Alan Lofft was, for 13 years, Editor in Chief of Sound & Vision, Canada's largest and most respected audio/video magazine. He edited Sound & Vision (Canada) until 1996, when he moved from Toronto to New York to become Senior Editor at Audio magazine.
Lofft has been writing about hi-fi and video professionally for over 20 years, ever since his first syndicated newspaper column, "Sound Advice", began appearing weekly in The Toronto Star, Canada's largest-circulation daily newspaper. In the late 1970s, he became a contributing editor, columnist, and equipment reviewer at AudioScene Canada, the leading national consumer electronics magazine at the time.
We will explain the differences and the similarities between home surround sound and movie surround sound systems. In the way both systems work, the...
Question If the DACs (digital-to-analog converters) in most current Blu-ray/DVD players are sufficiently good and there is no audible difference between them and dedicated...
Alan Lofft of Axiom Audio examines popular A/V myths and fallacies regarding equal cable lengths, vinyl vs. CD/DVD, dirty power, plasma vs. LCD, and...
Ditch the earbuds! Upgrade to a good pair of headphones that reproduce the full spectrum of music. There are several high-end brands available: look...
As part of Axiom Audio’s 30th Anniversary celebration last month (September 2010), attended by a genial group of Axiom’s most enthusiastic customers, a day...
These common home theater setup mistakes may ruin your home-theater viewing/surround sound experience 1. Too Much Light While flat-screen TV images—plasma, LCD or DLP—can...