Fashions come and go and that's as true of hi-fi as any other part of our lives. When recorded sound was first invented, the sound was amplified by horns until somebody invented the moving coil type ...

Si dice, e la mia esperienza empirica concorda, che il suono di una testina media può cambiare significativamente dopo 1.000 ore di funzionamento, ed entro 2.000 ore (complessive) essa deve essere ...

8 years ago, early on in my TNT adventures in Hi-Fi, I unpacked one component I'd really been looking forward to getting my hands on – the SME IV pick-up arm. The reasons for my excitement were pretty ...

DIY projects for building audio and HiFi cables. Interconnects, digital, power and mains cables plus general theoric articles. All the projects are FREE and NOT FOR SALE.

Frequency response: Less than +/- 0.5 dB deviation 20Hz-20kHz Phase response: Less than 5 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz, or less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz, depending which Consonance/Opera ...

The above schematic comprises almost anything you can put around the ubiquitous LM317 positive 3-pin regulator (LM337 for negative voltages, 117 and 137 military versions). The basic circuit dispenses ...

I became aware of Soundsmith cartridges through enthusiastic reports on the strain gauge cartridges they produce. Two years ago, when there was a gathering of local high-end audio DIY folks in Berlin, ...

A while ago a friend pointed my interest to a tuning article for old style SME tonearms, a bronze knife edge bearing. As I have always been an afficionado of old SME tonearms, I wanted to give it a ...

Approx. price: 88 $/72 Euro (10ml bottle) - 255 Euro/312 US$ (50 ml bottle) (25% off on Summer orders) You already know the story as you've probably read the Inter.View with Dieter Ennemoser, the man ...

Davis Acoustic from France have put their 8 inch fullrange drivers in cabinets and filled a whole room with music. I liked the sound very much. This fullrange has a very neutral sound, there is no ...

Regular readers will note that this article was "pulled" for the last week - for an explaination as to why this happened please make sure you read the postcript. I've also taken the opportunity to do ...

The term "integrated amplifier" always seems to be a source of confusion for some audiophiles. Just what is an integrated amplifier? Is it just an amplifier like any other, or is it something more?