A loudspeaker can be “sophisticated” by featuring highly complex and unusual techniques, or simply by being elegant and expert in matters of culture. ProAc…

One of world’s top CD players, Ayon Audio’s 3sx, has tubes for two different outputs; a pair for the CD player, two pairs for the preamp. Which way to go?

A specialty shop for audio components sells its EL34 amp primarily as a DIY kit but for butterfingers, also as assembled.

It’s never too late to acquire a new audio dream. That is, it’s never too late to buy a turntable and a whole analogue music playback system. Why bother? Why? Because the vinyl sound is magical. It’s pure and natural. It’s 100% music. That’s why.

What would it be like if you finally found musical nirvana, and with the equipment you already had!

Long live transparency!

“The wisest of these discerning audiophiles will listen to their music through vacuum tune amplifiers, and they shall stand apart among the rowdy rabble.” David Manley, California, 1989

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.

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.

This “diminutive giant” presents a complex case, and thus requires a good deal of explanation, about how it’s constructed and room placement.

Although a transistor amp, the 200W MA-6600 delves deep into McIntosh’s American roots.  

Speaker cables make a difference. Graditech’s speaker cable Lumi makes a difference in dozens of ways?

What to sell in between the usb-dac and active speakers?

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.

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