I have recently had the fortune that my Flat was re-wired to high standards (without cost to me) and that indeed made an impact on overall sound Quality. It resulted in me applying some more attention ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Frequency response: Less than +/- 0.5 dB deviation 20Hz-20kHz Phase response: Less than 5 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz, or less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz, depending which Consonance/Opera ...

Up to few years ago, Weiss name was famous only among audio professionals, while it remained unknown in the consumer audio environment. In facts, Weiss Engineering achievements were so widely out and ...

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 ...

Everyone knows how important is the quality of the record in order to get good results from our stereo system. Simply put, our hi-zoot stereo systems can do nothing if the record we're trying to ...

£500 extra buys the £2799 Thorens TD1601 over the £2299 TD1600. This £500 buys an optical sensor arm lift. "£500 for an end of side arm lift?" Demand Plebs, stage left, "Surely that's a lot of dosh to ...

Among audiophiles it is quite common wisdom to consider moving coil cartridges the best way to play vinyl (with some notable exception, though). MC cartridges are normally expensive and require high ...

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 ...

The Cambridge Audio Azur 640v v2.0 has a very long name, but is an otherwise unassuming CD player. Still, it is the top CD machine of this English brand. This is the second version (V2.0) of this ...