iFi: News

High-octane audio that takes your breath away. You love music, so that’s why we create products that improve sound quality and eradicate noise, distortion and hiss from your: Which means you hear studio-quality audio as your favourite artists intended. With our vast catalogue of devices, you can bring the live experience into your home. Or […]

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UNDERSTANDING: Jitters

Paul McGowan / PS AUDIO Jitter, also known as timing deviation, is the variation in the time interval between two consecutive digital audio samples. This timing deviation can cause easily heard distortion in high-end audio systems including a loss of clarity, definition, and detail in the music, as well as a smearing of transients. Jitter […]

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STRATHEARN: THE ultimate addition to Lecson equipment!

Strathearn produced two very beautiful turntables that are THE perfect match for Lecson components! They had a revolutionary direct drive, a bit flexible at first, as it turned in both directions, BUT it did so beautifully! They also produced very good speakers that are almost unknown (with electrostatic panels) and should be almost impossible to […]

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HELIUS DESIGNS: Servicing their tone arms; the policy defined

They say: Helius has produced over 15 different models of tonearm over the last 23 years and still regularly services all models, regardless of age and condition.   Where parts are missing we can usually make replacements A standard service involves stripping down the arm, cleaning, checking and re-polishing bearing needles and cups, reworking solder joints, […]

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AUDIO INSIDER

THE PERFECT SPOT: Your seating position IS compromised

Paul McGowan … If you’ve done your system setup homework your chair sits at a comfortable distance from the loudspeakers. With the precision of a ruler, you’ve tweaked and adjusted the speaker’s position for best imaging. Though we call it the sweet spot, it’s certainly not the perfect spot. Within the boundaries of most rooms, the perfect […]

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NAKAMICHI: CA-5EII + Nakamichi PA-5E (and the Nakamichi ST-7 FM tuner, in passing) test review

NB: This was originally published in 2010 Hello, and welcome to the next of my series of reviews of vintage equipment. First, I only write about equipment that I have had extended, direct and personal experience of either as an end-user or retailer – or both. I don’t get involved in measurements. During 34 years […]

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OUR VIEW: The impact, or not, of social media on Hi-Fi retailing

The potential impact of social media when applied to audio retailing is vast and far-reaching. It has the potential to revolutionize the way audio products are marketed, advertised, and sold. Companies can use social media as a platform to target potential customers and increase their brand visibility. For instance, audio companies can use social media […]

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UNDERSTANDING: High voltage and linearity

In a recent post we covered the fundamental differences between tubes and transistors and one of those we’re interested in is linearity. Tubes and transistors are only partially linear devices – which means they will not always faithfully reproduce a larger version of the input signal on their outputs. In our example yesterday we placed […]

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GATES TURNTABLES: What happened?

We are told … Founded in 1922 in Illinois, USA, to manufacture radio receivers for consumer use, but within a few years started to supply the broadcast and professional entertainment markets and exited the consumer market altogether before the end of the decade. While best known for their transcription turntables a concept that the company […]

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TRANSROTOR: News

Die Harmonie des Äußeren in Material und Verarbeitung setzt sich im Inneren unserer Geräte fort. Was Sie sehen und fühlen entspricht dem, was Sie hören: leicht und luftig reproduzieren Transrotor Plattenspieler sämtliche Informationen, die in Ihren Analog-Schallplatten gespeichert sind. Aus alten und neuen Vinylscheiben perlt Musik frei in feinsten Abstufungen, exakt nachgezeichnet vom Entstehen bis […]

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