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Dither effects on digital music
Ethernet switch audibility (and a first listen to the Reiki Audio Superswitch - World premiere) (July 2023)
Building an audio network inside your house - Part I
Building an audio network inside your house (+ review of the Pioneer N50 network player) - Part II
Ethernet audio guide (for a RaspberryPi-based system) Part I
Ethernet audio guide (for a RaspberryPi-based system) Part II
Ethernet audio guide (for a RaspberryPi-based system) Part III
Adventures in low-cost networked HiFi Part I
Adventures in low-cost networked HiFi Part II
A crash course on USB On-The-Go connection (OTG): how to turn your mobile device into an audiophile device Part I
@-Tunes SB+ - music server (March 2007)
Acousticbuoy DAC 2488 - D/A converter (March 2010)
Acoustic Fun PDM10s - pocket DAC and headophone amp (January 2014)
Acoustic Precision Eikos - CD player
AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 CD - tube-equipped CD player
AH! Tjoeb 99 CD - tube-equipped CD player
AH! Tjoeb Tjoens and Tjo-Upsampler - tweaks on AH! gear
Antelope Audio Zodiac+ - DAC (September 2011)
Anthem CD 1 - tube-equipped CD player/changer
Aqua - La Voce - DAC kit with 4 different chipsets to choose (March 2011)
Aqua - La Voce mkII - DAC kit with 4 different chipsets to choose + asynchronous USB (March 2012)
Arcam irDAC - DAC (November 2014)
Arcam FMJ CD 36 - CD player (April 2006)
Arcam miniBlink - Bluetooth receiver and DAC (December 2014)
Arcam miniBlink - battery powered Bluetooth receiver and DAC (December 2014)
Arcam Alpha 7 SE - CD player
Arcam Solo - CD player + tuner + integrated amplifier (May 2006)
Arche Audio Opus 5 - USB DAC with output transformers (April 2017)
Argon Audio Solo - WiFi streamer (May 2023)
Armonia CD 1 transport - KIT based on Philips CD Pro 2
Astin Trew AT 3500 - CD player with tube output and upsampling (April 2008)
Atoll CD 100 silver - CD player (2001)
Atoll DAC300 - DAC/preamp (April 2019)
Atoll SDA200 Signature - DAC/streamer/amplifier (November 2020)
Audial AYA II - (USB) DAC (April 2008)
Audio4Soul Xtreme16 - DAC, SD card reader & integrated amp (May 2013)
Audio Analogue Maestro - CD player
Audio Analogue Paganini - CD player
Audio Analogue Enigma - CD player + tuner + integrated amplifier (with tubes!) (December 2006)
Audio Note CD 1.1X - CD player (March 2008)
Audio Note CDT-0 & 1.1x DAC combo
Audio Note DAC 1.1 0-oversampling kit
AudioMeca Mephisto IIx - CD player (or transport)
Audiomeca Enkianthus - DAC
AudioNemesis DC-1 - heretic DAC (three parts test)
Audiophile Linux operating system - freeware (November 2013)
Audiophile Linux v3.0 operating system - freeware (February 2015)
Audiophonics EVO DAC - DIY DAC & Streamer (December 2023)
AudioVox CD-5 - CD player
Avondale Audio Arcam Alpha 5 - modded CD player
Ayon CD2 - CD player with volume control and digital input (October 2009)
Behringer DEQ 2496 modified by Audio Smile - DAC & digital equalizer (February 2007)
Black Ice Audio Glass FX - Tube DAC DSD WiFi (July 2019)
Burson Audio HDAMs: discrete opamp modules for improving CD players output stages (July 2006)
Burson Audio Conductor 3 - DAC, preamp and headphone amp - Part I (January 2021)
Burson Audio Conductor 3 - DAC, preamp and headphone amp - Part II (February 2021)
Cairn (by Ezo) Fog v.2.0 + 24/192 Soft upsampler
Cambridge Audio Azur 640C v 2.0 - CD player
Cambridge Audio Azur 740C - CD player (October 2007)
Cambridge Audio Azur BD752 - multiformat & network player (March 2015)
Cambridge Audio D500 - CD player
Cambridge Audio D500 SE - CD player
Cambridge Audio DacMagic - D/A converter (June 2011)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus - D/A converter (December 2012)
Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100 - D/A converter (January 2013)
Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 V.2 - network audio player (May 2015)
Cambridge Audio Azur 851N - network player/streamer (November 2018)
Cambridge Audio CXC - CD transport (April 2018)
Canary Audio CD300 LV - CD player (December 2017)
Canor CD2 VR+ - vacuum tube CD player (June 2010)
Cayin Lyric CDT8 - CD player with tubed output stage
Chevin Audio & Vacuum State Electronics upgrades for CD & SACD players - Part I (March 2006)
Chevin Audio upgrades for CD players (Rotel RCD 965BX & Shanling CDT-100) - Part II (March 2006)
Chevron Audio Paradox NDF-16 - filter-less DAC (February 2013)
Ciúnas Audio ISO-DAC - DAC (March 2018)
Ciúnas Audio SuperCapacitor ISO-DAC - DAC (December 2019)
Ciúnas Audio ISO-SPDIF - battery-operated USB/SP-DIF converter (April 2018)
Cocktail Audio X10 - all-in-one digital music server/streamer/network player (November 2014)
Cocktail Audio X30 - CD player, music server/streamer (February 2016)
Collybia Mambo - minimalist budget media player (July 2016)
DevilSound USB DAC (against KingRex UD-01 and SuperPro 24/192) (April 2009)
DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core: digital pre, DAC and sound processor (March 2014)
DIY-Paradise Monica 3 - Zero-Oversampling DAC kit (November 2008)
DIY-Paradise Monica 2 - Zero-Oversampling DAC kit
DIY-Paradise Monica 2 new gain stage (March 2008)
DIY-Paradise Monica 2 modifications (April 2008)
DIY-Paradise Monica 2 PSU modifications (September 2008)
DiyHifiSupply Cleo - USB DAC (November 2010)
DiyHifiSupply Cleo - Follow up - USB DAC (April 2011)
Dodocool DA 106 - audiophile quality portable player (December 2017)
Doge Electronics Doge7 Tube DAC (February 2018)
DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core: digital pre, DAC and sound processor (March 2014)
ElectroCompaniet ECC-1 - balanced CD player (July 2009)
ESound CD-E5 SE - CD player (February 2007)
ESound CD-E5 SE modified by East West Audio - CD player (July 2007)
Euphony Audio Transport - hard disk & software - (December 2016)
Fidelizer Nimitra - computer audio server (February 2017)
Fostex HP-A8 - DAC & headphone amplifier (September 2014)
Gold Note DS10 - DAC, streamer, preamp and headphone amp (July 2020)
GTE Trinity DAC - D/A converter - technical survey (June 2006)
Hana Lab - music server & DAC (February 2017)
Harmony Design DA-09 - D/A converter (September 2012)
Harmony Design DA-9 - new version - D/A converter (March 2010)
Harmony Design DA-9 - D/A converter
Harmony Design D-90 - D/A converter (October 2018)
Hawk Audio MP-DAC - D/A converter
Heart CD 6000 LE - tube-modified Marantz CD 6000 LE player
Heart CD 6000 - tube-modified Marantz CD 6000 player
Human Audio DRAkit - DAC kit (November 2019)
Human Audio Muto + Tabla - DAC & USB interface (February 2013)
Human Audio Libretto - battery-powered CD player (January 2011) (World premiere)
P. Hynes SR1-5 Power supply (for Logitech SB3) (July 2008)
Holfi Xaurus Rex NFB - battery-powered CD player
iFi Audio iDAC - 24/192 USB DAC and headphone amp (May 2013)
iFi Audio iDAC 2 - 24/192 USB DAC and headphone amp (July 2016)
iFi iPurifier 2 - digital signal enhancer (March 2016)
iFi iUSB 3.0 - power and signal conditioner (September 2016)
JDS Labs El Dac II+ - desktop USB/coax DAC (July 2023)
John Kenny JKDAC32 - battery powered USB DAC (October 2012)
John Kenny SPDIF Mk3 USB - USB converter (October 2012)
JoLida JD-100 A - tube-equipped CD player
JVC XL-Z 232 (BK) - entry level CD player
KingRex UD-01 USB DAC (against DevilSound USB DAC and SuperPro 24/192) (April 2009)
KingRex UD-01 Pro & Pro SE USB DAC (February 2011)
KingRex UD-384 - DAC (February 2012)
Lehmann Audio Dac+ - 24 bit DAC + minimalist preamp (World premiere)
Linn Ikemi - CD player
Linn Mimik II - CD player (by L. Cadeddu)
Linn Mimik II - CD player (by G. Pozzoli)
Little Dot CDP_I & DAC_I - CD transport & DAC combo - Part I (November 2010)
Little Dot CDP_I & DAC_I - CD transport & DAC combo - Part II (November 2010)
M2Tech HiFace Two - USB converter (March 2013)
M2Tech HiFace Evo - USB converter (May 2013)
M2Tech HiFace DAC - USB & D/A converter (June 2013)
Marantz CD 38 - CD player
Marantz CD 17 - CD player
Marantz CD 6000 - CD player
Marantz CD 6000 OSE - CD player
Mark Findlay Audio MF-DAC - easy DIY kit (May 2010)
Meridian 506.24 CD player
Metronome Technologie Le Player - CD & DAC (May 2015)
Metrum Acoustics NOS Mini DAC "Octave" - NOS D/A converter (February 2012)
MHDT Havana - NOS DAC with tube buffer stage (June 2009)
MHDT Stockholm - NOS DAC with tube buffer stage (October 2012)
MHDT Pagoda - DAC (April 2016)
Miniwatt N4 - USB DAC & converter (July 2013)
Moodlab Dice - inexpensive D/A converter (September 2006)
NAD C521 I - CD player
Naim Audio CD5x - CD player (September 2007)
Nanomesher NanoSound DAC2 - Raspberry Pi DAC - Part I (October 2019)
Nanomesher NanoSound DAC2 - Raspberry Pi DAC - Part II (May 2020)
Nanomesher NanoSound One - Raspberry Pi DAC (May 2021)
NET Audio Sonance - D/A converter (December 2006)
Scott Nixon DACkit DAC - modifications and tweaks (February 2009)
Norh CD-1 - tubed-output CD player
North Star Sapphire - CD player (September 2008)
North Star Model 3 - 24/96 DAC
North Star Model 192 DAC - 24/192 DAC & upsampler
North Star Model 192 CD transport - (with in-board upsampler!)
NuPrime CDT-8 & DAC9 - CD transport + pre/DAC (November 2018)
NuPrime Alita - preamp/DAC/headphone amp (September 2020)
Onix CD-10 - CD player (October 2010)
Onix 25A - multi-input DAC (April 2011)
Opera CDP 5.0 - droplet CD player (February 2006)
Opera CD120 Linear - CD player (January 2007)
Philips CD 723 - CD player with coaxial digital output
Philips CDR 775 - CD player/recorder
Pink Faun I2S bridge - DAC interface (June 2014)
Pink Faun 4.32 SE - DAC with I2S interface (May 2015)
Pioneer PD-S 507 - CD player
Poth Audio Lite DAC AH - zero-oversampling DAC (October 2006)
ProJect MaiA - CD player (March 2016)
QHW Audio The Box - analogue signal reconditioner (March 2018)
Reckhorn DSP 6 - A/D & D/A converter, DSP and amplifier (May 2015)
Revox B226 - CD player (1986 - 1994)
Roksan Caspian CD mkII - CD player (World premiere)
Rotel RCD 951 - CD player
Rotel RCD 1070 - CD player
RT Audio Design Orpheus - battery-powered DAC with output transformers (March 2015)
RT Audio Design Pure DSD Converter (September 2017)
Schiit BiFrost - upgradeable 24/192 DAC (January 2015)
Schiit Modius - DAC (November 2020)
Shanling CD-T 80 - Part I - CD player (October 2008)
Shanling CD-T 80 - Part II - CD player (November 2008)
Shanling CD3000 - CD player (January 2008)
Slim Devices Transporter - audiophile squeezebox (October 2007)
Sony DVP NS900V - DVD player
StyleAudo Carat HD1V - USB D/A converter (May 2008)
T+A E-series music player - multi-purpose digital source (June 2016)
Teac CD-P1120 - budget CD player
Teac CD-P1100 - budget CD player
Teac VRDS 9 vs Teac VRDS 9 modified by AM Audio - CD player
Teac VRDS 25X modified by AM Audio - CD player
Technics SL-C700 - CD player (November 2018)
Teddy Pardo TeddyDAC VC - universal DAC with volume control (February 2014)
TentLabs B-Dac - USB/coax/opt D/A converter with volume control (December 2011)
Thule Audio CD 100 (Spirit) - CD player
TProgress CD2 - half-size CD player (July 2020)
Trends Audio UD-10.1 Lite - USB DAC (October 2008)
Trends Audio UD-10 - USB DAC (December 2006)
Vela CD - CD player - (March 2014)
Victure Clip Sport MP3 - audiophile quality portable player (December 2019)
Virtue Audio Piano M1 - CD player - (June 2010)
Zero One Ti48 Hard Disk & CD transport & Ar38 DAC (World Premiere!)
Zotac NM-10-ITX WIFI - PC motherboard for a supersilent audiophile PC (January 2012)
Weiss Medea - D/A converter
Wyred4Sound DAC 2 - USB/coax/opt./XLR/I2S D/A converter (March 2011)
Yamaha NP-S2000 - network audio player (April 2011)
Yamaha CDX 993 - CD player
Yamamoto YDA-01 D/A converter (May 2009)
First listening tests of the 24/96 Audio DVD format

Miscellanea

Long Live Vinyl! magazine (October 2017)
A beginner's guide for tape reel decks: history, purchase, servicing - Part I
A beginner's guide for tape reel decks: Otari MX50, Otari MTR10, Studer A80R, Fostex E2 - Part II
Consonance Reference 1.0 - FM tuner (January, 2006)
Yamaha KX 493 - cassette deck
iRiver HP-120 - portable hard drive recorder - Part I
iRiver HP-120 - portable hard drive recorder - Part II
Fidelizer - computer optimization software for Windows (April 2016)
JoLida FOZ SS-X - tube-based sound processor (May 2018)
JPlay - music playing PC software (September 2011)
JPlay Femto - music playing PC software (January 2019)
Lonpoo LP816 - music center
Marantz DVD 4000 - DVD player
Marantz ST 6000 - tuner
MiniDSP module - Digital Sound Processing unit for DIY (May 2011)
Mutec MC-3 Plus - synchronizable digital audio sync master clock generator (March 2014)
Oppo BDP-105 - multiplayer (by M. van Casteren) (September 2013)
Oppo BDP-105 - multiplayer (by A. Kohli) (December 2014)
Oppo DV 980H & Oppo DV983H - multiplayer (January 2009)
Oppo DV980H modified by Chevron Audio (December 2009)
Oppo DV 970 HD - multiplayer (November 2006)
Oppo DV 970 HD - multiplayer - measures & technical notes (November 2006)
Primephonic - classical music streaming service (March 2021)
Reeltronix reel-to-reel tape recorder reels (July 2013)
Roon - music playback software (April 2019)
Rotel RDV 03 - DVD player (May 2007)
Rotel RDV 03 - DVD player - measures & technical notes (May 2007)
Tidal lossless streaming service (March 2015)
Samson Zoom H2 - SD-card 2-4 channel portable recorder (May 2009)

Analogue stuff

Pierre Lurné's Corner
- Everything you need to know about tracking angle - Part I
- Everything you need to know about tracking angle - Part II
- Everything you need to know about faults and flaws of air bearing tonearms
- Everything you need to know about platter design
- Everything you need to know about platter bearing
- Short notes about tonearm damping
Vinyl archiving & recording - Part I
Vinyl archiving & recording - Part II
Vinyl archiving & recording - Part III
Vinyl archiving & recording - Part IV
Embedding and extracting information via discs of vinyl
Audibility of different stylus profiles
Audibility of new belt vs old belt
Audibility of two turntable belts
78 rpm turntables buyer's guide - Part I
High-end turntables test saga - Introduction
Turntable test saga - Methodology
Basics on arm designs
Freeware to calculate arm/cartridge resonance
Basics on VTA and SRA
2 experiments on VTA (try and report back)
A foolproof method for adjusting VTA
Still on cartridge alignment
Alltheprotractors.com - four different “null points” protractors (March 2020)
RPM: an app for measuring turntable speed and wow & flutter (July 2020)
Balancing a tonearm to apply correct VTF (December 2008)
Home-made alignment protractor, Millennium Audio protractor and lab measures of turntable motor noise unveiled! (March 2008)
Dr. Feickert Analogue alignment protractor (December 2009)
Debunking the 47 kOhm load myth for MM cartridges! (November 2008)
Repairing a cracked acrylic lid (HOW TO)
Stanley Engineering carbon and wood cartridge bodies (February 2020)
Stanley Engineering walnut body for Decca London cartridge (April 2021)
1. The Reference: Michell Orbe DC version
2. Clearlight Recovery + Rega RB900 + Einstein TU3 Gyger S
3. Loth-X Aida + Hadcock 224 unipivot arm
4. Kuzma Stogi S + Kuzma Stabi S
5. Audiomeca Romance + Romeo arm
6. Roksan Xerxes X + Artemiz arm
7. Bluenote Bellagio + Bluenote Bellaria arm + Bluenote Baldinotti cartridge
8. Opera LP 5.0 - turntable + arm
9. Opus 3 Continuo - turntable + arm
10. SOTA Millennia - turntable
Budget turntables test saga - Introduction
1. Music Hall MMF-2.1 LE + Bellari Rolls VP129 tube phono preamp (June 2006)
2. Music Hall MMF-9 + Creek OBH-15 phono preamp (September 2006)
3. KAB/Technics SL 1200 + KAB/Ortofon S30 + Creek OBH-18 phono preamp (December 2006)
4. Final thoughts (December 2006)
Acoustic Solid "Solid Machine" - turntable (March 2008)
Analogue bits: Incognito Rega rewiring, mods for Rega RB300 and DL 103, SRA
Analogue Tube Audio bronze bearings for SME arms
AudioMeca Belladonna & Septum: turntable & arm - Part I (January 2007) World Premiere!
AudioMeca Belladonna & Septum: turntable & arm - Part II (February 2007) World Premiere!
AudioMeca Belladonna & Septum: turntable & arm - Part III (March 2007) World Premiere!
Audio Files Audio Technica LP5-IPT - AT LP5 heavily tweaked direct drive turntable (June 2017)
Record-cleaning machines shootout test: Clearaudio Smart Matrix _VS_ Nitty Gritty 1.5 _VS_ VPI HW 16.5 (November 2009)
Cartridges shootout test: Gr
Come far diventare un dispositivo mobile una sorgente HiFi: lo standard OTG - Prima parteado Gold1, Ortofon 2M Blue, Sumiko Blue Point No2 and MusicHall Mojo (January 2014)
Cartridge retipping by the Cartridge Man
Cartridge retipping by Torlai Pick-up Service
45 rpm vs 33 rpm Classic Records listening test
Abis SA 1.2 - tonearm (November 2015)
The Audio Files Spoke subchassis tweak for Linn Sondek LP 12 and other suspended turntables - Part I (October 2019)
The Audio Files Spoke subchassis tweak for Linn Sondek LP 12 and other suspended turntables - Part II (October 2019)
The Audio Files Spoke subchassis tweak for Linn Sondek LP 12 and other suspended turntables - Part III (October 2019)
Stanley Engineering Carbon Fibre SME adapter for Decca cartridges (October 2020)
Audiomods tonearm - highly modified Rega tonearm (January 2011)
Audiomods Series Five tonearm (May 2016)
Audio Note IQ3 - MM cartridge (January 2017)
Audio Note IO1 - MC cartridge (March 2021)
Audio Note TT2 with Arm2 tonearm - turntable (May 2018)
Audio Origami - tonearm silicone damping (July 2012)
Audio Origami Linn Akito mods - modified tonearm (November 2016)
AudioTechnica AT150 MLX - MM cartridge (September 2014)
BennyAudio Immersion T1 - belt-driven turntable (October 2022)
BennyAudio Immersion - unipivot tonearm (December 2022)
Benz Micro MC Scheu - MC stereo cartridge
Benz Micro Silver - high output MC cartridge (July 2014)
Uwe Bretschneider Wood Bodies for Denon 103 and 103R Cartridges (December 2010)
The Cartridge Man level & stylus pressure gauge
The Cartridge Man Music Maker - hi-end MM cartridge
The Cartridge Man Music Maker mkIII + The Isolator - cartridge/shell interface
The Cartridge Man Conductor - parallel tracking air-bearing tonearm (July 2006)
Clearaudio Emotion SE - turntable (June 2014)
Decca International arm - rebuild and rewiring (January 2008)
Decca London - history and rebuild
Denon DL 103 - MC stereo cartridge
Denon DL 103 - aluminium cap tweak (March 2018)
Design Build Listen "The Wand" - tonearm - Part I (July 2012)
Design Build Listen "The Wand" - tonearm - Part II (February 2013)
Design Build Listen "The Wand Plus" - tonearm + budget carts comparison test - Part I (June 2016)
Design Build Listen "The Wand Plus" - tonearm + budget carts comparison test - Part II (June 2016)
Design Build Listen "The Wand 14-4" - turntable (May 2019)
Dewaudio Starmap Linn Sondek LP12 - upgrade kit (June 2019)
Dr. Feickert Analogue Woodpecker - belt-driven turntable (June 2010)
Dr. Feickert Analogue Blackbird - belt-driven turntable (November 2012)
Dynavector 507 - tonearm
Dynavector Karat 17 D3 - MC stereo cartridge (November 2007)
Dynavector DV 10X4 MK 2 - hi-output MC stereo cartridge
Dynavector DV 20 X - MC stereo cartridge
Dynavector DV 20 X2 low output - MC stereo cartridge (November 2014)
Dynavector DV 20 X2 low output - MC stereo cartridge (January 2015)
Dynavector DRT XV-1 - MC stereo cartridge
Dynavector DRT 1S - MC stereo cartridge
Dynavector DRT XV-1t - MC stereo cartridge (July 2010) World premiere!
Dynavector Te Kaitora Rua - MC stereo cartridge (June 2011)
Dynavector XX 2 mkII VS Te Kaitora Rua - comparison test - MC stereo cartridges (November 2011)
Dynavector XX 2 mkII - MC stereo cartridge (May 2007)
Dynavector XX 2 - MC stereo cartridge
EuroLab RB turntable (by T. Scheu)
Expressimo Audio mods for Rega tonearms
Fidelity Research FR 64S - vintage tonearm (July 2010)
Fidelity Research FR 64S - vintage tonearm (February 2024)
Garrard Zero 100 SB turntable: history, availability and restoration
Garrard Zero 100 SB listening test
Garrard Zero 100 SB turntable: some tweak
GEM Dandy LP record cleaning and GroOove Lube preservation kit (May 2016)
Gold Note Vasari Red cartridge, Kymyas Series record treatment and GoldNote Records (December 2016)
Gold Note Mediterraneo - turntable (October 2017)
Goldring Elite: MC stereo cartridge
Goldring Elite: MC stereo cartridge - follow-up
Goldring Elite MC versus Audio Technica OC9 MLII (June 2007)
Goldring G 1042: MM stereo cartridge
Grado Gold1: MM stereo cartridge (October 2013)
Hadcock 242 tonearm + Music Maker mkII cartridge
Excel Sound/Hana SL - low output MC cartridge (June 2016)
Excel Sound/Hana ML - low output MC cartridge (May 2019)
The HiFi News & Record Reviews test disc: TT setup
Holbo Airbearing turntable & tangential arm (June 2018)
J.A. Michell Orbe - hi-end turntable
J.A. Michell TecnoArm - mods to Rega arms
J.A. Michell Gyrodec QC power supply
JICO J44A-7 IMP - MM cartridge, a re-issue of the Shure M44 (April 2022)
JICO Seto-Hori cartridge and Stylus 1 - boron stylus (November 2019)
JICO Morita wood stylus VN5x Kurogaki - wood stylus for Shure V15VxMR (and VN5xMR) cartridges (February 2020)
KAB EV-1 - record washer machine
KAB Record Grip - LP clamp
Knosti - record cleaning machine
Knosti Disco Antistat - two bath cleaning method for vinyl (March 2011)
Kuzma Stabi reference turntable (November 2007)
Langer 7 “Project IV” - direct drive turntable kit (September 2015)
Linn Sondek LP 12 - turntable: using different PSUs, arms, bearings, top plates...
Linn Basik turntable: service and test with K5/AT95 cartridges (September 2017)
Loricraft plinth and PSU for Garrard 301 and 401 (June 2009)
Siemens Micromaster 420 - digital motor controller for Garrard 301/401 turntables (February 2013)
A comparison test of different turntable mats on Garrard 301 and 401 (April 2010)
LP Gear Vessel A78SP - 78 RPM Wide Groove cartridge (June 2020)
LeSon LS10 mkII - MC cartridge (April 2023)
Lyra Dorian - MC cartridge (October 2007)
Morsiani hand-built unipivot arm
The Moth Record cleaning machine
Moth Record Cleaner mk11 - disc cleaning machine
Nagaoka MP 11 - MM cartridge, measures and tests (January 2007)
Opera ST600 - carbon-fiber unipivot tonearm (November 2007) World Premiere!
Origin Live Aurora mkIII - turntable (October 2013)
Origin Live RB 250 - tonearm (Rega RB250 modified)
Origin Live Silver 250 - tonearm
Origin Live Encounter - tonearm
Origin Live DC motor KIT
Ortofon MM versus MC: a comparison test of two similarly priced carts, Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 versus Quintet Black (December 2023)
Ortofon Quintet Blue - MC cartridge (October 2015)
Ortofon 2M Black - MM cartridge (April 2016)
Ortofon Vivo Red - low output MC cartridge (December 2010)
Ortofon MC1 Turbo - high output MC cartridge
Pedersen modifications to the Michell Orbe SE - Part I (May 2020)
Pedersen modifications to the Michell Orbe SE - Part II (May 2020)
Pedersen modifications to the Michell Orbe SE - Part III (May 2020)
Pedersen modifications to the Michell Orbe SE - Part IV (June 2020)
Pre Audio ASP1501 - turntable + tangential air bearing tonearm (June 2016)
ProJect Signature 12 - reference turntable and tonearm (November 2014)
Rega Carbon - MM stereo cartridge (September 2015)
Rega Super Elys - MM stereo cartridge
Reson Reca - MM stereo cartridge
Reson Etile - MC stereo cartridge (May 2015)
Ringmat Support system: ultimate tweak for analogue TTs
Ringmat versus Deflex mat
Ed Saunders - Shure V15 replacement stylus (September 2014)
Swedish Analogue Technologies SAT carbon fiber tonearm (December 2013)
Scheu "Das Laufwerk No.2" - turntable (March 2007)
Schroeder No. 1 arm
Shelter 501 mkII - MC phono cartridge
Shun Mook MC Reference - MC cartridge (November 2011)
Shure M 94 E - MM phono cartridge
Shure M 97 XE - MM phono cartridge (June 2007)
Shure V 15 VxMR - MM phono cartridge
Shure V 15 V modded by Blue Angel Audio - MM phono cartridge (June 2015)
Shure SFG-2 - stylus pressure gauge
SME V12 tonearm (February 2010) World premiere!
SME series IV tonearm
SME M2 tonearm (February 2009)
Soulines Kubrick DCX turntable (September 2013)
SOTA Star Vacuum turntable
SOTA Comet series IV - turntable (May 2014)
Soundsmith SMMC1 and SMMC4 moving-iron cartridges (February 2010)
Sperling TA1 - tonearm (July 2022)
SPH DIY parts for idler wheel turntables (September 2022)
Sumiko Rainier - MM cartridge (March 2023)
Supatrac Blackbird - unipivot tonearm (November 2022)
Technics SL 1200 - direct drive turntable (February 2006)
Technics EPA100 - tonearm (May 2014)
Temaad Audio DIY turntable and arm kit - Part I (February 2013)
Temaad Audio DIY turntable and arm kit - Part II (May 2014)
Temaad Audio Merlin - titanium tonearm (March 2019)
Thorens TD 1600 & TD 1601 turntables (November 2019)
TJN Reference - highly modified Lenco idler turntable (February 2021)
Triplanar mk VII - tonearm
Wilson Benesch ACT 25 - tonearm (August 2020)
Zontek turntable with 14" Delta arm (June 2015)
Zyx Bloom 3 - MC cartridge (October 2017)

Phono preamps

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