It was with considerable interest last month that I set out to track down where in the world there are still factories making tubes. My research found them in Slovakia, Russia, and China, and it’s ...

ESOTERIC, a division of TEAC America, Inc., manufacturer of high end consumer electronics, is now shipping a 3 stage tube amplifier that doubles as a line level amplifier. The amplifier was first ...

Basically, I've got an old audio-source switcher. The usual "four pairs of RCA jack inputs, one pair output".<BR><BR>On the control knob, along with the inputs, an additional setting is labelled ...

What is the easiest way to get audio from a WAV file into a line-level format, ready to be plugged into the amplifier of a HiFi audio set (or portable speaker)? As [Konrad Beckmann] demonstrated on ...

Rotel is a revered Japanese hi-fi manufacturer with a history dating back more than 60 years. It’s best known for its high-end amplifiers that are designed for audiophiles with pretty deep pockets.

It seems apparent these days that home theater has pushed beyond the boundaries of “excessive” as evident by the almost endless options of surround processing, video formats, and the number of ...

The A15+ ticks both boxes. Our ideal starting point would include sources such as the Rega Planar 3/Nd3 record player, the ...

In March 1985, I was reading a copy of my favorite hi-fi magazine. It carried a story about a brand-new British amplifier from Musical Fidelity. The reviews for the A1 amplifier were glowing, as was ...

Yamaha is giving away one of its latest high-performance integrated amplifiers, the A-S1200. This powerful two-channel amp is part of several new series of completely redesigned, top-tier Yamaha ...