Si dice, e la mia esperienza empirica concorda, che il suono di una testina media può cambiare significativamente dopo 1.000 ore di funzionamento, ed entro 2.000 ore (complessive) essa deve essere ...

Fashions come and go and that's as true of hi-fi as any other part of our lives. When recorded sound was first invented, the sound was amplified by horns until somebody invented the moving coil type ...

I became aware of Soundsmith cartridges through enthusiastic reports on the strain gauge cartridges they produce. Two years ago, when there was a gathering of local high-end audio DIY folks in Berlin, ...

The above schematic comprises almost anything you can put around the ubiquitous LM317 positive 3-pin regulator (LM337 for negative voltages, 117 and 137 military versions). The basic circuit dispenses ...

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 ...

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 ...

Davis Acoustic from France have put their 8 inch fullrange drivers in cabinets and filled a whole room with music. I liked the sound very much. This fullrange has a very neutral sound, there is no ...

There is no doubting that the Behringer DEQ2496 is a very useful tool to both the professional musician and the hi-fi enthusiast, but it is generally agreed that it is not quite audiophile quality. I ...

I see all sorts in this game! After the fabulously individual design of the Virtue Sensation and Piano, came the much more conventional styling of the ONIX A55 amplifier, and CD10 CD player. I had ...

The term "integrated amplifier" always seems to be a source of confusion for some audiophiles. Just what is an integrated amplifier? Is it just an amplifier like any other, or is it something more?

Tube design is a very good choice for DIY pre-amplifiers, as it can give good results with a limited effort, especially in design, even though it is not all that easy to achieve optimum results. The ...