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 ...
Questo è probabilmente l'articolo più corto nella mia carriera di recensore: infatti non avrei mai pensato che, alle soglie del 2010, ci fosse ancora bisogno di questo tipo di articoli. Ma sembra che ...
Regular readers will know that for nearly two years now my main speakers have been a pair of Loth-x Polaris Horns. These have for the most part been powered by my Audion Silver Knight 2.0 pre and ETPP ...
Garrard Labs was a Company that between the 60s and the 80s designed and built many turntables and some of these are considered, even today, nice examples of high precision craftsmanship and of a ...
It sometimes seems to me that vinyl addicts, and in particular those swimming in the deep end of the obsession, revel in promoting the 'black art' aspects of setting up a turntable, arm and cartridge.
Some products are more inspiring than others and for non-audiophiles it can be a little bit difficult to understand our enthusiasm for equipment that only looks just like a box to anybody else. DACs ...
When I was 18 I can remember shelling out £5 for a vinyl album (1978 – Dylan 'Planet Waves' if you're interested) and thinking that I'd just blown a day's pay... Vinyl was expensive... 36 years later ...
E' un po' difficile se non impossibile acquistare un tavolino porta-elettroniche e riuscire ad ottenere una disposizione della propria attrezzatura che soddisfi al 100% le necessità della nostra ...
A while ago I was in need of a new Phono Pickup Cartridge. Having stayed for a long time with such budget favorites as the Cambridge C-77 and a nice NAD 9100, I was not going to shell out for a Koetsu ...
In recent month due to my Articles in TNT-Audio, Newsgroup Postings and other sources, my experiments in DIY Cables have become somewhat notorious. It seems that now some Distributors and ...
One of the joys of vinyl is that it appeals to those who like to fiddle about with their hi-fi to get the best sound. Anyone who has a long term interest in the medium will be well aware how changes ...
So what's wrong with the mains? Well, anyone who has read Ben Duncan's seminal collection of papers on "Audio Quality Mains Supplies" will realise it's possible to write 60+ pages on the subject and ...