The TL431 is a 3-terminal shunt regulator which some in the DIY community attribute near-magical properties to. And yet, in audio industry it is nearly never used. It is a component with reasonable ...

This was an old article (dating back 1997!) of our Italian edition of TNT-Audio that had never been translated into English. As many of you already know, the Italian edition of TNT-Audio contains many ...

Oh no. Cables. Not that old HiFi chestnut again! Quick, shut him up HE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT CABLES! The naked truth about cables? It is simply, that all this cable nonsense is Bovine Excrement! I am ...

You may remember my review of the Spendor-made Quad 10L loudspeaker of a couple of years ago. How I came from indignation - the heresy of a non-ESL Quad! - to sheer love for that performing tiny tot.

Do I hear somebody saying "oh no - not another class-T amp review"? Well yes and no. The Temple Audio Bantam Gold is another tiny amplifier based on a class-D chip. But the chip in this case was not ...

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This article supplements Graeme Budd's evaluation last June of the Graham Slee Accession phono preamp (top component, photo right). [1] Taking it from the perspective of one devoted to modern LPs, ...

This Glasgow-based HiFi Company is well known among audiophiles because of the landmark turntable Sondek LP 12 but Linn HiFi is not exactly a traditional company: without rejecting the precious ...

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The Dino is a two-box design. The power supply being a small toroid in a plastic box. This provides the raw AC which is regulated in the stage itself. It's ugly so hide it. The Dino proper is prettily ...

in 2016 I had the pleasure of reviewing a new cartridge on the market – the Hana SL low-output moving coil, and I think it's fair to say that it got a rave review. Whilst not a budget cartridge by any ...

Miracles do occasionally happen. Consider cylinder records and phonographs. Both disappeared from the market in 1929, by which point the players were yesterday's technology and much of the music ...