Fifty years of tube amp making
Mr. Mauri Pännäri, M.Sc. (e.e.) is a Finnish DIY Hi-Fi pioneer and well-known for his tube amp designs.
Wharfedale SFB/3
SFB/3s was Gilbert Briggs’ take on Peter Walker’s Quad ESL57. Today ESL57 is by far more famous, but SFB/3s has survived as a model for numerous open-back designs.
An afternoon with Franck Tchang
Frank Tchang’s tuning products may not be for everyone, but learning to know the philosophy behind them helps to apply them and get the system to sing.
Vaughan’s OB1 – Part I, II, III & IV
Vaughan Warren reports of his experiments with a special open back speaker design, and its later incarnations.
Relocking Marantz CD-10
Marantz CD-10 is a classic CD-player, and a good sounding one in its own right. The sound can be bettered by installing a better clock oscillator for the DAC.
What can be tested, must be tested
It is not entirely wrong to compare a hi-fi system to the tree of evolution. In both, all paths are shamelessly tried, some survive, others not. But where evolution in nature is brutal fight, evolution of a hi-fi system can provide endless joy of discovery.
The good old Dunlavy SC-VI powered by ASR & Brinkmann
One of the most convincing sounding audio systems that I’ve heard in the recent past.
My EMT 927
Recordings can never reproduce live events/sounds fully; they always eat something from the realism and liveliness. It is in this area that the EMT 927 and EMT turntables in general excel most.
Klangfilm Bionor
An ultimate mono speaker?
Robert Koda interviewed
Vaughan Warren had a rare opportunity to review Takumi’s Hybrid Power Amplifier System, and now poses a few questions on its technology to the creator Robert Koda.
Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution
Sonus Faber’s Guarneri loudspeaker has always been something very special since the day it was introduced to the highend hi-fi community early 1990s.
The 2 Channel Audio Amplifier
Here’s a combo of pre/power amp that Finns can be proud of: The 2 Channel Audio Pre- and Power Amplifier designed by Matti Otala.
Bergmann Audio Magne turtable
Air is a wonderful thing: when you squeeze it a little bit, it – the compressed air – can be used as a workhorse for many marvelous jobs.
Crimson Model 610 & Model 620
Crimson Model 610 preamp & Model 620 power amp were originally designed as ‘quality budget amps’. They possess sympathy that many modern amplifiers lack.
Genesis 5.3
This “diminutive giant” presents a complex case, and thus requires a good deal of explanation, about how it’s constructed and room placement.
McIntosh MA-6600 transistor amplifier
Although a transistor amp, the 200W MA-6600 delves deep into McIntosh’s American roots.
Graditech Lumi – a most versatile speaker cable
Speaker cables make a difference. Graditech’s speaker cable Lumi makes a difference in dozens of ways?
iFi iTube
What to sell in between the usb-dac and active speakers?
Edward Munch’s Dance of Life
“Life is not in fact a dance and metaphor is too vague to give much indication of what is intended.”
Everyday functionality and democratic design
A helpful guide to Scandinavian design from 1900 to the present day.
Sibelius and Art
“I am more moved by other arts than by the music of others.” – Jean Sibelius in a letter to Aino Sibelius from Munich, 28 July 1894.
Unmonday 4.3
No matter how and from what angle I watch the Finnish Unmonday 4.3 speaker, I first see an object, and only then a loudspeaker.
What becomes a legend most?
Lou Reed’s death at 71 must be noted as a mark of esteem for a truly independent creative spirit!
