Informational Articles

Dealer markup, direct-to-consumer audio, and DIY speaker kits all price products differently. Learn what you are actually paying for and which route offers the best value.

When you mention distortion and audio in the same sentence, it generally invokes thoughts of electric guitars or speakers cranked so loud...

Baffle step and diffraction are two very important concepts to understand in speaker design. Most people who are in to performance audio...

What’s the difference between a 2-way and a 2.5-way or a 2-way and a 3-way? This is a question that I’ve seen come up with a lot speaker buyers online, so this article will cover what the difference is and what the benefits of each are. Let’s start with some basics. An ideal speaker would be one that has a single driver that can play flat from 20 Hz to greater than 20 kHz and have all the output you would ever need. Unfortunately, physics dictates that this is impossible to

This topic is sure to cause a lot of debate among readers. Everyone tends to have their own favorite tracks that they like to use to...

Let’s be honest, passive radiators add a whole lot more to the cost of a system than a standard port, even though they both work on the...

I’ve found over the years that house curves are something that are almost as universally misinterpreted as the Fletcher-Munson curves....

The Fletcher-Munson curve is often brought up in audio forums when people get into discussions of why you should or shouldn’t design...

This is one of the most debated topics on internet audio forums, probably a close second behind cable arguments. The topic comes up again...