Announcements

Vancouver Audio Festival 2018: Shelter from the storm on Opening Night

April 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

First the rain came straight down. Then the rain came sideways. Then it seemed to be coming up at me from the ground as I ran from a coffee shop to make my way to Hi-Fi [...]

Vancouver Audio Festival 2018 kicks off this Friday

April 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Time is rapidly approaching for Vancouver-area audiophiles to get their sonic freak on with Hi-fi Centre once again hosting the Vancouver Audio Festival which runs from 5 [...]

Vancouver Audio Festival returns April 20-21st at Hifi Centre

April 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

Hi-fi Centre is playing host once again to the Vancouver Audio Festival from April 20th, to 21st. This is the second time the downtown dealer has stepped into the void left [...]

Aqua Hifi to premiere Discrete R2R DAC module for La Voce S3 at AXPONA

April 9, 2018 // 2 Comments

I love Italy, and I love the sound of older DAC chips, and also R2R ladder DACs, but I’m part Italian so I guess I come by the first part naturally, the second has [...]

AXPONA 2018 Advance: New venue, more gear, live music

April 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

There are a lot of ways to judge the significance and success of a hi-fi show — including the size of the venue, total attendance and number of exhibitors. By any of [...]

Spotify and the future of the musical industry

April 4, 2018 // 3 Comments

It is yesterday’s news but we all knew it was bound to happen. Spotify made it in the NYSE and is now a 25+Billion USD company. The NY Times said it loud and clear, [...]

Oppo will stop production

April 3, 2018 // 2 Comments

This comes as a surprise, and not a good one at all. Oppo Digital will stop manufacturing new audio and video products. Mic drop… Here’s the official press [...]

Cambridge Audio release flagship Edge series

March 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

Stalwart British high-fidelity manufacturer Cambridge Audio has launched a new flagship line of components under the Edge series moniker to help celebrate the company’s [...]

Vinyl and CD sales top $1.5 billion, beating downloads in United States

March 24, 2018 // 4 Comments

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has crowned physical copies of music king of the US market for 2017 with a report just released showing that sales of [...]

Black Cat Cable: A history with founder Chris Sommovigo

March 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

The audiophile world is filled with manufacturers who cater to specific avenues of the hobby. These companies work hard to deliver the goods on their particular vision of [...]