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 ...

Many of you have already tried and built our original TNT Triple T speakers cable and got interesting and quite satisfactory results. Anyway, the Triple T hasn't always been a bed of roses and some ...

This review is a bit of a departure for me. Usually, I publish a review and then answer letters concerning the review. With the JoLida JD-100A, I have received countless e-mails that read something ...

For the last 6 years my own system has been fronted by a pair of single-driver, full-range horns - the Loth-x Polaris (no longer made). These large speakers have sat in the system and loved ...

Approx. price: Sword 3m pair: $795 - Rondo 4x2.5= $2.60 / foot - Fork XL Spades= $20.00 / pack I admit to having a long-standing curiosity about the Swedish Supra line of cables. First of all, they're ...

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 ...

According to some internet audio gurus' subtle opinions, only two moving coil cartridges are really worth their salt these days. The very affordable Denon DL-103, and the not-unaffordable Shelter 501.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The single most important thing to remember when consider loudspeakers is that Loudspeakers exist to convert, accurately, electrical energy into sound energy; nothing more and nothing less. That is it ...

Why use transformers at all? For years, many phono stage designs came up with direct moving coil input, be it from Mark Levinson, be it from Accuphase, or many others. I am doing DIY transistor for ...