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.

Large reservoir capacitors notwithstanding, for really high quality power supply we need additional filtering. As seen on the Diagrams, small value capacitors, in the 100-220nF region are used to ...

Removing the Ji300 from its packing was as exciting and rewarding as I'd hoped. Valve amps by their very nature have an advantage in appearance over their transistor rivals, the glowing valves alone ...

HiFi listening (and reviewing) seems to be a purely subjective matter: just plug in your ears and play, if you can. Now, this works fine for the casual listener, someone who, probably, isn't reading ...

The Pioneer A 400X is a 60 watts integrated amplifier that clearly claims some audiophile heritage: it is very simple (I mean, no useless facilities) and it seems well designed and crafted. It has ...

The oft described (especially among women's magazines) male mid-life crisis is supposed to be a desperate menopausal attempt to reclaim the joys of lost youth, the sense of wild adolescent playfulness ...

Please forgive this very long preamble, but something has happened here and I think you need to follow me down the journey... 12 years ago I made a major shift in my listening in that I sold my Naim ...

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 nOrh Loudspeaker Co. of Thailand, renowned for its unusual and excellent line of inverted horn speakers, also markets high quality electronic audio gear. The audio equipment is sometimes ...

Where do I start with the Dyn's? I guess my local dealer is as good a place to begin as any. Here in St Louis, we have a shop called Music for Pleasure. The word "shop" doesn't really do this place ...

30 months ago TNT-Audio published a review that shook the HiFi market like never before: the T-Amp phenomenon was born! After that review many things happened: crowds of audiophiles fell in love with ...

In the world of Hi-Fi there are few components that are the subject of so many different and often conflicting theories than those that surround the design of tonearms. Rigid or flexible, damped or ...