Approx. price: 180 EUR the pair (price quoted with European VAT) Test samples bought and paid in full. It is now 4 years ago, that I wrote my first article on different moving coil transformers. At ...

We are spoilt for choice when it comes to DAC's (and all hi-fi) these days. There seem to be so many available now that choosing one is becoming quite a difficult task. Many of them come from the Far ...

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.

£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 ...

First of all, by digital cable I will mean an interconnect cable between CD transport (or CD/DVD player used as pure transport) and an external D/A converter (DAC). The DAC can be a completely ...

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon this past September, Cary Audio Design and Carolina Audio Society organized a factory tour at the Cary Audio factory. Danny Bernstein of C.A.S. was also kind enough to ...

Many audio equipment manufacturers these days use operational amplifiers. Operational amplifiers are a simple solution for obtaining gain and low distortion. These devices cost pennies, though there ...

Product: Rudolf Broertjes SS I/V stage (kit for use with DiyParadise 'Monica2'). I reviewed the DiyParadise Monica2 NOS DAC way back in October 2005 and was suitably impressed. However, for me it didn ...

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 ...

This articles is about the Linn LP12, which I first encountered in 1984, and which I possessed five samples of. My first turntable at all was a Thorens TD126 with SME 3009/III tonearm and Denon 301 ...

The KC1 is one of the cheapest interconnects of the Kimber catalogue, the PBJ being the entry-level. Its list price, here in Italy (your mileage may vary), for a standard 1+1 meter pair with some nice ...

About a year and a half ago, I was lurking around Audio Asylum and clicked on the Events link looking for something happening somewhere near my hometown of St. Louis. I happened across a posting ...