ESS Heil: The factory tour

  Jeff Poth writes  ….. My most loyal readers will know that I have a place in my heart and my living room for the Heil Air Motion Transformer, specifically the big dog AMT1. This is a special type of transducer, similar in some respects to a planar speaker (Magnepan, others) but with a twist- […]

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VINTAGE: Best preamp?

I’m wondering what people think is a good vintage preamp? I have a Mcintosh C40 in my office and I like that, although I don’t think it qualifies as vintage (c. ’92-’98). Downstairs I am building a more vintage system for the “pool room” (unfinished corner of my basement where the pool table is…the stereo […]

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AMPS: The greatest, circa 1977-80?

Greetings, I know this is always a thorny question when pertaining to actual products, but since we now have 30 years in retrospect, it might be a little easier to find a consensus on equipment that have withstood the test of time, say a Top Five? I’ve just come back from a listening session using […]

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PIONEER PROFESSSIONAL: Speaker milestones

Birth of TAD, the speaker brand of choice for audio professionals “TAD (Technical Audio Devices)” is a professional-use speaker brand installed in many renowned studios around the world. “TAD” was first created as a project to produce high-end speakers with an eye on the future audio environment. The development of TAD started in 1975.Its philosophy […]

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AUDIOPHILE INTERVIEW: James Bongiorno

Dejan V. Veselinovic (TNT-Audio) in 2001 wrote:  For the sake of younger readers, some 20-30 years ago, companies like SAE were the dreams of all us avid audiophiles, then came others. Very few knew, myself fortunately being one of those that did, that behind all these revered names and milestone products, stood one man – […]

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