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 ...

La Nuda Verità sui cavi di potenza The TNT Star: un semplice progetto per cominciare The TNT Triple T: cavo di potenza con cavo CAT 5 intrecciato The TNT Triple T: cavo di potenza con cavo CAT 5 ...

TNT-Audio has already reviewed Cambridge Audio products, namely the D 500 and the D 500 SE CD players. Hence, for more info on this UK-based Company, I'd suggest reading those reviews and/or visit the ...

"Ladies & gentlemen, may we take the minutes of the first meeting as read? We proceed to the business of the second meeting... gentlemen, and ladies, START YOUR ENGINES" "Aarrrrrgh...this is deafening ...

The V3 is a small integrated amplifier with a single line input, a volume knob (which acts as a rotary on switch), an external 32V power supply and that's it. Ah no, actually there is a pre-out (on ...

Originally this review was meant to be of the new Elevator moving coil (MC) step-up amplifier (or head-amp). I'd already done the Slee GramAmp stages and Werner had reviewed the up-market 'Era Gold' ...

Section devoted to DIY and tweaking. Free online projects of amplifiers, loudspeakers, cables, accessories plus articles on easy upgrades for commercial components. All the designs are FREE and NOT ...

Recently I was in conversation with a manufacturer of turntables and arms. He said that in his opinion, given a basic level of competence in the turntable, the arm was responsible for 80% of the sound ...

The Dino is a two-box design. The power supply being a small toroid in a plastic box. This provides the raw AC which is regulated in the stage itself. It's ugly so hide it. The Dino proper is prettily ...

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 ...

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 ...