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A loudspeaker that can play everything!

A loudspeaker that can play everything!

This is a love letter from a proud owner of our SBS.1 active speaker system. If you are curious about Sigberg Audio speakers, reading this is a great introduction to the experience of owning a pair!
August 02, 2023
How Velvet Recording fixed the most common sound problems in studio control rooms

How Velvet Recording fixed the most common sound problems in studio control rooms

We recently sat down with Christer Krogh, mixing & mastering engineer and producer at Velvet recording. We had a chat on the topic of the Sigberg Audio Manta wideband cardioid monitors, and how they have changed and improved the way he works.

Velvet recording has a a setup of Sigberg Audio Manta Wideband cardioid monitors with dual Sigberg Audio 10D subwoofers in their recording studio, as well as Sigberg Audio SBS.1 with dual Sigberg Audio Inkognito 10 subwoofers in their mixing&mastering studio.

May 25, 2023
Setting up and getting the most out of your Sigberg Audio active speakers

Setting up and getting the most out of your Sigberg Audio active speakers

This guide is for the Sigberg Audio SBS.1 and Manta active speakers. However, you may find advice here that is useful for other similar speakers as well. The goal of the guide is to help you get the best possible sound from your system.
October 30, 2022
Antimode X2 review

Antimode X2 configuration and listening impressions

The Antimode X2 is a small, powerful and user friendly unit that can help you take control over the acoustics of your room. The room calibration capabilities will without doubt vastly improve the sound of your system.
August 17, 2022
Active vs passive speakers illustration

What makes active speakers better than passive?

Hifi is a conservative industry. This is true both when it comes to manufacturers as well as the customers. Why change what works? Active loudspeakers have existed for decades, but have only recently started to slowly gain ground against the traditional, passive speakers. As they should. Let's examine what's different with an active speaker, and why it's the best choice.
July 09, 2022
Sigberg Audio SBS.1 active speaker

Designing a loudspeaker: The SBS.1 story

This is the story behind the Sigberg Audio SBS.1 active speakers, the design choices made and the reasoning behind them. Hopefully it is a good read to those interested in loudspeaker design in general and specifically the design choices made to come up with this somewhat unconventional design.
October 10, 2021
DSPeaker Antimode X4 room correction preamplifier

Antimode X4 configuration and listening impressions

The Antimode X4 is a high-end preamplifier, DAC and advanced EQ / room calibration device. That's a lot in one box. Let's find out what it can do! We use the Antimode X4 actively in our demo / test room, and this is a summary of our impressions of the product.
September 12, 2021

Subwoofer specifications explained

Subwoofer specifications may be difficult to understand. In addition, manufacturers don't necessarily follow the same standards. That means this guide may not help you compare between subwoofers, but it will at least help you understand what any given spec sheet can and can't tell you.
February 19, 2021

Do you need a subwoofer for music reproduction?

Getting a subwoofer properly integrated in a high quality music system requires a bit of work. And is it even worth it? Is it that much low frequency content in music? Many movies have a lot of low frequency content, some even below 20hz. But what about music?
January 01, 2021
Audyssey room calibration: Common mistakes

Audyssey room calibration: Common mistakes

In this guide we go through the basics of running Audyssey room calibration and making sure it is configured for the best possible sound. This is a topic with lots of nuance and edge cases, but if you don't want to spend hours and hours on figuring it all out, this guide should get you off to a good start!

August 23, 2020
Stereo amplifiers / preamplifiers with proper support for subwoofers

Stereo amplifiers / preamplifiers with proper support for subwoofers

To help our customers and others find amplifiers that will properly support a subwoofer in a 2-channel setup, we have decided to curate a simple list of amplifiers and/or brands that support this.
July 30, 2020
How do we get big sound from "small" subwoofers?

How do we get big sound from "small" subwoofers?

It's understandable that some write off our Inkognito subwoofer range as "design speakers", assuming you have to pay a premium for the looks and size rather than sound. Nothing could be further from the truth. 

July 28, 2020