There was a very interesting thread on diyaudio.com about pro versus hi-fi speakers. The argument was that pro drivers were engineered for high performance and would perform better than hi-fi drivers ...

When I first got started reviewing, and that was a long time ago, it wasn't easy getting review samples. So, I started out reviewing things like cables and connectors. Over time, it got easier to get ...

I have been off for some years, had to cope with health and family issues, and after I had Corona, it rather stayed than went away, so Post-Covid took me three years ago. It was just last October, ...

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I have recently had the fortune that my Flat was re-wired to high standards (without cost to me) and that indeed made an impact on overall sound Quality. It resulted in me applying some more attention ...

The Decca International tonearm is an early unipivot designed for Decca cartridges. It has a number of interesting features: * the unipivot floats on magnetic suspension to damp the effect of rumble ...

A while ago a friend pointed my interest to a tuning article for old style SME tonearms, a bronze knife edge bearing. As I have always been an afficionado of old SME tonearms, I wanted to give it a ...

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 ...

I reviewed the wonderful Naim CD5x CD player a couple of months ago and found it to be the best CD player I'd ever had in my system. I very much liked its natural presentation and strong musical drive ...

This is easily the best loudspeaker I have ever heard. This dawned on me as I was positively dreaming away in the music, only minutes after starting a listening session. My ESL-57s can have the same ...

In the fast moving world of audio and hi-fi where new names seem to crop up every other month, it is refreshing to note that English loudspeaker manufacturer Tannoy is 75 years old. Throughout this ...

25 years ago valve amps were a tiny backwater even in high-end hi-fi, an obsession followed by a few collectors (frequently in the Far East) and the odd tiny specialist manufacturer. Within this niche ...