20 is a magic number for HiFi amplifiers. Many budget good-sounding amplifier had (or still have) that number has a part of their name. Just to name few examples: the Rotel 820 and 920 (plus various ...
Probably pretty well everyone who has an active interest in DIY speaker building will know the Audio Nirvana brand and the CommonSense Audio website. Even a cursory browse through the many discussion ...
In Europe, and particularly in Italy, where I live, the Denon brand became popular in the early 1960s when MC cartridges for broadcast use appeared that sounded really good: it was 1963 and the Denon ...
There is a fine line between prudent maintenance and an irrational obsession. And I have never been sure where using a Record Cleaning machine (RCM) ever fell on that scale. I have never been one to ...
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 ...
Miracles do occasionally happen. Consider cylinder records and phonographs. Both disappeared from the market in 1929, by which point the players were yesterday's technology and much of the music ...
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 ...
Much to my shame my original text contained an important error. It read that the Shure M97xE body is compatible with the VN5MR replacement stylus, while in reality it ...
Yamaha has an uncommonly long tradition in manufacturing musical instruments, dating back to 1862. With that kind of background, which few audio manufacturers can boast, one expects products a cut ...
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 ...
The Planets are the entry-level model of the Duevel production line but certainly they don't look cheap! The cabinet is quite usual (MDF, 84 x 26 x 15.6 cm) but things become unusual when you search ...
In this increasingly Internet based streaming age, with CD's going the way of the dinosaurs, a new and cheap way of playing back your little silver discs is welcome. Especially one that doesn't get in ...