Sound & Vision

AS I SIT DOWN TO write this editorial, summer has just fully kicked in and, after more than a year stuck at home, I’m striving to get outside and do outdoor stuff as much as possible. But by the time you’re reading this, September will be approaching

In this issue we welcome back Beatles expert Matt Hurwitz, who has dug deep into the recording of guitarist George Harrison’s epic 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass. Matt’s feature explores the circumstances that led to the assembly of that sessio

EDITOR: Al Griffin SENIOR EDITOR, TECHNICAL EDITOR: Tom Norton EDITOR-AT-LARGE: Bob Ankosko CONTRIBUTING TECHNICAL EDITORS: Kris Deering, Barb Gonzalez, Michael P. Hamilton, Howard Kneller, Daniel Kumin, Rob Sabin, John Sciacca, Michael Trei, David V

Soundbars are popular for a good reason. The speakers in a typical flat panel TVs sound puny compared with the visual sway of increasingly larger, higher-resolution displays. Also, since not every viewing room can accommodate the separate components

Whoever complained that you get what you pay for never listened to Vizio’s V21d-J8. The company’s latest 2.1-channel soundbar is a $100 entry-level model offering strikingly clear sound. Although the V21d-J8 lacks a dedicated subwoofer, it delivers a

Greetings from Cleveland, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame city! I have been an audio and home theater fan for a long time and a subscriber since back when the magazine was Stereo Review! I also subscribed to Video and High Fidelity. After reading your T

A MYRIAD of boulevards dissects a tract of former citrus groves, referred to long ago as Hollywoodland. Of these thoroughfares, singularly, there is Hollywood Boulevard, known the world over for a century of broken dreams. As lore recounts, and conte

WITH ULTRA short throw (UST) projectors available from a growing list of companies including Epson, LG, Hisense, Optoma, Vava, and now Samsung, it’s clear that the category has become firmly established. That’s no surprise given the ergonomic and scr

I’VE BEEN reviewing A/V gear for over 15 years, and it’s rare that something new comes along that will intimidate me. But all that changed when I found out I’d be reviewing the Trinnov Audio Altitude16, an $18,000 surround sound processor that’s argu

SIMAUDIO, an audio manufacturer located in Boucherville, Quebec, is well-known for both the build quality of its products and the whopping ten-year warranty it offers. Many of the company’s wares are decidedly high-end—the 230-pound Moon 888 monobloc

PSB SPEAKERS was founded by Paul Barton in 1972. While the brand has long been part of the Canada-based Lenbrook Group, which also includes NAD and Bluesound, Barton began as and remains PSB’s chief designer, cook, bottle washer, and one of the most

ONCE UPON A TIME, there were three bears, with three subwoofers. You probably can guess how this story ends. Designing a subwoofer is simple: big box, big driver, powerful amplifier. You wind up with something the size of a small refrigerator, but it

AS ACCLAIMED AS Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s 1970 magnum opus Déjà vu is, it somewhat helplessly plays perpetual second fiddle to the sea change garnered by the stacked-harmonic convergences in evidence on 1969’s Crosby, Stills & Nash, which preced

CALLING BOB MARLEY the king of reggae is a bit like saying Jamaica is a nice place to visit for fun in the sun. It’s truly a shame Marley passed away from melanoma at age 36 in 1981 before he could get a full whiff of just how far-reaching the music