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12 Dec 2019
I am a relative newcomer to the world of Linn Sondek LP12 ownership, I bought a pre-loved example and rebuilt it with upgrades from Linn and from Tangerine Audio just last year. The LP12 seems to draw adulation and scorn in...
18 Jun 2019
I’ve been working closely with records and cartridges for 40 years and am in particular debt to the expertise and knowledge of Dynavector Systems, Tokyo, the brand that my company, Pear Audio, distributes in the UK. There...
4 Jun 2019
Richard Barclay continues his explorations in the deep waters of headphone tech with an investigation into what really counts in a headphone amplifier.
As a headphone is essentially a miniature loudspeaker, it shouldn’t be...
As a headphone is essentially a miniature loudspeaker, it shouldn’t be...
17 Apr 2019
When I first met Theo Stack of Stack Audio at the Bristol HiFi Show in 2018, he discussed his ideas for building after-market parts for Linn LP12 owners who wanted to upgrade their turntables. In the year that followed he...
7 Mar 2019
As a headphone is essentially a miniature loudspeaker, it shouldn’t be surprising that the interactions between headphones and headphone amplifiers are very similar to those between loudspeakers and power amplifiers. Many of...
21 Jan 2019
Sean Jacobs explains the work he did on the power supply for the remarkable Innuos Statement server.
The lower box contains the first stages of the PSU - transformer, rectifiers and capacitor arrays, along with some...
The lower box contains the first stages of the PSU - transformer, rectifiers and capacitor arrays, along with some...
7 Dec 2018
Back in the sixties and seventies the BBC had real resources, they made all their own programmes and did ground-breaking technological research, the like of which few commercial operations could compete with. One of the...
4 Sep 2018
Ken Ishiwata is making the transition from guru to a sage now that he has 40 years under his belt with Marantz, the company he went to after getting his start in the industry with Pioneer. Superscope bought Marantz from...
13 Jun 2018
PMC’s Oliver and Peter Thomas answer a barrage of questions about the biggest and best loudspeaker they have ever built. Our review of the fact fenestria is here.
9 Apr 2018
Occasionally you get an illustration of the cyclical nature of life, Laurence Dickie must have felt that way when Vivid Audio, the company he designs loudspeakers for, moved into the facility where he was previously employed...
24 Jan 2018
Google is fast becoming a fundamental part of everyday life, its tentacles reach into nearly every crevice of our work and leisure and this naturally includes audio entertainment. As well as a music streaming service on...
8 Nov 2017
A hi-fi philistine once asked me why old guys buy great sound systems when their hearing has inevitably been impaired by the ravages of time. For once I came up with an answer without having to think for half an hour and...
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