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 ...

I've had my Django transformer preamp for a few years now, and I've always been very happy with it. I'm a strong believer in passive preamps and I've found that the Django elegantly combines the ...

I've always found cartridge alignment a nerve-wracking chore, being frustrated by the innate inaccuracy of most tools involved, and of the tedious tiring eyeballing process itself, of course. All of ...

I've said it in the title: this product is an essential accessory if you own valve kit with B9a double triodes in it. That's it. What kind of a review is that?" demand angry plebs, stage left, "That ...

Some products are more inspiring than others and for non-audiophiles it can be a little bit difficult to understand our enthusiasm for equipment that only looks just like a box to anybody else. DACs ...

There was a very interesting thread on diyaudio.com about pro versus hi-fi speakers. The argument was that pro drivers were engineered for high performance and would perform better than hi-fi drivers ...

If you have read my latest test report on the Kuzma Stabi Reference turntable, you already know that I once for quite many years used and loved the vintage Garrard turntables. From 1990 to 1997 I was ...

It is long time since I wrote the last article for Termoionica Applicata. In the meanwhile I have spent a lot of time with very different projects, all solid state, for example the Solidphono, the ...

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 ...

Hypex is an innovative Dutch company, located in the city of Groningen. They produce a whole range of products, but are most famous for their class D amplifier modules. Hypex have a great reputation ...

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 ...

Mark Orr is the designer and builder of the Something Solid range of racks, shelves and feet. He has been ploughing a unique furrow in this field for over 20 years, beginning, as have so many audio ...