Tagged: value

A ten-year-old sealed sub off Marketplace can beat a new budget box dollar for dollar. Here's how to buy one without getting burnt.

Past a certain price, statement systems stop chasing performance and start chasing something else entirely. Here's how to tell the difference before you spend.

The old "spend equal on amp and speakers" rule breaks down at the high end. Here's when to ignore it and where the money actually needs to go instead.

Speaker cable gauge and length can measurably shift frequency response over long runs. Here's the maths, the thresholds that matter, and where to stop spending.

A measurement-led look at speaker cable and interconnect spending: what genuinely changes electrically, what doesn't, and where to stop.

A sequencing guide for headphone systems: what actually improves sound at each stage, and why buying in the wrong order wastes money.

Dave Okafor asks whether budget network streamers can genuinely hold their own against pricier rivals — and what you actually lose if you don't spend up.

Cables, equipment racks and power conditioning: Jonno Fraser cuts through the folklore to explain where your dollars genuinely improve a home cinema or hi-fi system.

Where to spend your speaker budget for the best sound: treat the room first, then speakers, amp and source, and know where diminishing returns bite.

The KEF Coda W is an active standmount with 12th-gen Uni-Q, 100W Class D per side and HDMI ARC at US$999/pair. Here's how it stacks up for Australian buyers.

Lossless over Bluetooth is now under EUR 150 with the Xiaomi Buds 6 and EarFun Wave Pro X. Here is what aptX Lossless requires and why it matters.