Sicuramente le casse sono tra i componenti HiFi di più difficile scelta. Cercheremo intanto di capire alcuni concetti di base per poi addentrarci nella disamina di alcuni possibili criteri di scelta.

Iniziai a fabbricarmi cavi di segnale fin da quando, per la prima volta, mi interessai all'autocostruzione nel mondo dell'Hi-Fi. A quel tempo ero abbastanza cosciente che la scelta dei cavi ha un ...

TNT first reviewed the Harmony DA9 DAC in 2005 when Lucio concluded that is was something of a bargain. Since that time, Harmony Design have continued to develop the DA9 to improve it still further. I ...

Spesso si utilizza il termine jitter. Ma che cosa è in realtà il jitter, e quali sono i suoi effetti? In questo articolo tento di affrontare esaustivamente l'argomento. E, beh, sì, insomma, ...

Holfi is a Danish Company which likes to think and design different. A quick look at their website unveils some peculiar features shared by all the products in their catalogue. For example, they ...

Music is the reason for our hobby and there are many approaches that make sense depending on our needs and wants. I have only once in fifty odd years of hifi, ever owned a commercially built speaker ...

Recently there has been quite a discussion on the TNT forum regarding bass performance. One correspondent asked whether a piano got down as low as 50 Hz and it made me realise that most of us don't ...

We're living a magic moment for the HiFi made in Italy since, besides some well-known brands, a whole *new wave* of excellent Italian HiFi components is quickly becoming more and more important, with ...

Whenever I have mentioned the 6SN7GT valve (tube) in my reference modified Assemblage SET300B Signature Edition, I have hinted at a preferred NOS (New Old Stock) example that I dare not name as it has ...

When I was 18 I can remember shelling out £5 for a vinyl album (1978 – Dylan 'Planet Waves' if you're interested) and thinking that I'd just blown a day's pay... Vinyl was expensive... 36 years later ...

Cost: AU24 "e" loudspeaker cables: 1083 UKP for a 2 metre pair. (YMMV) Cost: au24e interconnects: 640 UKP for a 1 metre pair. (YMMV) Cost: Conductor interconnects: 190 UKP for a 1 metre pair. (YMMV) I ...

Why? If you buy a high-end CD player or transport from almost any manufacturer you will get a superbly built machine, but it's heart, the CDM will be from one of the big manufacturers like Philips, ...