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 ...

A long time ago, in an analogue era far away, preamps were complicated things, with volume, balance, tone and loudness controls. They also had phonostages, tape loops and outputs for headphones.

New Force or, rather, NuForce...kinda like NuMetal. The name says it all. NuForce is a branch (spin-off?) of NPhysics, a Company which holds several international patents in electronics and digital ...

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.

Questa è la terza registrazione della Soundkeeper Recordings che recensisco. Mentre le altre due sono state registrate secondo lo standard molto elevato per il quale la Soundkeeper Recordings è ...

Looking for a pair of compact speakers for use in a study, I considered several models from a variety of manufacturers, but was intrigued to come across the KEF Coda 70s. KEF, from Maidstone in the UK ...

A vintage idler drive Lenco in good condition, cleaned and adjusted, with no modifications other than to the tonearm, sounds better than any new $1000 turntable on the market. Put on a used RB300 ...

£500 extra buys the £2799 Thorens TD1601 over the £2299 TD1600. This £500 buys an optical sensor arm lift. "£500 for an end of side arm lift?" Demand Plebs, stage left, "Surely that's a lot of dosh to ...

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 ...

People select components for their audio system based on many varying criteria. Some people are attracted to prestige names, exotic looking cases or the bragging rights that accompany 5 figure price ...

Price Nasotec Swing Headshell: $295.00, including the following accessories, YMMV due to currency volatility Price, headshell bolts: $17.45 set of 6 bolts, 2 nuts, 4 nylon washers, YMMV due to ...

In the first installment of this series we had a look at the noise generated at the output of a number of easy to build and cheap voltage regulators: single-chip series and shunt regs (LM317/337 and ...