Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a 19th century Frenchman, must have had a revelation around 1853 that led to what was thought to be a...

The woman who was to become world famous under her stage name Hedy Lamarr was remarkable in more ways than one.. Born as Hedwig Eva Maria...

The story is as compelling as it is rather old. Back in the 17th century, there was no standard tuning for the note A and the pitch would...

When writing about the story of the Syrian refugees getting together to form a fullblown symphony orchestra in Germany last week, I...

Back in the 1930s the biggest challenge of the recording industry was time. Shellac records were relying strictly on mechanical...

A group of Syrian professional musicians have found themselves amongst the chaos and have announced their first concert for Tuesday the...

Hifi History: The invention of Stereo When writing about this outright delightful 1958 RCA promotional video regarding the advent of...

This captivating 1958 promotional film takes you behind the scenes at RCA Victor and introduces stereophonic sound as a new concept along...

This captivating 1956 promotional film takes you behind the scenes introduces the then brand new 12 inch 33 1/3 longplay format and takes...

This captivating 1946 promotional film takes you behind the scenes at RCA Victor and shows you the manufacturing process that went into...

For those not all that familiar with synthesizers and electronic music, a sampler is an electronic musical instrument that unlike a...

If audiophiles were asked what troubles them in their lives, audio compression in digital formats might very well be the number one piece...

In 1969, there was a boy named Jerry Levitan then14-year-old. Leviatan was a huge Fab4 Fan and one day he decided to simply sneek John...

There is a law set in stone about communication on the internet that I have come to realize is an undeniable truth. This is Godwin’s Rule...

The other day I wrote about sonic weapons. After some deliberation I came to the conclusion that sound, while technically feasible is a...

For all those who have not seen the 1996 Movie “Mars Attacks”, let me inform you that it is well-established science fiction fact,...

My generation of 1970 Germany was not the first to become addicted to devouring the weekly BRAVO magazine, and it would not be the last....

I was raised in 1970’s Germany, a skinny kid, and like most my peers at least a year behind the girls in my class when it came to being...

After reading and writing about Lev Sergeyevich Termen and his wonderful invention of the Theremin, I could not stop thinking about the...

Lev Sergeyevich Termen was a Russian inventor born in 1896 who later renamed himself Léon Theremin to become all the rage in 1920 Europe...