Tagged: acoustics

Speaker stands do more than hold height. Mass, fill and coupling change bass control and midrange clarity more than most cable or amp upgrades.

Open-back headphones don't seal you off from the room. Here's why your desk, walls and even your monitor are still part of the sound.

Suspended floors, speaker vibration and footfall do more damage to vinyl playback than plinth material. Here's how to actually isolate a turntable.

Even reference loudspeakers can't out-engineer a bad room. Here's what serious acoustic treatment actually buys a statement system, and where the money should go first.

Headphones bypass room acoustics for the direct sound, but the room you sit in still shapes fatigue, focus and what you hear. Here's why.

Room correction promises to fix your acoustics with DSP. Theo Mensah explains what the algorithms genuinely solve, where they fall short, and when treatment beats software.

Your standmount speakers are only as good as what they sit on. Hannah Reid explains how stand height, mass, coupling and decoupling change what you actually hear.

Getting a subwoofer to truly disappear into your system is harder than it looks. Here's how to dial in level, phase and time alignment so the bass sounds like it's coming from everywhere and nowhere.

Toe-in, tilt and tweeter height change what standmounts actually sound like — more than most cables or DAC upgrades ever will. Here's how to get them right.

First reflections are the single biggest source of imaging smear in a domestic listening room. Here's the physics, the measurement, and the fix.

Crossover frequency, slope, and phase — Marcus Vale cuts through the confusion with measurement-backed advice on dialling in your subwoofer correctly.

Sealed and ported subwoofers behave very differently in a real room. Here's how to choose the right design before you spend a cent.

Spending more on speakers rarely solves the problem you actually have. Hannah Reid maps where every dollar earns its keep — and where it quietly disappears.

Crossed over wrong, a subwoofer makes everything worse. Theo Mensah breaks down bass management, crossover settings and placement so your sub actually locks in.

Jonno Fraser breaks down how to correctly position every Dolby Atmos speaker channel — from the LCR front stage to overhead heights — in a real home cinema room.

Dirac's 3.14.1 and 3.14.3 releases retire the old DLCT and expand ART support. Here's what changed, why it matters, and what AU buyers need to know.

miniDSP's Tide16 bundles Dirac Live Room Correction, Bass Control and ART in a standalone 16-channel processor. Marcus Vale unpacks what that means.

SVS debuted its biggest 3000-series overhaul in over 20 years at CES 2026. Here's what the R|Evolution means for Australian buyers.

SVS debuts its first-ever soundbar at CES 2026, pairing Dolby Atmos with a 600W wireless sub — and the 3000 Micro R|Evolution is already in AU.

REL's new Planar series breaks from the box format with two slim, wall-mountable subwoofers just 5.7 inches deep. Here's what it means for AU buyers.

KEF's new Ci5120QLM-THX and Ci3120QLM-THX bring Uni-Q with MAT and THX certification to the in-wall space. Here's what AU buyers need to know.

Dirac Live ART uses MIMO technology to let speakers work as a coordinated acoustic network, reducing low-frequency decay — and it's now in a $3,500 miniDSP unit. Here's what it means for AU buyers.