In the first installment of this series we had a look at the noise generated at the output of a number of easy to build and cheap voltage regulators: single-chip series and shunt regs (LM317/337 and ...

Meridian is one of those companies that seem to go their own way in audio land, not following others but choosing their own destiny. Meridian has done more than most to shape the way hifi is at the ...

According to some internet audio gurus' subtle opinions, only two moving coil cartridges are really worth their salt these days. The very affordable Denon DL-103, and the not-unaffordable Shelter 501.

The VXSE-KT88C is a tubed integrated amplifier of single-ended aspiration and purist persuasion. A truly minimalist design. The front panel provides seperate volume controls [Alps Blue series] for the ...

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 ...

This review is a bit of a departure for me. Usually, I publish a review and then answer letters concerning the review. With the JoLida JD-100A, I have received countless e-mails that read something ...

Why use transformers at all? For years, many phono stage designs came up with direct moving coil input, be it from Mark Levinson, be it from Accuphase, or many others. I am doing DIY transistor for ...

Faccia un passo avanti chi non si è mai trovato interdetto, leggendo progetti, articoli e cataloghi, davanti alla sigla AWG preceduta da un numero che individua il diametro di un cavo elettrico e non ...

If you like DACs then you now live in a time of plenty. I don't think there have ever been as many on the market as today, and the choice of options is incredible. The time that a DAC would just have ...

I see all sorts in this game! After the fabulously individual design of the Virtue Sensation and Piano, came the much more conventional styling of the ONIX A55 amplifier, and CD10 CD player. I had ...

This week I'm starting a review that's in two parts. It is about two digital to analogue converters from Cambridge Audio – the DacMagic Plus and the DacMagic 100. These DACs were released last year as ...

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 ...