By Chloe Taylor Working from home is a dream comes true for many people, something that provides unparalleled comfort and flexibility. You have a freedom to design and decorate according to your vision, and create an office with a distinctive visual identity. Alas, pulling all the elements of ...
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By Chloe Taylor Many people tend to overlook the importance of internal acoustics in assembling a perfect living environment. The focus is put on the art of painting a visual landscape, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, indulging all senses is the ultimate reward for thos...
Read MoreBy Wes Phillips You bought (shall we say) a pair of loudspeakers. How do you get them to sound the best they can? Believe it or not, one simple answer doesn't cost a penny—just pay some attention to distance and symmetry in setting them up. The first two rules are breathing space and...
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By Geoffrey Morrison Buried in the picture settings on your TV is the Color Temperature control. Flipping through the different presets (often labeled Warm, Low, High, or Cool) can show the quite obvious difference. The trick is, which one is correct? The answer will shock you! OK, maybe just int...
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By Geoffrey Morrison If you’ve never adjusted your TV’s Contrast and Brightness controls, your TV probably doesn’t look its best. With just a few minutes effort, your TV can look better. If you’ve ever had a hard time seeing something in the shadows of a dark scene, or won...
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By Geoffrey Morrison With storage space on computers and phones at levels that would have seemed absurd just a few years ago, there are fewer and fewer reasons to settle for compressed music. Whether you still buy CDs and import them, or if your CD collection has been collecting dust since you co...
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This Summer has been the time for rain, rain, and more rain. And with rain, comes thunder, lightning, flooding, wind, and worst of all, electrical outages and surge damage. We thought we were out of the woods - or the storms, in this case - but even the end of July is proving to be a continuation of...
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By Geoffrey Morrison There has never before been the variety, and quality, of headphones available as there are right now. For every budget and style, there are great sounding headphones. The rampant enthusiasm in the audiophile community for this new golden age is spreading to the mainstream. ...
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It’s the Friday your surround system that you purchased online is set to arrive, “by the end of the day” based on what the tracking information says. At 5:30, your system get's dropped off and the UPS or FedEx employee bolts to get home for the weekend, leaving you to find the ...
Read MoreFrom the warmth of the Thanksgiving table surrounded by family & friends to children surrounded by bits of wrapping paper next to a brightly lit tree on Christmas morning, the last 2 months of the year are some of the most joyous for us. Here are a few helpful hints from our Interior Desig...
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