Are they worth it ? They sure do look good when playing tunes, and they are cheap enough. I used to have one on my old Technics system, after a year of having it in the system I boxed it up and stuck it in my loft. It was only 3-4 years later I dragged […]
Month: January 2020
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The thread starts ….. now SME. Ajay Shirke, who is already a major shareholder in Siltech/Crystal Cable and Spendor. But one thing is certain: with Quad, KEF, B&W , Tannoy , Naim and now SME all held in overseas ownership, the first generation of UK audio pioneers has well and truly passed. Continues HERE
Amidst the din of more power and dynamics, Jeff Rowland strives to restore some quiet in music reproduction. He talks to Jeffrey Tan. IN MANY WAYS, JEFF ROWLAND amplifiers reflect the designer himself. After all, Rowland believes that designing audio equipment should be no different from any other creative activity. It must embody the spirit […]
I’ve been looking at various items on ebay, valve amps etc, for stupidly low prices. What exactly is the deal with this. Is the price doubled or tripled with import duty? Is the case work filled with pebbles instead of transformers? My head tells me to avoid but am I wrong. There must be some […]
A high-end retailer writes: All too often I hear is something like this: They no longer appreciate good music / They’re perfectly happy with MP3 /The younger generation doesn’t care about quality of anything Frankly from time to time I agree with this, although only temporarily. Returning to my senses I realise that people don’t […]
If, as seems to be the common consent, spikes on stands are crucial to getting the best out of loudspeakers in particular and many types of audio equipment in general, why is it that the finest pianos in the most excellent concert halls throughout the World are either on wheels or flat feet i.e. […]
The above image is from the BBC A reader spotted this rant earlier today and I’ve posted here verbatim. No comment required I feel. Neil / editor —//— I’m slightly uncomfortable that this is becoming a public lynching based on little hard evidence. This thread exists uncomfortably with our AUP, and neither Tony nor any […]
Hello all, I am just starting out in this HI-FI stuff and have a pretty modest budget (prospectively about 5K) for all. Any suggestions as to how funds should be distributed. At this stage, I have no interest in any analog components. Most notably, whether or not it is favorable to splurge on speakers […]
“Most of us never have trouble with the electricity in our studios — but as with everything we take for granted, fixing problems can be difficult when they do arise. We look at some of the main problems and solutions.” MORE
There was a great article in The Guardian recently by a chap for whom fatherhood beckoned. As a result, he had to get rid of several shelves of CDs because space was at a premium. His story, which many of us may relate to, explains his thought processes and which discs he felt he had […]
This is about about a music fan whose wife was bewildered when the postman delivered an LP for him. The hapless postman had folded the parcel in half and squeezed it through the letterbox. He did this despite a clear warning that the contents were FRAGILE. Her comment? ‘If I wanted my stuff smashed up […]
Chucri A. Kardous, MS, PE and Peter B. Shaw, Ph.D. write: As of June 2013, 60% of all mobile subscribers use smartphones—that’s more than 140 million devices. Apple iOS and Google Android platforms account for 93% of those devices [Nielsen, 2013]. Smartphone developers now offer many sound measurement applications (apps) using the devices’ built-in microphone […]
I was reading a thread about a 62,000.00 system. The OP was not sure if he liked it or not. That got me to thinking when it sounds good it is good. yes it can always get better. I started years ago with vintage gear and over the years have worked my way into tubes […]
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Whilst the Nagra cdp has returned to its maker to be fixed Mr dealer lent me an Exposure XXII which he had lying around 2nd hand.Plugged it in today, no fancy supports, just using my Audioworks Revive mains lead. At first listening thought it sounded uuh – bloody good. Ok it probably isn’t pulling […]
FYI: A thread – from a while back – that some might find contains interesting observations, advice and so on. Certainly worth dipping in and out of if you have only a few minutes to spare. Neil / editor in chief =========== MORE
Paul McGowan ….. Really? I hear that a lot and I am sure it’s true for some of us. But my sense is most of us like the gear, the kit, just as much as we like the music. When I attend a consumer audio show I see endless numbers of people wandering from room […]
Galen Carol writes ….. “The magic is in the details. Nowhere is this statement truer than in the context of a high-end audio or video system. Many fine systems perform at sub-optimal levels due to a few overlooked details. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a collection of superb equipment fail to […]
“While we’ve seen examples of objects suspended mid-air using quantum levitation and acoustic levitation, a team of three Japanese engineers from The University of Tokyo and the Nagoya Institute of Technology recently unveiled an ambitious device that uses sound waves to move objects through three dimensional space. The machine uses four arrays of speakers to […]