Saturday, October 25, 2014

Audioxpress

AudioxpressUnlike most other audio magazines, Audioxpress focuses more on do-it-yourself projects rather than comercial product reviews. This is great for enthusiasts or hobbyists who want to build their own components and test out ideas. The problem is that a lot of what they talk about is highly technical. I feel like I need an advanced degree in electrical engineering just to understand what they're talking about half the time. This magazine doesn't pander to the novice. Instead it is a hard-core audio geek publication. If you have a good understanding of electrical engineering but don't know where to begin in terms of audio projects, this is the perfect magazine.

I only gave it three stars because while I think they cover technical aspects such as measurements very well, in my opinion they do a lousy job of coming up with really good designs to test out. I recall reading a final test of a subwoofer they built and they were having trouble finding out why there was distortion at the bass port. The last sentence of the article said something like "Although, it could just be because we built a square shaped port with 90 degree angles in it." You think? Doh!

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