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- Listening test: World premiere! Geoff tests the new Dynavector DRT XV-1t cartridge, a 8500 € jewel (G. Husband)
- Listening test: World premiere! Mark tests the new Canor TP306 VR+ phono stage (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Summer break!: the TNT-Audio crew takes swimming, cycling and windsurfing quite seriously :-) Our usual weekly updates will be back online on 9/18/2010!
- Listening test: a no longer made (but easily available) gold classic, with a strongly distinctive sound of its own, here's the Fidelity Research FR 64-S tonearm (H. Quaschik)
- Music: Nine Below Zero, Gerry McEvoy, David Byron Band, National Razor: here are four new releases from Angel Air Records & Mapleshade (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test/DIY: another remote-controlled volume control based on the Lightspeed module, the Paul Hynes LDR kit (N. Whetstone)
- Editorial: again on Analogue vs digital, are LPs always better sounding? (L. Cadeddu)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 8 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Listening test: a vacuum tube equipped CD player, here is the Canor CD2 VR+ (M. Wheeler)
- Listening test: an external power supply for any Trends Audio component (and not only!), here is the Trends PW-10 (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: not only Class D amps...from Virtue Audio an attractive and inexpensive CD player, the Piano M1 (N. Whetstone)
- Editorial: we had CD's, then DVD's, DVD-Audio's and SACD's. What's next? Blu-Ray discs of course! Yes, Blu-Ray discs for high resolution audio... (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a quite interesting, with some unusual feature, belt-driven turntable, the Dr. Feickert Analogue Woodpecker (G. Husband)
- Listening test: after the Miniwatt original amplifier, here's the Miniwatt N3 integrated amp (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a solid-state MM/MC phono preamp, here's the Leema Elements Phono (M. van Casteren)
- Music: Rob Thompson, Storys, Chris Spedding and the compilation Do You Dream: UK Pop and Psychedelia 1965-1970...here are four new releases from Angel Air Records (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a balanced vacuum tube preamp + power amp combo for less than 4000 €: here are the JE Audio VL20 & VS70 (N. Whetstone)
- Listening test: Mark Wheeler again on tuning devices! Under test new fancy footers (brass & ebony), the Yamamoto PB 4 - 2 cones & bases (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: another cable skeptic faces the trouble of cables reviewing! Arvind tests the (affordable) My Audio Cables CuQ speaker cables and compares them to standard run-of-the-mill lamp cords. And the winner is... (A. Kohli)
- HiFi Shows: Hartmut has just visited the High End Munich Show 2010, discover the latest and coolest products on our three parts reportage (H. Quaschik)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: an extremely easy to assemble DIY DAC kit, here's the Mark Findlay Audio MF-DAC (N. Whetstone)
- Music: Foghat, Stray, Robin George...here are three new releases from Angel Air Records (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a new release of the Resurrector, a quite strange device that should "bring the music back to life" (N. Whetstone)
- HiFi Shows: a rich reportage from the Audio Karma Fest 2010 in Novi, Michigan, USA (A. Kohli)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a new release of what has quickly become an instant classic among Class D integrated amplifiers, here's the Virtue Audio One.2 amp (N. Whetstone)
- Listening test/tweaks: Mark Wheeler again on isolation feet, this time he tests the Waipuna SoundFeet - myrtle wood & brass feet (M. Wheeler)
- Loudness war: we've updated our database of records analyzed and listed according to their dynamic range, using the DR software of the Pleasurize Music Foundation. Have a look at the (now extremely rich!) DR database! Feel free to contribute with your own listings. (VV.AA)
- Listening test: after the EL34, the KT66 and the CV181Z now it's time for the Shuguang Treasure 300B vacuum tube (G. Husband)
- Music: Jimi Hendrix, Life, Darrell Bath, Eric Bell, here are four new releases from Angel Air Records (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: 4 years later and after a change of the brand name we review another interesting vacuum tube integrated amplifier, the Canor TP-106 VR+ (M. Wheeler)
- Listening test: ever wondered how much a turntable mat can affect the sound of your analogue replay system? Here's a comparison test of different turntable mats (H. Quaschik)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 5 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: an affordable DAC, here's the latest release of the Harmony Design DA-9 (N. Whetstone)
- Editorial: another follow-up on the BBC6 neverending story: New world record: the new longest suicide note in history! (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Easter break!: TNT-Audio takes some week off around Easter. Our usual weekly updates will be online on 4/17/2010!
- Listening test: a head-to-head comparison test of two passive preamps with transformers: Music First TVC mkII against Django TVC (M. van Casteren)
- Music: Heavy Metal Kids, Marshall Law and White Lightening, here are three new releases from Angel Air Records (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: after having reviewed the Scorpio preamp, Geoff tests the Acousticbouy DAC 2488 (G. Husband)
- Liquid music: Nick Whetstone listen to some liquid Music samples from Max Research, an audiophile label (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: HiFi components suspended on...nothing? Here are the Yamamoto MGB-1 & Yamamoto MGB-2 Magnetic Floating Bases (M. Wheeler)
- Editorial: a follow-up on last week's Mark Wheeler's angry editorial: BBC6 music programs quit (M. Wheeler)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 8 new, interesting websites. Many other websites have asked to be included but they've never displayed the Real Stereo logo on their pages, hence they've been excluded. (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: high-end cartridges need not to be expensive MC's only. Even MMs can be extremely good sounding, here are the Soundsmith SMMC1 and SMMC4 moving-iron cartridges (H. Quaschik)
- Editorial: Mark Wheeler's angry editorial on BBC6 music programs (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test/tweak: a regulated linear power supply (24-30 Volts) that can represent an upgrade for many Class-D based amps, including the Virtue Audio ones, here is the Paul Hynes PR3G2-30 - regulated PSU (N. Whetstone)
- Useful tools/audiophile recordings: an old but still extremely useful test CD, with signals and music, the Denon HiFi check CD: both for professionals, amateurs and plain audiophiles. 10$ well spent! (L. Cadeddu).
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: World premiere! Geoff Husband tests the new SME V12 12" magnesium tonearm (G. Husband)
- Listening test: a pair of interesting in-ear headphones, the Cresyn C750E (A. Kohli)
- HiFi Shows: taking place on 27th and 28th Feb. the 11st edition of the Milano HiEnd Show.
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: another shootout test! Three power amplifiers one against the other: Astin Trew AT5000, Belles Soloist 5, Usher R1.5 (M. van Casteren)
- Music: Consortium, ZZebra Zzebra, Medicine Head, David Byron, David Courtney and Adam Faith, here are six new releases from Angel Air Records (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: tag team review! Nick Whetstone and Geoff Husband test the Kingrex Preference preamplifier (N. Whetstone & G. Husband)
- Listening test/tweak: willing to improve the quality of your USB connection? Here's the Odyssey Audio TOD2 USB (booster) lead (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: Mark Wheeler still on tuning devices! Under test new fancy footers, the Yamamoto VB-18 V-Groove tuning devices (M. Wheeler)
- Loudness war: updated our database of records analyzed and listed according to their dynamic range, using the DR software of the Pleasurize Music Foundation. Have a look at the DR database! Feel free to contribute with your own listings. (VV.AA)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: Mark Wheeler extensively tests some pro tweeters, namely the B & C DE-400TN-8 compression hf driver with matching horn and the DE-35-8 bullet tweeter (M. Wheeler)
- Editorial: sometimes words are not enough!. What's happening in Haiti truly deserves a reflection from all of us (L. Cadeddu)
- Music/audiophile recordings: is it possible to produce an audiophile-quality recording using non-audiophile recording gear? The answer seems to be positive, considering the album "No photographs" by Jason Vitelli (from Brooklyn, New York). Listening test and dynamic range evaluation by means of the DR software (L. Cadeddu).
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 14 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Theory: some easy homework for your holidays, here's a foolproof method for adjusting VTA on turntables (H. Quaschik)
- Factory tour: we've visited the Definitive Audio plants in Derbyshire - UK, manufacturers of Living Voice speakers and importers of Kondo tube electronics (M. van Casteren)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Winter break!: TNT-Audio takes some week off around Christmas and New Year's Eve. Our usual weekly updates will be online on 1/17/2010! Our staff wishes you and your families a joyous Christmas and a Happy 2010!
- Theory: Mark Wheeler on room acoustics! A long, insightful and rather controversial article on how to tame standing waves and get better bass frequency response (M. Wheeler)
- Music: by Angel Air Records a well written and well recorded album, it's "Raw" by Damage Control (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a tube line preamplifier with phono stage, here's the AAAVT (Yaqin) SM-12B (M. Wheeler)
- Tweak/accessory: puzzled by complicated settings of your tonearm and cartridge? Don't be, here's the Dr. Feickert Analogue alignment protractor (G. Husband)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: Nick Whetstone spends a day in the country for auditioning an extreme horn loaded loudspeaker based around Lowther drivers, here are the Prophecy horns (N. Whetstone)
- Listening test: fan of Oppo players anyone? Willing to squeeze the latest drop of sound performance out of them? Have a look at the Chevron Audio mods for Oppo DV-980 multiplayers (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a hybrid solid state/tubes phono preamp from a new Portoguese firm, here's the Audolici AP-01 (D. Holgate)
- Editorial: bad news for CD lovers! Linn Audio stops CD players production for 2010...does this sound like Goodbye cruel world, goodbye? (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: an exclusive shoot-out test of 3 record-cleaning machines: Clearaudio Smart Matrix versus Nitty Gritty 1.5 versus VPI HW 16.5 and the winner is... (A. Kohli)
- Music: for a different point of view on music industry have a look at a quite different recording label, Angel Air Records, where the artist has a voice (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a tube power amp based on the RCA 45 valve, here's the Yamamoto A-08s Single-ended '45' (G. Husband)
- DIY basics: in this Part VI of his saga on DIYing loudspeakers Mark Wheeler explains How to calculate and use driver air volume acceleration (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a nice vacuum tubes preamplifier from Canada, here's the Acousticbuoy Scorpio (G. Husband)
- Editorial: some controversial thoughts on the so-called bookshelf loudspeakers. A plea for real world answers! (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a CD player that can also be used as a preamp and as a DAC, here's the impressive Ayon CD2 (G. Husband)
- Listening test: what? A USB cable that costs over 1000 UKP??? Read what Nick has to say about the VertexAQ Illimani USB cable (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: another product with few lights and many shadows, the small two-way bookshelf loudspeaker Cocaine S-40 (L. Cadeddu)
- Listening test: a comparison test of two MC step-up transformers, the Lundahl LL-1681 and LL-1933 (H. Quaschik)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: not only CD players! From Astin Trew here's the versatile hybrid AT2000 PLUS integrated amplifier (M. van Casteren)
- Listening test - follow up: a true CV181 or a 6SN7GT in fancy clothes? Read Mark Wheeler's angry :-) answer on this follow-up: Shuguang Treasure CV181Z vacuum tube (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: after having tested the micro tube preamp PA-10 from Trends Audio, Nick Whetstone listens to its natural partner, the TA 10.2P power amplifier (N. Whetstone)
- HiFi Show reportage: Maarten van Casteren visited the new National Audio Show 2009 in Northants, UK. This is the usual Heathrow Show moved to a different location and renamed (M. van Casteren)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: iron fist in a velvet glove, read about the Genesis Advanced Technologies GR-180 power amplifier, equipped with Hypex Class D modules. Highlights and (many) shadows of an otherwise good amplifier (L. Cadeddu)
- Listening test: Shuguang high quality vacuum tubes again on TNT-Audio...David tests the Shuguang Treasure EL34 and KT66 (D. Holgate)
- Sad news: TNT is sad to report the passing away of Jim Thiel of Thiel Loudspeakers who
died of cancer on September the 18th 2009. Jim Thiel was best known for the high-performance speakers and subwoofers
that bear his name, and the hi-fi world has lost one of its iconic names.
Jim co-founded THIEL Audio Products of Lexington, Kentucky in 1976, and the company has grown to become one of the best known names in loudspeaker manufacturing. Like many of us, his love of music and hi-fi went back to his childhood, and an academic career in physics and mathematics enabled him to pursue his hobby on a more serious basis. His loudspeaker designs have won countless awards over the last thirty years, the Thiel C3.7 being considered as one of the best loudspeakers ever produced.
Also widely respected as a quiet gentleman, he was much admired and respected both by those who worked for him, and those who reviewed and bought his products. (N. Whetstone) - Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: an incredibly inexpensive tube integrated amplifier. Costing 360 € here is the Yarland FV34 C: equipped with EL84 GENERAL NOS valves for the power section, two JAN5670W GE NOS for the drivers, Clarity Caps and ALPS pot (N. Whetstone)
- Loudness war: we are working on a database of records analyzed and listed according to their dynamic range, using the DR software of the Pleasurize Music Foundation. Have a look at the DR database! (VV.AA)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a tube-addict raves about a fully solid-state Class A power amplifier! Read Geoff Husband's opinion on the JungSon JA-99D amp (G. Husband)
- Digital for dummies: all you wanted to know about dither and its effects on digital playback (W. Ogiers)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 9 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: here's the latest CD player in the Classic range of ElectroCompaniet, the ECC-1 (M. van Casteren)
- Listening test: Mark Wheeler again on HiFi isolation/support/tuning fancy devices...here are the
Yamamoto PB-18 - African Ebony Loudspeaker Spike Receiver Bases (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a four-hands review for the NuForce Icon Class D integrated amplifier. Two line inputs plus a digital USB via inboard DAC, one headphones output...all for less than 200 € (N. Whetstone & L. Cadeddu)
- Listening test: for more or less the same amount of money here is the smallest tube amplifier on Earth, the Miniwatt amp! (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: Mark Wheeler still on HiFi isolation/support/tuning fancy devices...here are the
Yamamoto PB-22 wood triangular setting bases (M. Wheeler)
- Music: from Water Lily Acoustics an excellent and highly dynamic recording: Ali Akbar Khan & Swapan Chaudhuri "Indian Architexture" (A. Kohli)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 5 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Double listening test: a floorstanding loudspeaker using Jordan fullrange drivers and a supertweeter, the
Aurousal VS, including a test of the new Aurousal A1 bookshelf speakers (M. van Casteren)
- Follow-up: the DIY HiFi Supply EZ linestage review has been updated with a manufacturer's reply (at the bottom of the original article) (N. Whetstone)
- Editorial: just a few lines to remember Michael Jackson (G. Husband & L. Cadeddu)
- Listening test/DIY: a tube line preamplifier (easy) DIY kit, the DIY HiFi Supply EZ linestage, less than 500$ for the parts, 550$ for the complete package, assembled (N. Whetstone)
- Listening test: the ultimate 6SN7 vacuum tube perhaps? Read Mark Wheeler's lenghty :-) answer on his test of the Shuguang Treasure CV181Z vacuum tube (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test/tweak: how to upgrade a Garrard 302 or 401 turntable, here is a magic pair, the Loricraft plinth and PSU (H. Quaschik)
- Listening test/DIY: tired of noisy, imprecise old-style potentiometers? Try the P&S optical potentiometer! A basic volume control which uses contact-less LDRs (Light Dependent Resistors) ((N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a NOS D/A converter with a tube buffer stage, here is the MHDT Havana DAC (N. Whetstone)
- Editorial: a quick look at the latest RIAA music sales reports reveals a trend that makes us quite happy: vinyl sales at + 124% (with respect to 2007). Good 'ol vinyl is here to stay! (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: from Japan a nicely crafted DAC, the Yamamoto YDA 01 (M. van Casteren)
- Editorial: a third article against the infamous "loudness war"! TNT-Audio joins the non-profit foundation Pleasurize Music. Discover what can you do to fight the loudness war and measure - via a dedicated software - the real dynamic content of your own records! We are currently building a database of discs. (L. Cadeddu)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 4 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: another high sensitivity (96 dB/w/m) horn-loaded floorstanding loudspeaker, the quite unusual Acuhorn Nero 125 (G. Husband)
- DIY/theory: here's Part V of Mark Wheeler's saga on DIY loudspeakers design. Everything you wanted to know about Drivers acceleration: how to calculate and use it (M. Wheeler)
- HiFi/DIY Shows: the Top Audio is the oldest and largest HiFi event in Italy, mainly devoted to expensive high-end. A group of Italian DIYers has decided to organize a kind of anti-Show, the Bottom Audio, a fancy DIY contest among DIY-addicts that will take place in Monterubbiano, Fermo (Marche) from May, 30 to June, 2. For more infos about this very original and alternative Show see Audiofaidate.it, the organizers' website (infos in Italian AND in English).
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: high sensitivity (95 dB/w/m) thanks to a full-range Fostex driver aided by a ribbon tweeter, here are the Tonian Labs TL-D1 speakers (A. Kohli)
- Editorial: still an article against the infamous "loudness war"! TNT-Audio joins the non-profit foundation Pleasurize Music. Discover what can you do to fight the loudness war and measure - via a dedicated software - the real dynamic content of your own records! (L. Cadeddu)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 6 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: again a skeptic against (?) voodoo science applied to HiFi. Nick Whetstone tests the NM Sonic Purifiers and tries to give an answer to the question: "Science or science fiction"? (N. Whetstone)
- Listening test: an interesting portable 2/4 channel SD-card recorder with built-in microphones, the Samson Zoom H2 (W. Ogiers)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- WARNING!: we've lost several e-mails received during last weeks, especially from Companies/websites willing to join our We Support Real Stereo campaign. Please resend!!! Sorry for any incovenience.
- Listening test: some of you may have appreciated the original T-Amp. Would you like something similar, at the same price, which not only sounds way better but also has a good power supply, a headphone output, audiophile-standard RCA's and speakers posts, two front panels (black or silver, choose the one you prefer, both included!) and even a MUTE switch? Four years after the T-Amp here is something that redefines, once again, the price/quality ratio concept: the Scythe SDA-1000 integrated amp, with class D Yamaha chipset inside! (L. Cadeddu)
- DIY/Tweak: ever wondered how to repair a damaged or cracked acrylic lid (e.g. the dust cover of your turntable)? Here's a step by step easy procedure (H. Quaschik)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a quite interesting USB DACs shootout test: KingRex UD-01 VS DevilSound USB DAC vs DIY-Kits SuperPro 24/192. Also under test two USB cables (CryoParts and LocusDesign)!!! (N. Whetstone)
- Listening test/tweak: again on TNT-Audio the Stillpoints ERS anti-RFI shield (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Easter break! As usual we'll take three weeks off around Easter. Our weekly updates will be back online on May, 2. Happy listening!
- Listening test: Geoff falls in love with a SE triode integrated amplifier, the Ayon Crossfire (G. Husband)
- Interview: Exclusive!!! An interview with Michael Gammon of Transcriptors Limited: the old fascinating Transcriptor turntables are back!!! (M. Wheeler)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a quite affordable big floorstanding loudspeaker from Sweden, the XTZ 99.36 with ribbon tweeter and Seas midwoofer and woofer (M. van Casteren)
- Music: an all-times classical vinyl record which has become legendary among audiophiles: Harry James & His Big Band - 'The King James Version' - Sheffield Lab-3. Direct-to-disc! (G. Husband)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 6 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Theory: Mark Wheeler on room acoustics! A long, insightful and rather controversial article on how to build or improve the room for your HiFi system (M. Wheeler)
- Editorial: getting tired of records mastered following the diktates of the "loudness war"? TNT-Audio decides to join the Turn me up! philosophy (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: World exclusive! a remote-controlled solid-state 100 watts per channel power amp, the Creek Destiny (M. van Casteren)
- Interview: a long and insightful interview with Seth Krinsky and Roger Sheker, owner and designer - respectively - of Virtue® Audio (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: World exclusive! A new SET integrated amplifier from Italy, the Vexo VXSE (A. Kohli)
- Listening test: curious about the effects of adding a supertweeter to your speakers? Geoff tests the John Blue supertweeter (G. Husband)
- We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 6 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
- Follow-up: the Trends Audio PA-10 review has been updated (with an "addendum" at the bottom of the page) because - in certain situations- the volume pot might be noisy and the preamp may generate hum/hiss.
- Listening test: World exclusive!...finally on test the first tube/mosfet preamps from Trends Audio, here are the PA 10 and the PA-10 SE (N. Whetstone)
- Listening test: another DAC that benefits from tweaks, this time Nick tries to improve the Scott Nixon DacKit by means of Paul Hynes regulators (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: a SME tonearm under 1000 €? Here's what Hartmut thinks of the SME M2 tonearm (H. Quaschik)
- Listening test: Nick again on cables!!! Here's his listening test of a complete family of "mad" interconnects: the SPL series from MAD cables (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: looking for compact full-range loudspeakers under 1000 €/pair? Here are the Passion &ound PS3 Premium Full Range Compact Monitors (D. Holgate)
- Interview: after a very positive listening test of the OnClassical.com studio master high resolution files we have interviewed the man behind this new audiophile online label, Alessandro Simonetto (L. Cadeddu)
- HiFi Shows: do not miss the tenth anniversary edition of the Milan Hi-End Show: lots of live demos in 56 listening halls, live concerts (Euphonia - best European Pink Floyd cover band) plus a rare exposition of electric vintage guitars. Milan Hi-End Show 2009 - February 21-22 (9:00am - 6:00pm) - Jolly Hotel Milanofiori - Milan.
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: inexpensive power amp modules anyone? Here are the Aussie Amplifiers HPA-LSP400-SE 200 watt modules (M. van Casteren)
- Listening test: a complete evaluation of the whole family of Audience AU 24 cables: how to turn a cable skeptic into a firm believer :-) (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: after our review of the DV970 here is a comparison test between these new Oppo digital (multi)players, the DV980H vs DV983H (G. Husband)
- Interview: we've been lucky enough to have George Merrill answering to our questions about analog replay and vinyl. George Merrill is the father of the world renowned Merrill turntables (now Merrill/Scillia) (L. Cadeddu)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test/DIY: a completely pre-assembled tube preamplifier module for just 180 €, here's the Audiodigit Tubepre (N. Whetstone)
- Listening test: a voodoo that apparently works? Discover the hard to believe effects of the Shakti Stones and Online Stabilizers (H. Quaschik)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.
- Listening test: ever wondered of purchasing a complete all-in-one audiophile system? One with CD player, FM tuner, iPod docking station, amps and...speakers? All of this into a single cabinet? Real Stereo sound from a single box??? Discover the rather unique Geneva Lab Genevasound systems L & XL (L. Cadeddu)
- Music online: we've discovered a rather unusual audiophile label that offers its studio master files (uncompressed!) for download: OnClassical.com: online source of high quality Classical Music (N. Whetstone)
- Letters: read some of the selected letters we received last weeks.