What's Best Forum

This forum has been created in order to make announcements and to allow members to ask questions and to post comments

Here is the place for new members to take the time to introduce yourselves and give some information about yourself such as age, occupation, where you live and your interests in audio and video

This forum has been set up for purposes of editorial comment by fellow member tmallin.Tom is highly educated and skilled professional who also shares the love of music and passion for all things audio. For those who have followed Tom at REG's (Robert E. Greene of TAS) Audio Forum over on Yahoo they will know him to be a most prolific poster with great information to impart. Tom will be posting Editorials in this part of our forum and he welcomes questions to his editorials. I am requesting however that members not initiate new threads here but rather respond only to those started by Tom.

Dr Sean Olive is an Audio Researcher and Director of Acoustic Research for Harman International a large audio company involved in the professional, consumer and automotive audio spaces with brands including JBL, HK, Infinity, Revel, Lexicon, AKG, and Mark Levinson. His research team is responsible for directing the Corporate R&D group, where the team works on things like developing a multichannel acoustic measurement system, working on methods to tame acoustical interactions between loudspeakers and rooms, developing a binaural room scanning system, creating new listener training software to teach people how to become better critical listeners, and most importantly, developing state of the art listening test methods and facilities for evaluating and testing the sound quality of the research products (as well as their competitors') Sean will be posting topics in this dedicated forum from time to time. As with all of our experts I would like to request that all new threads be initiated by Dr. Olive after which members will be invited to post their comments or questions

Ethan Winer heads RealTraps, a leading manufacturer of acoustic treatment products used in recording studios, home theaters, and hi-fi listening rooms. If you have questions about any aspect of room acoustics, this is the place to ask. Ethan's interests and expertise extend far beyond acoustics. Ethan is an accomplished musician, computer programmer, recording engineer, amateur circuit designer, and technical writer with nearly 100 articles published in popular technical magazines. He's also an avid consumerist. In this forum Ethan explains what affects audio reproduction and why. He'll challenge conventional wisdom when appropriate, and bust audio myths using a practical, empirical, non-math approach. Ethan invites not only responses to his own threads but also welcomes new questions in his dedicated forum.

Earl Geddes has been involved in Audio/Acoustics his entire life (more than 40 years). He is well published, holds dozens of patents, has several books in audio and now makes his own line of loudspeakers. His interests are in Small Room Acoustics (his PhD topic), Loudspeakers and Sound Perception. His discussions will focus on the technical aspects of the transducers, the loudspeaker room interface, small room acoustics, and how we perceive sound in small rooms. Basically all the things that really matter in audio reproduction. His approach is analytical and data driven. He welcomes questions to his editorials as well as broad questions in general.

Hello everyone. Here is your area to learn what ticks under the hood of your systems. We plan to create articles we post here which hopefully become the authoritative reference over time in each topic area. In addition, you can ask any technical question you have.

This forum has been set up for purpose of reviewing audio and video gear that is deemed "what's best"

This is the forum to discuss "What's Best" In Systems priced from $1,000-$5,000 '

This is the forum to post announcements regarding industry events in your neck of the the woods

This is the forum to discuss What's Best In Home Theater Systems priced from $1,000-$5,000

The place where members can put up pictures of their sound systems, home theaters and invite fellow members' comments

Here is the forum to discuss anything and everything else, ranging from politics to the environment to whatever. The only thing we ask is that the discussions remain polite.