Room Acoustics

Describe the room you are sitting in. Even music lovers and the sound obsessed will probably begin with the visible. Spaces always have their own sound, but we are rarely conscious of it. Unless you're being swept away by the symphony in the concert hall, or by the blaring bass of the stereo as you moved through space. Maybe you've enjoyed participating in a lively discussion in a public place as well as in confined meeting room? To inform yourself on the strain on your nerves to hear sound in certain spaces and by what laws spaces otherwise react to sound, please refer to our article on some key terms on the interesting theme of room acoustics.

Lange Nacht der Ohren

While we hopefully still have a bit of summer to go but we're starting to get excited about this year's 'Lange Nacht der Ohren', and we want you to also get excited even while you're soaking up the last of this years sunshine!

Berliner Staudenmarkt 2014: Hifi im Hinterhof bids farewell

August has begun and summer is in full bloom, and that means the annual Berliner Staudenmarkt (Berlin Flower & Produce Market) in the Botanical Gardens in Dahlemdorf is not too far away. On September 6 and 7, Hifi im Hinterhof takes over the Mediterranean House with ambient sounds for your listening leisure and presents a selected products from our range in an ambient floral atmosphere

Spectral Ameno now on show: more than just TV and Hi-Fi furniture

Whether in the living room, home theatre or in your own music room, again and again one is faced with the challenge of integrating technology into a room. And always the answer seems to be found quickly: appropriate furniture is needed. It should be fit for purpose, but also stand for themselves, make the room look good. Once they are designed to put the carefully curated stereo in the right light or frame the big new TV fit, other times should be best seen as little, messy cables and sockets certainly not. They should be processed valent, a trusty companion for many years, but also flexible, because tastes change and TVs are changing before our eyes. There is a whole catalog of claims, that can be very different tomorrow. And then? You end up finally with Ameno.

Enjoying music on the move

A long time maxim from the Hi-Fi textbook: Let the ear decide. Although for many users fashion now plays an important role in the choice of the mobile companion, this is one credo when headphones must be considered first and foremost by two aspects. Not only what falls upon the ear drum but also the comfort should satisfy the individual's requirements. The ear, especially in with inner-ear sets, can turn out to be pretty picky. In order to make your seach as quickly as possible we present a number of current headphone concepts and their advantages and disadvantages.

The Source of Good Music Part III: Online Streaming

What a couple of years ago sounded like science fiction in the truest sense of the word has now established itself as a serious foothold in the music industry. In 2013, the market share of online streaming services reached 5% of the total turnover of the music industry in Germany and a growth rate of 91% shows: Here the potential is far from exhausted. Meanwhile courting a number of providers for the favor of the customer. They differ not only in terms of the offered sound quality, but also in terms of compatibility and pricing model. So it's worth a closer look and what we have done in some of the great services on hand for you: .

The Source of Good Music Part IV: Vinyl

Who would have thought? Outdated technology, bulky size, susceptible material and yet despite all this – or perhaps because of – vinyls are all the rage. The good old vinyl record is the deathbed risen to unite generations of music listeners. A kind of "back to nature" in the world of music media. But seriously: it actually seems almost like an unreachable kind of defiance of music that has lost almost every monetary value and is organized by supposedly intelligent algorithms even in genius playlists. While the CD despite haptic component already perfected the suspicion of the digital entitled adheres is safe with the vinyl disc: The computer isn't yet at the finish line