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...

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

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...

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...

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...

The first contraption that ever produced synthetic music weighed a mere 7 tons. The second one already weighed 200 tons and it was so...

Charles Algernon Parson, a turn of the previous century Anglo-Irish inventor, was certainly one to think outside the box. An expert in...

​​ Thomas Alva Edison was a man of many talents and many times his inventions were able to completely redefine entire industries and...

James Randi used to be a stage magician, who at some point in his life evolved to becoming a scientific skeptic‪ best known for his...

​​ After yesterday´s article on “Bones Music”, or music recorded on X-Ray Films to be sold as contraband in the times of USSR censorship,...

​​​​​ For those who don´t know me, I dedicate myself to the design and manufacturing of high end audiophile loudspeakers, and as I...

​​​ German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz was a brilliant man but his work on sound and fluid dynamics is most well known for the...

This is going to be a fairly easy article to write for me, as in all truth what I knew about Vinyl recordings up to today was very...