Brent Butterworth

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CES 2014
Aerial Acoustics Slims Down With New 6T Tower Speaker
Brent Butterworth  |  Jan 10, 2014

I wouldn't call Aerial Acoustics' speakers "chunky," but the brand's definitely not known for decor-friendly products. That's partly why I was so happy to encounter the 6T, the company's new tower speaker, which it showed in its suite at the Venetian Hotel during CES.

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CES 2014
Amps & Watts' Wireless Wonder: The BeatBlock Studio
Brent Butterworth  |  Jan 07, 2014  |  Published: Jan 08, 2014

Amps & Watts is a new company that specializes in wireless speakers. But this isn't your usual Bluetooth or WiFi stuff. Instead of hard-to-find buttons and cryptic controls, all of the company's speakers include a conventional remote.

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Speaker Tech
Andrew Welker, R&D Manager, Axiom Audio
Brent Butterworth  |  Feb 23, 2014
Andrew Welker is a mainstay of the Canadian speaker engineering community, now heading up most of the design work for Axiom audio after a dozen years working on the Mirage and Energy brands at Audio Products International (since purchased by Klipsch and VOXX International).Excerpts from this interview appear in the feature story “Subwoofers: The Guts and the Glory.”

S&V: What’s the most important aspect of a subwoofer: the driver, the enclosure, or the amplifier?
AW: I don’t think there’s any one thing that makes a good subwoofer. A major determiner is that the design is balanced, so everything’s made to work together. To say the driver is most important, well, I can make a woofer that handles 1,000 watts all day long, but if I stick it in a cabinet that doesn’t load it properly, there’s no point in having that glorious woofer in the system.

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Other Tech
Are 24-Bit Downloads Good for Digital Music?
Brent Butterworth  |  Feb 24, 2011

The Internet has come alive with cheers of audiophiles and jeers of audiophobes since CNN.com reported unconfirmed rumors that download services such as iTunes and Amazon MP3 would soon begin offering music files with 24-bit resolution. Technically, this is a step up from the 16-bit resolution available in most downloads. But predictably, non-audiophiles are criticizing this move as little more than a naked marketing ploy.

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Other Tech
Are Ultra-Wide Flat-Panel TVs in Our Future?
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 21, 2008

Don't get us wrong - today's top TVs are great. But where do we go from here? What's going to get us video enthusiasts really excited? Broader color spectra arising from LED-based technologies? Frame rates moving up to 240 Hz?

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Tech2
Attack of the Megasub
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 06, 2011

While on a swing through Vancouver this week to check out the vintage audio scene, I stopped by to say hi to the guys at Vancouver Audio Speaker Clinic, an old-school speaker repair shop of the type I haven’t seen since I was a kid in the 1970s trying to resurrect the shredded speakers from my

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Other Tech
Audio '08: Hear it Roar
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 21, 2008

Revel IC15 $749 each Revel Speakers

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Other Tech
Audio 08: Hear it Roar
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 20, 2008

Revel IC15 $749 each Revel Speakers

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Audio Video News
Audio News Roundup: 6-20-13
Brent Butterworth  |  Jun 20, 2013

Two pretty big pieces of news hit the audio world this week. Jade Design, makers of Emotiva products, purchased Bob Carver LLC and has begun making his products in the U.S. at substantially lower prices.

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Audio Video News
Audio News: 7-11-13
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 11, 2013

B&W's $4,000 mid-line flagship: The CM10 is the new top-of-the-line model in the company's mid-priced CM line. It's the only model in the CM line that features the same "tweeter on top" technology found in the company's higher-end 800 series.

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