HiFi experience. A few...

A developing school of thought suggests something must be nice because it's new and bad if it's old. But in reality, quality hi-fi is as timeless as great music. Throughout the first 15 years of...

Back in the 60s and 70s, "bookshelf" speakers actually sat inside a bookshelf. These speakers were more compact than floor-standing speakers and could easily sit on a table, be placed on a stand,...

By the early to mid-1970s, the Japanese giants YAMAHA, Matsushita Electric (Technics), and SONY had established a reputation as world leaders in producing audio equipment. Japanese engineers...