There was a very interesting thread on diyaudio.com about pro versus hi-fi speakers. The argument was that pro drivers were engineered for high performance and would perform better than hi-fi drivers ...

When asked about the best method to clean vinyl records my answer has always been the same: just avoid them getting dirty :-) In other words, if a vinyl is bought new and well stored afterwards it is ...

There is a fine line between prudent maintenance and an irrational obsession. And I have never been sure where using a Record Cleaning machine (RCM) ever fell on that scale. I have never been one to ...

I have been off for some years, had to cope with health and family issues, and after I had Corona, it rather stayed than went away, so Post-Covid took me three years ago. It was just last October, ...

I auditioned a number of CD-Players, before buying my CD-67 SE. I felt that of all the CD-Players in question (which shall remain unnamed) it offered the most music for the money. Having lived with ...

I was quite astonished by the performance of the original Miniwatt amplifier when I reviewed it nearly a year ago. It punched well above both its size and price. As I anticipated, the Miniwatt stirred ...

I know quite a few people with decent systems, and no brand is present in these systems like Arcam. In total I 'know' 3 Arcam CD players and 1 integrated amp. Just to check I walked into my local ...

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.

Mark Orr is the designer and builder of the Something Solid range of racks, shelves and feet. He has been ploughing a unique furrow in this field for over 20 years, beginning, as have so many audio ...

Ormai posso dire di conoscerlo in tutte le sue particolarità, avendolo in casa da molti anni. Purtroppo non è più in produzione (perchè?) da qualche anno ma merita, secondo me, ancora una certa stima.

The oft described (especially among women's magazines) male mid-life crisis is supposed to be a desperate menopausal attempt to reclaim the joys of lost youth, the sense of wild adolescent playfulness ...

This is a variation of a simple shunt regulator design that has been floating around on the net. It is a unity-gain (thanks to the feedback through C1) amplifier that consists of gain-element Q1 and ...