Two components make up the foundation of any hi-fi system: the speakers and the amplifier needed to properly drive them. If you want to create a vinyl hi-fi system, you’ll also need a turntable and a ...

Sonos’ multiroom speakers like the Play:1 and Play:5 completely changed the home audio landscape, trading custom installs with wires running throughout the home and closets loaded with twinkling ...

Like the Sonos Amp, the Bose Music Amplifier is an all-in-one wireless audio component for those who already own (or intend to buy) a set of wired speakers. In fact, as long as you don’t mind ...

The Pro-Ject Stereo Box S is a tiny thing, but it's big enough to bring desktop speakers to life! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

As audio/video hobbyists, most of us grew up thinking that if we have an amplifier with 50 watts of rated output power into 8-ohm speakers, and that combination produces reasonably clean and loud ...

The Monoprice Monolith is an astounding 7-channel, 200wpc amplifier with two massive teroidal transformers delivering gobs of power and textbook performance at a value price point. Our amp of the year ...

When Fender announced they were entering the Bluetooth speaker game, part of me was a bit surprised they already hadn’t. Given their history with musicians and music, it was only a matter of time. Our ...

I know it can be done. I'm seeking guidance on how not to blow my speakers or my amp. I have two pairs of 8 ohm speakers (front and back surround), along with an 8 ohm center speaker, connected to my ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

First off, I should say I'm a total newb to anything such as soldering etc, but I do have a solderer lol It basically has no compatibility to connect to a computer without buying an amp, obviously. I ...