The sole role of your Hi-Fi system is to extract the information recorded on your source material and generate sufficient power to drive your chosen loudspeakers. Ideally, apart from any required ...

I've been surprised and pleased at the hi-fi coming out of the far east these last few years, making some pretty high end sounds available to those of us on a budget if we are willing to forgo some of ...

To celebrate their 25th anniversary Mission launched the 750 Limited Edition bookshelf speakers. Only 7000 pairs of this little gorgeous sculpture are being made, and then it's over. The 750 is an ...

Some products are more inspiring than others and for non-audiophiles it can be a little bit difficult to understand our enthusiasm for equipment that only looks just like a box to anybody else. DACs ...

Amplifiers are a good second hand buy. The only moving parts are the switches and potentiometer so wear in this area should be very easy to spot. Just switch the amp on and with nothing playing but ...

Lo scopo di questa mini-monografia è quello di far un po' di chiarezza sulle diverse modalità di collegare un amplificatore alle casse, un argomento piuttosto confuso e nebuloso specie per i neofiti.

Anyone reading my turntable tests will know that throughout the reference has been my Michell Orbe/SME4 combination. Though a fine pairing in many ways it has been shown up by several of the test ...

I've only recently started to appreciate valves. First there was the Audio Note CD player, then the wonderful Astin Trew CD player and after that I had a great time with the hybrid Vincent power amp.

Two of op amps' greatest faults generally listed are very high inherent gains and relatively poor dynamics in terms of output voltage swings. As for their high internal gain, that's the way they are, ...

As I sit here trying to read an article in Stereophile about of all things, decimation (down sampling high bit rate recordings on CD's) I keep getting interrupted by Emerson, Lake and Palmer who are ...

HiFi listening (and reviewing) seems to be a purely subjective matter: just plug in your ears and play, if you can. Now, this works fine for the casual listener, someone who, probably, isn't reading ...

For a small but increasing group of audiophiles the Holy Grail of speaker design is the full-range, single-driver, crossover-less variety. By using the single driver the various evils of crossovers ...