Independent · CAD-verified · Built for Canadian rooms
Every guide prices each pick at Amazon.ca and Long & McQuade in real Canadian dollars, flags anything that trips duties or brokerage fees, and tells you what we'd buy with a $100, $300, and $600 budget.
From the flagship guide: what we'd buy today, with CAD prices verified at publish time.
A Canadian-first guide to building a budget home studio: dynamic broadcast mics, audio interfaces, closed-back headphones, monitors and acoustic treatment — priced in CAD with availability at Amazon.ca, Long & McQuade and Best Buy Canada, plus what to know about buying from US retailers.
Read the full verdict →Planned next: calculators built from the same room-acoustics research our guides use.
Room dimensions in → first-reflection placement + panel count recommendation out.
Interface, DAW buffer, and plug-ins — add up your round-trip lag before it ruins a take.
Buying US gear? Estimate landed cost incl. duties + brokerage vs. Canadian retail.