Astin Trew is a relatively new English audio brand run by Michael Osborn. He started the company less than 3 years ago and in that time managed to produce a preamp, a power amp, an integrated amp and ...

Expert audiophiles know how to fight and control vibrations and resonancies of HiFi equipment. The market offers sooooo many anti-vibration devices that choosing the right one seems almost impossible.

This week I'm starting a review that's in two parts. It is about two digital to analogue converters from Cambridge Audio – the DacMagic Plus and the DacMagic 100. These DACs were released last year as ...

A Tapered Quarter Wave Pipe (or sometimes Tube - hence TQWT). Back in the '30's that pioneer of hi-fi Mr P.Voigt designed the Voigt Pipe. The idea was that putting a drive unit half way down a pipe ...

Up until I got back into vinyl, if someone had asked me if I owned a record cleaner, my reply would have been "Of course. I own a Discwasher". In the back of my mind, however, I wondered if the ...

The Planets are the entry-level model of the Duevel production line but certainly they don't look cheap! The cabinet is quite usual (MDF, 84 x 26 x 15.6 cm) but things become unusual when you search ...

Price: 3,000 US $ (in the USA, refer to your local distributor for prices in your Country as your mileage may vary) When thinking of vacuum tube HiFi components the first name that comes to mind is ...

Nella prima parte di questo articolo abbiamo parlato della storia dell'ST-70 e delle differenze tra la versione II e quella originale. Nella seconda parte mi occuperò ancora delle differenze ...

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 ...

In an age of increasing miniaturization, our assessment of hi-fi equipment may have changed somewhat from those days where we made a preliminary judgment of something based on how much it weighed.

The HUGE amount of letters and e-mails I've received from you FleXy-builders forces me to publish a rather comprehensive FAQ section, where -I hope- you'll find the answers to all the questions and ...

Spikes? Oh no, not again! One of the most controversial "tweak" of the entire HiFi history which has produced endless debates among the audiophile crowd: SPIKES!!!! One thing is for sure: spikes, when ...