How-to Guides

There's nothing worse than hearing a pair of speakers in a controlled listening environment with damping and whatnot and then bringing the speaker home and having it sound nothing like what you heard.

Don't discount neutral speakers. Many audiophile speakers are neutral and engineered with measurements in mind.

Crossover is often mentioned in loudspeakers but what exactly is it and why do we need it? Here's a simple and quick guide.

We’ve talked with Doug Schneider, founder of SoundStage Network, about the importance of loudspeaker measurements.

Some people disregard speaker measurements and build their setup solely based on a reviewer's recommendations. But is this the best way? We dive into the importance of both reviews and measurements.

There are some pretty simple solutions that you can use to secure and stabilize floor-standing speakers. And this is regardless of your loudspeakers’ manufacturer or brand.

Andrew Welker gives you things to watch out for in the playback chain to make sure you get high resolution music.

Andrew answers some common questions about Center Channel Speakers and gives you some must-not-dos to help you get the best sound from your system.

Wondering how to choose the right tower speakers for you in the Axiom line up? What's the difference between the M60, M80, and M100 tower speakers, and what's the right time to use an LFR omnidirectional speaker instead?

So you've decided you want to become an audiophile or get into the audio hobby. That's a wonderful thing. But there are a lot of pitfalls particularly today where we get so much of our information online. So I'd like to share some suggestions and some things that I would recommend totally avoiding if you're just starting out with your first good audio system.