Sicuramente le casse sono tra i componenti HiFi di più difficile scelta. Cercheremo intanto di capire alcuni concetti di base per poi addentrarci nella disamina di alcuni possibili criteri di scelta.

DIY projects for building audio and HiFi cables. Interconnects, digital, power and mains cables plus general theoric articles. All the projects are FREE and NOT FOR SALE.

Regular readers will note that this article was "pulled" for the last week - for an explaination as to why this happened please make sure you read the postcript. I've also taken the opportunity to do ...

Minimalism. Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines this word as "the theory or practice in art or design of using the fewest and simplest elements to achieve the greatest effect".

Perhaps I should begin this review by stating that I am not a fan of smaller loudspeakers. I have always found it easier to get the sound that I like from larger drivers, with the speakers in my main ...

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 ...

Twenty years ago I bought a solid state Wharfedale receiver for everyday audio duties. Sometime in the 90s a loose speaker cable shorted and cut out one of the channels. Repair was uneconomic, so I ...

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 ...

£500 extra buys the £2799 Thorens TD1601 over the £2299 TD1600. This £500 buys an optical sensor arm lift. "£500 for an end of side arm lift?" Demand Plebs, stage left, "Surely that's a lot of dosh to ...

Long ago I worked in a rural location and my employers bought a new electronic internal exchange system. The server broke down every couple of days and was quickly replaced each time. Soon the ...

Garrard Labs was a Company that between the 60s and the 80s designed and built many turntables and some of these are considered, even today, nice examples of high precision craftsmanship and of a ...

A few decades ago, after solid state amplification had risen to preeminence based on vastly superior distortion measurements, audio magazine recommendations, and heavy advertising, I went completely ...