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Originally published in 2010 in The Daily Telegraph Ever since the first MP3 player emerged – sometime around 1996 – the enticing prospect of putting all your music, audio and video on one small system has been dangled in front of consumers Continues HERE
Don’t feel embarrassed if, when watching this loudspeaker, you think what you see is a design speaker. It certainly looks as if it were a design speaker, and your belief surely would be justified in view of the fact that the speaker ended up being an item in the MoMA (NY) permanent collection as well […]
Dear Colin, I recently saw a 240v integrated amp from the UK and was wondering if it is ok to use with a Step Down Converter? What are the pros and cons of using a step down device? Does it affect the sound and am I in jeopardy of blowing the transformer or ruining […]
PAUL McGOWAN / PS AUDIO Conventional wisdom would have us believe best results are obtained via simple solutions. The simpler the solution the better and cleaner the outcome. I find simple solutions are often the most difficult to accept and inevitably the hardest to find. How many times have you gone round and round in […]
High-end audio DACs range in price from a few hundred to a few hundred thousand dollars. Are they worth it? Where does one draw the line on quality and deciding how much to spend on their new DAC? Watch Now
A mate rang me last night for advice, his wife has a workmate selling some Tannoy Corner Lancasters. Ooh, thought I, perhaps they want to sell them to me. No, they are on Ebay, but they are up to £2k with a day to go, and is this a fair price? Eek. I’ve just looked […]
I’m looking for speakers for my 2nd system. Both are British Made speakers and both almost have the same price. about $5-6k If I’m not wrong. I have BAT VK-60 tube amp. So which one should I buy. Need your Honest opinion. Thanks. Dip in and out HERE
FOR Detail and musicality are both highly developed in this understated amplifier, but don’t let its calm manners put you off guard for more dramatic moments AGAINST Some may find the degree of control excessive Can seem a touch polite at times “A winning combination of sonic virtues with vices that are so minor, most […]
Previously published here in 2017 It’s impossible, however hard I try, to remain immune to the financial crisis gripping the UK. Of course it’s tempting, and yes I have been sorely tempted, just to sit back in the comparative warmth and security of Stereonow, warm in both the physical and the financial sense, and try […]
Amplifier companies advertize ultra wide bandwidth power amplifiers but what does that term mean and how does it relate to sound quality? Watch Now
Hi Colin. Just had a crackle in a left channel (nothing you’ve built by the way), fade to nothing, then that stench of death. Took the lid off my Crimson mono (a simple oblong) and all looks healthy in fact like new, the only thing that’s gone is the fuse. Could it be a mains […]
