In the first installment of this series we had a look at the noise generated at the output of a number of easy to build and cheap voltage regulators: single-chip series and shunt regs (LM317/337 and ...

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 ...

Certainly, Linn needs no introduction. Besides the world renowned LP12, a top of the line turntable for more than a decade, its product range is significantly extended towards all other fields in High ...

In late 2002, I reviewed a pair of speakers from Omega Speaker Systems, model TS2R. The review was well underway when Louis Chochos, President of Omega, sent one pair each of the Omega TS1 Standard ...

The most relevant cable in any system that is not using a monoblock amp positioned behind or near the speakers is the speaker cable. It tends to be the longest and has to carry the largest amount of ...

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 ...

Damping feet, once again. I can't help but admit it's my fault. Yes, once you start reviewing these items, they start to invade your room and put themselves under everything which seems HiFi related.

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Zu Audio has been around for just over a decade, fairly young by any standard. In that short time they have managed to make a bit of a name for themselves, mainly around their loudspeakers and ...

Less than 1 year ago I reviewed the NorthStar Model 192 DAC, a D/A converter which makes use of the well known upsampling technique, bringing the usual 16/44 CD format up to 24/192. Last autumn the ...

Capita spesso di avere l'opportunità di acquistare vecchi giradischi usati. Alcuni hanno un coperchio parapolvere in metacrilato e la maggior parte delle volte, questi vecchietti vengono spediti per ...