Approx. price: 180 EUR the pair (price quoted with European VAT) Test samples bought and paid in full. It is now 4 years ago, that I wrote my first article on different moving coil transformers. At ...

We are spoilt for choice when it comes to DAC's (and all hi-fi) these days. There seem to be so many available now that choosing one is becoming quite a difficult task. Many of them come from the Far ...

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 ...

Many of us have over the years come across amplifiers, mostly from reputable sources and at rather steep prices, which have made us want to have them. More often than not, two aspects have drawn our ...

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 ...

Holfi is a Danish Company which likes to think and design different. A quick look at their website unveils some peculiar features shared by all the products in their catalogue. For example, they ...

Supplier: Grant Fidelity Price: 6CA7-Z $230, per grade A pair; KT66-Z $280 per grade A pair, YMMV due to currency volatility. Grade B items available at reduced prices. But, then I hit hitch number 1: ...

Recently there has been quite a discussion on the TNT forum regarding bass performance. One correspondent asked whether a piano got down as low as 50 Hz and it made me realise that most of us don't ...

Amplifiers are a good second hand buy. The only moving parts are the switches and potentiometer so wear in this area should be very easy to spot. Just switch the amp on and with nothing playing but ...

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 first serious cartridge I ever bought was a Denon DL-301, back in 1988. Hairy business, as I decided to buy unheard, based on a review only (such stupidity), and the 301 would cost me about 50% of ...

Charm Cable Constructions Inc lancia sul mercato tre nuovi cavi, punta di diamante della propria nuova gamma di fili elettrici con connettori talmente "maschi" che sviteranno le connessioni del vostro ...