I have a new interest in hifi and it is in active speakers. It all started with the Hypex AS2.100 modules. These weren't perfect, but still impressed me with their tight, dynamic and clear sound.

The Trasparent Cables are well known to the audiophile community for their strange appearance: almost every cable by this Company is equipped with a mysterious black box, called the Transparent ...

Some time ago a friend brought a pair of speakers for repair to me. They are old two way speakers from Epicure, US made. The surround of the woofers had rotten away, but my friend insisted on having ...

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 ...

Above is the basic application diagram of the TL431, including bypass capacitor C2 which reduces gain and noise at above DC. The input dropper resistor is replaced with a fixed current source of 30mA, ...

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 ...

Many years ago, in the dim past, during the time of "flat earth", there came a new champion. Where others feared to tread, Xerxes strode out to do battle with the feared Linn - lord of all he surveyed ...

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 ...

If there is one name in Hi-Fi which is synonomous with excellent sound, and at the same time with excellent price, that name is Dynaco. Of all the audio manufacturers, both past and present, Dynaco is ...

The High-End Audio headquarters were again held this year at the Alexis Park Resort, one mile East of the Las Vegas strip. With hundreds of companies displaying products, I'm going to highlight those ...

The sole role of your Hi-Fi system is to extract the information recorded on your source material and generate sufficient power to drive your chosen loudspeakers. Ideally, apart from any required ...

What's this then, since when is TNT doing tuners? It isn't actually, it's just me being controversial again. Actually, I must confess - I'm a radio freak. When I was in the first grade, way back in ...