Frequency response: Less than +/- 0.5 dB deviation 20Hz-20kHz Phase response: Less than 5 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz, or less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz, depending which Consonance/Opera ...

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 ...

8 years ago, early on in my TNT adventures in Hi-Fi, I unpacked one component I'd really been looking forward to getting my hands on – the SME IV pick-up arm. The reasons for my excitement were pretty ...

Harman/Kardon, as the largest American audio manufacturer, hardly requires special introduction. Its founders, Dr Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon pioneered the audio industry, along with such great ...

Tisbury Audio si definisce “una piccola azienda piena di entusiasmo situata a Londra, Inghilterra”. E questo sembra dire quasi tutto. La loro offerta consiste in una piccola gamma di prodotti audio ...

I know quite a few people with decent systems, and no brand is present in these systems like Arcam. In total I 'know' 3 Arcam CD players and 1 integrated amp. Just to check I walked into my local ...

After the good results of the Preamble there was another component type I wanted to test in the single ended circuit topology I am working on. Nuvistors were the last born in the classic tube world: ...

I was quite astonished by the performance of the original Miniwatt amplifier when I reviewed it nearly a year ago. It punched well above both its size and price. As I anticipated, the Miniwatt stirred ...

The subplatter and platter assembly is ringing. To cure this, we used as damping compound a stuff we found in the sanitary section of hardware stores: always elastic sealing compound for bath rooms.

At the beginning of this year I got fascinated by the glowing reports on that funny little sand-based amp, the 47 Labs Gaincard. Since low-powered amplifiers with high-end ambitions simply have to ...

When I joined TNT-Audio a little over a year ago, I gave a lot of thought to what type of equipment that I wanted to review. I felt, and still feel, that there is much too much press given to "dream ...

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 ...