R, he'd effectively built it, more than once, in the confines of his head. Like most, he daydreamed about owning one but at ...

Here’s how it works. Whether you have a strict budget or thousands to spare, ample space for large boxes or very little space, a great pair of stereo speakers is a must-have for your home audio system ...

My own living-room hi-fi amp is an old Cambridge Audio Azur 540r – an AV receiver with some impressive I/O, from a brand with a great deal of goodwill. This amp is nothing special today ...

€3999), as fronted by the matching M66 pre-amplifier (€5999). With which loudspeakers? Vivid Audio’s Portuguese distributor Ajasom was kind enough to lend me a pair of the Kaya 90 dressed in silver.

The music is super enjoyable and straight ahead. Its easy to love hard boppin’ workouts such as Lou Donaldson’s swingin’ “Love Me Or Leave Me” and Dizzy Gillespie’s “Blue ’N Boogie.” But the slow ...

Secondly, it sports an in-house developed R2R DAC circuit. Thirdly, the output stage is buffered by a pair of JAN6418 tubes. (R2R and tubes make for double the audiophile catnip) Fourthly, playback ...

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Vacuum fluorescent displays are solid performers, after all, with their cool blue-green ... VFD indicator tube, which is basically just a triode, to see how it would fare as an amp.

Once a discarded relic, over the years the humble vacuum tube has been rehabilitated in the arena of specialist audio. There are plenty of tube amplifiers now being manufactured, with a popular ...