The vinyl LP demands a conscious approach to its packaging, due mainly to its size, a neat 305mm square being the perfect billboard on which to display a seductive invitation to treat. Its high street ...

Più di altri formati, i dischi LP richiedono un approccio consapevole al loro packaging (inteso come la combinazione della copertina e delle altre componenti della confezione, N.d.T.), dovuto ...

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.

It's interesting how many of the old school turntable manufacturers quickly took up the challenge of the silver disc. In a way it was a surprise - after all, surely the major electronics companies had ...

Approx. price: Sword 3m pair: $795 - Rondo 4x2.5= $2.60 / foot - Fork XL Spades= $20.00 / pack I admit to having a long-standing curiosity about the Swedish Supra line of cables. First of all, they're ...

Astin Trew is a relatively new English audio brand run by Michael Osborn. He started the company less than 3 years ago and in that time managed to produce a preamp, a power amp, an integrated amp and ...

Whenever I have mentioned the 6SN7GT valve (tube) in my reference modified Assemblage SET300B Signature Edition, I have hinted at a preferred NOS (New Old Stock) example that I dare not name as it has ...

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 ...

In the world of Hi-Fi there are few components that are the subject of so many different and often conflicting theories than those that surround the design of tonearms. Rigid or flexible, damped or ...

I promised myself when I started writing for TNT that I would never review cables! It is one of the most hotly debated, and controversial aspects of hi-fi, and one that we are never all going to agree ...

I auditioned a number of CD-Players, before buying my CD-67 SE. I felt that of all the CD-Players in question (which shall remain unnamed) it offered the most music for the money. Having lived with ...

The audio press pays a great deal of attention to various components and configurations in home audio equipment. There is a large and diverse selection of articles available in print and on-line about ...