READERS’ LETTERS: Long interconnects or speaker cables?

A member writes: My speaker cables are 2.5m and XLR interconnects are 1m. With a minimal stacked “two component” floor height of 12″ (set between the speakers-CD source variable outputs driving power amp inputs) and wide dispersion stand monitor baffles centered at 40″ listening height, there is no sonic deterioration of imaging or soundstage holographics […]

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FUNK FIRM: News

The Funk Firm’s revolutionary phonostage for Moving Magnet cartridges! Having installed the Isolation Bubble, there is more work that needs to be done. Improve problems from the Cartridge.  Our ultimate goal is to reproduce all the sounds of the recording at the same level, no one being louder or softer than in the recording. A […]

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BOWERS and WILKINS: Are they owned by Harman?

HARMAN’s leading brands and cutting-edge audio systems include JBL®, Harman Kardon®, Mark Levinson®, AKG®, Lexicon®, Infinity®, and Revel®. The company also licenses Bowers & Wilkins® and Bang & Olufsen® brands for automotive. SEE ALL OUR B&W posts at https://www.hifianswers.com/tag/bw/  

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YAMAMURA CHURCHILL: What happened?

Neil – what’s the story re Yamamura Churchill Limited please? First things first – the following is not to be confused with (a) Yamamura Systems S.R.L. nor (b) Yamamura Systems (US) Inc. So, this is what I have discovered online: British company founded in 1994 by Robert William Charles Spencer Churchill and was based in […]

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READERS’ LETTERS: Switch mode versus traditional power supplies

A member writes: My new Class D GaNFET amp (Starkrimson Ultra) has dual mono SMPS that are deadly quiet (very black backgrounds), provide tremendous headroom (1000wpc clean peak power-4 ohms), and produce sonic realism and presentations that are jaw-dropping Live…all with a Total package weight of just 18#! 😉 —//— A member writes: Almost every […]

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READERS’ LETTERS: Does the CD layer of an SACD sound better?

A member writes: I think in order to store a DSD recording onto a disk it has to be stored on a SACD disk and played back on an SACD capable player otherwise if played on a standard CD player you would only hear the standard pressing and not DSD. —//— A member writes: SACD […]

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SEVENOAKS SOUND and VISION / ROTEL: News

Rotel is a 50 year old family owned organisation dedicated to the design and manufacture of the finest in affordable, high performance home theatre and high fidelity components. Rotel makes everything from core components to complete products themselves, in their own factories, under their own control. MORE

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BOWERS and WILKINS: Px8 news

What’s happened? When B&W launched the new Px7 S2 noise-cancelling headphones back in June, it teased that there would be something even better coming later in the year – its flagship headphones, and most advanced headphones yet, the Px8. Now, the Px8s are here – and they’re predictably gorgeous. But do they make the £220 uplift in […]

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BOWERS and WILKINS: Used examples for sale and NONE on ebay!

FIRST … Please read the important statement at the foot of this page. Thank you. —//— 606 … https://bazar.bg/obiava-38324616/tonkoloni-bowers-and-wilkins-606 606 … https://www.olx.bg/d/ad/tonkoloni-bowers-and-wilkins-606-CID632-ID8YThg.html 606 S2 … https://allegrolokalnie.pl/oferta/bowerswilkins-606-s2-standy-bw-stav24-s2-gwaran-teh 684 S2 … https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/luidsprekers/m1896884216-bowers-wilkins-684-s2-in-zeer-goede-staat 684 S2 … https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/luidsprekers/m1897223742-bowers-en-wilkins-684-s2 686 S2 … https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/luidsprekers/m1897032998-6x-speaker-bowers-wilkins-686-s2-wit 702 S4 … https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/luidsprekers/m1896683416-apollo-almere-bowers-wilkins-b-w-702-s2-wit-demo-set 702 SIGNATURE … https://www.blocket.se/annons/skane/bowers___wilkins_702_signature/104393211 704 S2 … https://www.hifiklubben.dk/stockitem_429_bw704s2ro_20221012115925/ 707 S2 … https://www.hifiklubben.dk/stockitem_429_bw707s2ro_20221012115510/ 707 […]

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OUR VIEW: After a conversation with Colin Wonfor …..

Here in our editorial office we write a lot about audible differences and in those writings there are conflicting opinions and theories as to why certain aspects of what we do have audible effects.  However, when it comes to understanding the why and wherefores of what makes something sound better our team lack sufficient knowledge. […]

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A SERIAL KILLER CUSTOMER: Exactly the way it happened folks

HOWARD POPECK: Some years after the demise of Subjective Audio, and I can picture the scene even now, I was driving along the M25, listening to the lunchtime news. The lead story was the arrest of a person suspected of murdering at least one little girl, possibly more. I think she was either Susan Maxwell […]

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GOODMANS LOUDSPEAKERS LIMITED: What happened?

We are told … Founded in 1991 when the Tannoy Goodmans Industries Plc. group decided to make the OEM part of their business a separate entity and to withdraw the use of the Goodmans trademark from the consumer sector (which also resulted in the consumer trademark rights being sold or licensed to Alba). The GLL […]

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SPENDOR: Graduate engineers wanted

We’re looking for fresh thinking Graduate Engineers to join our new audio design and engineering team. These are challenging permanent positions with excellent opportunities for long-term career development but we will also consider undergraduates looking for work-placement as part of a degree programme. We’ll support, train and encourage you at every stage of your career. […]

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HELIUS DESIGNS: Their Omega Silver Ruby tone arm

They say: The Silver-Ruby Omega is the high-performance version of the standard model and is differentiated  from its sibling by being the chromatic negative of the standard version; instead of being a black arm with a silver counterweight, the Silver-Ruby model is silver with a black weight. This aesthetic rule is not strictly enforced, customers […]

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ATC: EL150a (very, very rare) full range floorstanders – five new images

  Drivers: HF 25mm, Mid 75mm ATC Soft Dome, LF 375mm SL Frequency Response (±2dB): 60Hz-17kHz Frequency Response (±6dB): 25Hz-22kHz Matched Response: ±0.5dB Dispersion: ±80° Coherent Horizontal, ±10° Coherent Vertical Crossover Frequencies: 380Hz and 3.5KHz Sensitivity: 91dB@1w@1 metre Suitable for use with amplifiers of: 100-1500w Connectors: Tri wired terminal posts Cabinet Dimensions (HxWxD): 1315x650x290mm Weight: 82 kg kg

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LEAK: TL12s requiring better than Tannoy or vice-versa?

My musical taste covers most areas of music: Blues, World, Folk, Soul, Rock, Jazz; acoustic and amplified. I am a guitarist and listen to a lot of guitar of all sorts. My room has a suspended timber floor with rugs, is book lined on the speaker wall and about 11 by 13 feet. I would […]

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READERS’ LETTERS: Understanding series and parallel speaker connections

A member writes: Damping Factor(DF) is equal to the impedance of the load divided by the out put impedance of the amp. For example if an amp has an output impedance of say0.1 ohms and the speaker is 8 ohms the DF is 80. If you have 2 8 ohm speakers in series the total […]

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