I auditioned a number of CD-Players, before buying my CD-67 SE. I felt that of all the CD-Players in question (which shall remain unnamed) it offered the most music for the money. Having lived with ...

Minimalism. Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines this word as "the theory or practice in art or design of using the fewest and simplest elements to achieve the greatest effect".

Some time ago (longer than we'd like to admit, sorry Ivy :-), Ivy Scull of HeadRoom (no relation to Jonothan Scull BTW) got a hold of us and asked us if we wanted to do a review of some headphone gear ...

It's exciting to see how many new Class-D inexpensive integrated amps are hitting the market. Six years ago there was just the T-Amp: low power, no power supply, no real-world connections, cheap looks ...

I recently reviewed a piece of software called Fidelizer, that works with Windows operating systems to enhance the sound quality from computers used as music servers. For those that baulk at the ...

The Polycrystal PD-1 Point Discs are a rare product. I know of only 3 similar attempts at commercially produced spike-interfaces. One of those ceased production years ago, the Origin Live machined ...

Heart, a company owned by hi-fi dealer Rik Stoet, are a small Dutch manufacturer of tube amplifiers and of output transformers for said amps. Before you start making up jokes about the name, they ...

Much to my shame my original text contained an important error. It read that the Shure M97xE body is compatible with the VN5MR replacement stylus, while in reality it ...

Presto, fatelo tacere: STA PER PARLARE DI CAVI! La pura verità sui cavi? E' semplicemente che tutto questo nonsense sui cavi è escremento bovino! Sono certo che qualcuna delle vostre razioni iniziali ...

Marantz, during the Seventies, had a very good reputation for the quality of its amplifiers, built like battle-ships and generally good sounding. I myself own a Marantz Model 125 (1975) tuner which is ...

Freshly sprung from the pen of Alessandro Schiavi, the inspiration behind Diapason of Brescia in Northern Italy, these speakers inaugurate the new Ellise Series. They take the audio reproduction ...

Some time ago a friend brought a pair of speakers for repair to me. They are old two way speakers from Epicure, US made. The surround of the woofers had rotten away, but my friend insisted on having ...