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 ...

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 ...

Astin Trew is a relatively new English audio brand run by Michael Osborn. He started the company less than 3 years ago and in that time managed to produce a preamp, a power amp, an integrated amp and ...

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.

Iniziai a fabbricarmi cavi di segnale fin da quando, per la prima volta, mi interessai all'autocostruzione nel mondo dell'Hi-Fi. A quel tempo ero abbastanza cosciente che la scelta dei cavi ha un ...

Much to my shame my original text contained an important error. It read that the Shure M97xE body is compatible with the VN5MR replacement stylus, while in reality it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I've been a Pat Metheny fan since the late 70's. The best man at my wedding, Doug, first introduced me to The Pat Metheny Group in 1979. I liked them so much, I asked Doug if I could borrow their self ...