The Music Maker is a very unusual cartridge. In a world of high end "arm-jewellery" it's based on a fairly cheap Grado cartridge which is then completely stripped and rebuilt with new tip, cantilever ...

Having read my Tube Preamplifier CookBook review you know I have been counting the days until I got one of Allen Wright's creations where I wanted it - between my own turntable and power amp. More ...

A while ago a friend pointed my interest to a tuning article for old style SME tonearms, a bronze knife edge bearing. As I have always been an afficionado of old SME tonearms, I wanted to give it a ...

It's exciting to see how many new Class-D inexpensive integrated amps are hitting the market. Six years ago there was just the T-Amp: low power, no power supply, no real-world connections, cheap looks ...

In Part 1 we examined some of the destructive effects vibration may have on our experience of audio equipment. Part 2 will begin to listen to some products that claim to ameliorate these problems ...

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 ...

Manufacturer: Musikelectronic Geithain, Nikolaistrasse 7, D-04643 Geithain, fax +49.(03.43.41)3.11.44 Approximate price: e12500 / US$14700 (pair) Test sample: auditioned at local distributor's The ...

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 ...

As part of my upcoming speaker comparison articles (about ten pairs), I decided that I needed some decent speaker stands. Two pairs in fact. It just so happens that one of my oldest buds (George) ...

There are certain moments in everyone's life, when we try to deepen our understanding about something that we generally are not familiar with. Sometimes we try to learn, come to understand and then ...

Whenever I have mentioned the 6SN7GT valve (tube) in my reference modified Assemblage SET300B Signature Edition, I have hinted at a preferred NOS (New Old Stock) example that I dare not name as it has ...

£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 ...