Listening test: an expensive phono preamp from Greece, a zero feedback, single ended, A Class amplification design, with an RIAA curve accuracy of ± 0.05 dB (!!!)...here is the Echo Diastasis Ph-7 (M. Cox)
Listening test: an integrated amplifier which also works as a DAC with USB and S/PDIF inputs and even as SD card player, here's the versatile Audio4Soul Xtreme 16 USB from Greece (A. Norman)
DIY: finally available the construction plans for our extreme pipe organ subwoofer! (C. Templer)
Listening test: not just another USB DAC! The iFi iDac, using an ESS Sabre 24/192 HD DAC chip, is a brilliant performer, for just 275 UKP! It works as a fine headphone amp as well. (N. Whetstone)
Music: in memoriam of Alvin Lee, recently passed away at the age of 68, Mark reviews a 24kt gold HDCD reissue of Ten Years After "Rock & Roll music to the World, released by Audio Fidelity (M. Wheeler)
Listening test: a fine passive autotransformer preamp from Townshend Audio, here's the Allegri (M. van Casteren)
New column: we are happy to inaugurate a new section here at TNT-Audio! Thanks to our new reviewer from the US, David Hoehl, we will devote a periodical column to Vintage Audio (titled On an Overgrown Pathé), a column mainly dedicated to the pre-LP era (78's etc.). (D. Hoehl)
Website statistics: some manufacturer has asked us about our website popularity, so here they come again! Have a look at our access statistics during last January [250,000+ unique visitors!] (Staff)
April 20, 2013
Listening test: Todd, our new reviewer from the US, tests and evaluates the vacuum tube phono preamp Jolida JD9 (T. Bromgard)
DIY/Feature: Werners describes the joys of building a complex audio network inside his new house (Part I) (W. Ogiers)
Listening test/DIY design: Rahul builds, measures and listens to the amazing DIY design Tractrix Paper Mache Horns by Inlow Sound. Giant horn loudspeakers for 1000$ (R. Athalye)
Who we are: Rahul Athalye of TNT-Audio USA introduces himself and describes his system... (R. Athalye)
In memoriam: we all sadly miss Franco Serblin, the man who "created" Sonus Faber, and Peter Brem, the man behind DaVinciAudio Labs.
March 22, 2013
DIY design: another crazy DIY design from our new reviewer, Chris Templer...this time it's a giant, extreme subwoofer with a frequency response which extends to 8 (eight) Hz!!! Enough to keep your hands busy during our usual Easter break...(C. Templer)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 6 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
March 16, 2013
Listening test: a top performing active bookshelf loudspeaker, with AMT tweeters and Tim de Paravicini's internal amplifiers, here are the Unity Audio The Rock HiFi (M. van Casteren)
Listening test: maybe the most famous USB-S/PDIF interface, now at its second generation, here's the M2Tech HiFace 2 (+ Elijah Audio BPM - USB cable) (N. Whetstone)
Listening test: a full range horn-loaded floorstanding loudspeaker from Poland, the Acuhorn Giovane 85 Superleggera (A Norman)
TNT-Audio on Facebook!: your favourite HiFi magazine now has an official page on the popular social network. Read all the details and the motivations which led us to this decision (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test/DIY: ever wondered to build your own turntable and arm? Now it is possible! Here's the first part of a test of the DIY kit by Temaad Audio. (G. Husband)
DIY design: from our new reviewer, Chris Templer, an exciting new DIY design...a home-made Ultrasonic record cleaner! (C. Templer)
Listening test: under test a battery-powered DAC + USB interface combo from Human Audio, the Muto + Tabla. Also under test the Muto-X DAC with a transformer-coupled output (N. Whetstone)
Listening test/tweak: a digital motor controller made by Siemens, the Micromaster 420, for EMT 927/930 and Garrard 301/401 turntables (H. Quaschik)
Listening test: another no-digital filter DAC, here is the Chevron Audio Paradox NDF-16 DAC, with 8 DACs running in differential mode and a sophisticated outboard power supply! (M. Wheeler)
Who we are: Mike Cox of TNT-Audio UK introduces himself... (M. Cox)
Follow-up: Markus Duevel replies to our complaints on his Duevel Enterprise we reviewed two weeks ago. And we take the chance and comment a little bit further [scroll down the article till the end] (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: here's the second part of Mike's review of The Wand by Design Build Listen, a quite original tonearm which is causing a stir among audiophiles (M. Cox)
Reportage: our new reviewer from the US has visited the Burning Amp 2012 Show, organized by the diyAudio community in San Francisco, USA. Enjoy his reportage! (R. Athalye)
Listening test: after an intriguing test of the Duevel entry-level loudspeakers, the Planets, time has come to test their just released bigger brothers, namely the Enterprise: bigger woofer, larger cabinet, higher sensitivity and...price, discover how they perform in our exclusive World premiere review! (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: a perfect audiophile gift? What about a 50+50 watt integrated amplifier, with 4 line level inputs, remote control and several other features for just 100€? Here's the amazing Auna AV2 CD508. Unbelievable Q/P ratio! (L. Cadeddu)
Music: a super-audiophile 24kt gold reissue (by Audio Fidelity) of Crosby, Stills & Nash's debut album. Mark compares with his own vinyl copy (M. Wheeler)
Winter break!: our staff wishes you a Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year! Our usual weekly updates will be back online on 1/19/2013. Happy listening to everyone!
December 7, 2012
Listening test: a new version of the classical DacMagic DAC has been released by Cambridge Audio. Andy Norman listens to the DacMagic Plus (A. Norman)
Reportage: our new reviewer from the US has visited the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2012, read Part I and Part II of his reportage (R. Athalye)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 3 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
December 1, 2012
Listening test: after a pair of very expensive bookshelf loudspeakers (T&F ART) it's time to search for something similar at a much lower price: equipped with a HiVi isodynamic tweeter and priced around 350€/pair here are the Koda K-5400T a.k.a AAAVT BBL-N (L. Cadeddu)
Music: Christmas is approaching quickly! Mark suggests some good Music as the perfect Xmas gift, check out the excellent Nordic Giants "A Tree As Old As Me" debut CD (M. Wheeler)
Listening test: active loudspeakers again on TNT-Audio, here are the Dynaudio DBM50...not an audiophile monitor? (M. van Casteren)
Books: Christmas is approaching quickly! Looking for gift ideas? What's better than an extremely well-written and entertaining manual on computer-based audio? Let us suggest you To serve & groove by O.A. Masciarotte, a manual that explains everything you'll ever need to know about digital audio, computer-based playback systems and DIY music servers! (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: bookshelf speakers to die for, here are the AMAZING Trenner & Friedl ART, small, expensive (3,000€!!!) jewels that can really shine (L. Cadeddu)
Interview: something more about the alternative Trenner & Friedl HiFi philosophy in an interview with Andreas Friedl (L. Cadeddu)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 2 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
November 10, 2012
Listening test: a two-arm turntable by Dr. Feickert, Geoff tests the Blackbird (G. Husband)
Editorial: Mark explains why he always refers to the plebs chorus on his articles :-) (M. Wheeler)
Listening test: active loudspeakers again on TNT-Audio! Here are the unusual sE Munro Eggs (M. van Casteren)
Editorial: here's Part II of our journey through the HiFi market. Will factory-direct sales replace traditional stores? Discover the just released new marketing policy by PS Audio! The article includes a brief interview with Paul McGowan, CEO at PS Audio Inc. (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: a four hands review for a battery-powered USB DAC, the John Kenny JKDAC32 (M. van Casteren & N. Whetstone)
Music: Mark reviews a lo-fidelity recording ("Ruff, raw and far from perfect!") from Red Dog Guitars Recordings... a compilation of rare cigar box guitar music (M. Wheeler)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 4 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: a quite rare bird, a Class D integrated amplifier with even a phono input, all for less than 300€! Here is the Lym 1.0T Phono (A. Norman)
Listening test: a new non over-sampling and no digital filter DAC with tubed output stage and even USB input from MHDT, here is the Stockholm DAC (N. Whetstone)
Audiophile recordings: fan of rhythm and blues anyone? Here's a brilliant example of a truly excellent (musically and technically) album: Marla Glen's "This is Marla Glen"
(L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: a blast from the past! Arvind Kohli discovers the joys of electrostatic speakers and falls in love with a pair of Quad ESL 988 (A. Kohli)
Editorial: exactly 30 years ago the Compact Disc was introduced to the audio market...Happy Birthday CD!. How do you know when it's time to retire? (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: nuforce has recently released a new, entirely digital (no analogue inputs!), integrated amplifier, the DDA-100. Truly enchanting sound for less than 600 $! (A. Norman)
Book review: curious about the history of British HiFi and Wharfedales loudspeakers in particular? Discover the book A pair of Wharfedales by D. Briggs, the story of Gilbert Briggs and his loudspeakers. More than 350 pages describing the early days of HiFi! (L. Cadeddu)
TNT-Audio summer recruiting campaign!Your favourite HiFi magazine is searching for new reviewers! If you wish to be a part of the TNT-Audio staff just read how to apply (Staff)
Listening test: an improved version of the Harmony Design DA09 DAC. Is it slipping behind the competition? (N. Whetstone)
Listening test: a rather sophisticated and unique mains conditioner from James Audio (N. Whetstone)
TNT-Audio summer recruiting campaign!Your favourite HiFi magazine is searching for new reviewers! If you wish to be a part of the TNT-Audio staff just read how to apply (Staff)
Listening test: an extremely versatile small integrated 100 watt class D amp which is also a DAC and a headphone amp, the Wyred 4 Sound mINT (A. Norman)
In memoriam/editorial: Jim Marshall of Marshall Amplifiers passed away last April and now Marshall breaks into the home audio market with a Class-D powered active loudspeaker! (L. Cadeddu)
TNT-Audio summer recruiting campaign!Your favourite HiFi magazine is searching for new reviewers! If you wish to be a part of the TNT-Audio staff just read how to apply (Staff)
Listening test: here's the first part of Mike's review of The Wand by Design Build Listen, a quite original tonearm which is causing a stir among audiophiles (M. Cox)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 2 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
TNT-Audio summer recruiting campaign!Your favourite HiFi magazine is searching for new reviewers! If you wish to be a part of the TNT-Audio staff just read how to apply (Staff)
July 7, 2012
Listening test/tweak: planning to add some silicone damping to your tonearm? Mark puts under test the Audio Origami silicone damping (M. Wheeler)
Listening test: here's the first part of a unusual review for a quite unusual power amplifier. A powerful, minimalist, ultra-small Class D power amplifier, virtually unknown in audiophile circles, the US made Pragmatic SAA248 (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: elegant, easy to drive and good sounding tower loudspeakers from Germany, here are the Blumenhofer Fun 13, technical measurements & listening test (H. Quaschik)
Accessories/test: are you fed up with fingerprints on your CD's? Here's a cool gadget that might help you, the Tommy Larsen CD-Lift™. It works also with LP's! (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: looking for an inexpensive, digitally controlled active preamplifier? Try building this PGA2311 preamp or purchase it already finished for less than 100€! (A. Norman)
Audiophile recordings: the first zero-compression, purely Real Stereo (two mics!) direct_to_master recording of an acoustic jazz quartet, here is Paul Beaudry & Pathways "Americas" on Soundkeeper Recordings. Also available as 24/192 high resolution files (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: another bookshelf, with a full range driver, from Alacrity Audio but this time Nick is rather disappointed with the performance. Here are the Alacrity Audio Caterthun Full Range loudspeakers (N. Whetstone)
Editorial: Class D is quickly becoming more and more attractive, even for the big Companies, Pioneer is ready to launch two new top of the line Class D integrated amplifiers (L. Cadeddu)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 2 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
June 2, 2012
Listening test: cool spherical loudspeakers from France! Here are the Elipson Planet L (M. van Casteren)
Listening test/software: FOLLOW UP! Under test a new PC software for playing liquid Music at its best, discover JPlay (N. Whetstone)
Listening test: another pair of floorstanding speakers from Germany! At 1600 €/pair, equipped with Scanspeak D2604 tweeter and Peerless HDS woofers, here are the Phonar Veritas P4 next. (L. Cadeddu)
Editorial: Mike Cox prefers to keep things simple in HiFi. Complexity does not necessarily improve audio quality (M. Cox)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 6 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
May 19, 2012
Listening test: don't let the name fool you! The Thomann t.Amp E800 isn't another variation on the T-Amp theme! No, this is a beefy 370 + 370 watts (@ 8 Ohm) and 500 + 500 watts (@ 4 Ohm) PA power amplifier that costs just...139 €. Yes, not a misprint! (G. Husband)
HiFi Shows: Hartmut visited the Munich HiFi Show 2012 for us: horns, fancy turntables, vintage gear and more! [Part II] (H. Quaschik)
Listening test: going active!!!! Under test the Hypex AS2.100 active speaker modules: class D amplification, DSP software and anything you need to turn your passive speakers into active ones!!! (M. van Casteren)
HiFi Shows: Hartmut visited the Munich HiFi Show 2012 for us: horns, fancy turntables, vintage gear and more! [Part I] (H. Quaschik)
Listening test: from Trends Audio...the missing link! Their just released SA-10 bookshelf loudspeakers are here to complete a full Trends Audio HiFi system (N. Whetstone)
Listening test: a four hands review for a 50+50 Class AB power amplifier that might work also as integrated amplifier, subwoofer amplifier (with built-in electronic filter!) and that is even bridgeable with the flick of a switch, becoming a 150 watt monoblock. All of this for less than 200$, here is the Dayton APA-150 (A. Kohli & L. Cadeddu)
Music/tribute: the first posthumous album by Amy Winehouse, Lioness - Hidden Treasures, also available on vinyl (N. Whetstone)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 4 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
Website statistics: some manufacturer has asked us about our website popularity, so here they come again! Have a look at our access statistics during last January (Staff)
Easter break!: TNT-Audio takes some week off around Easter. Our usual weekly updates will be back online on April 28.
Happy Easter from the TNT-Audio staff!
March 24, 2012
Listening test: ever wondered to try the joys of omnidirectional loudspeakers but couldn't afford them?
For less than 1000 €/pair now you can! Here are the amazing Duevel Planets (L. Cadeddu)
Factory tour: an interesting and electrifying visit to the Blumenhofer loudspeakers plants in Walkertshofen, Germany (H. Quaschik)
Editorial: concerned about real dynamics? Learn more about the Dynamic Range Day taking place all over the world wide web on March 16th! Prizes, contests, awards and much more! (L. Cadeddu)
Audiophile recordings: an event! The first zero-compression, purely Real Stereo (two mics!) recording of a pop-rock album, here is Jason Vitelli's "Confluence" on Soundkeeper Recordings. Also available as 24/192 high resolution files (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: an integrated amp which is claimed to be the best TA2024-based amp in the market, here's the Lym Audio 1.0T (A. Norman)
Editorial: a new study reports there are almost 160 million consumers (in the USA) who claim to have a moderate to strong interest in audio. How can we make them become real audiophiles? (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: ever heard of a bookshelf loudspeaker which is claimed to reproduce 15 (fifteen) Hz? Here are the unusual Alacrity Audio Caterthun (N. Whetstone)
Listening test/tweak: again equipment support devices, the Sound & Design Acorns (M. Cox)
HiFi Shows: taking place on 3rd and 4th March the 13rd edition of the Milano HiEnd Show.
Listening test: a quite unusual NOS (non oversampling) DAC, with separate power supply and without output stage (!!!???), here's the Metrum Acoustics NOS mini DAC Octave (M. van Casteren)
Listening test: looking for a base for your HiFi components? Here's the SSC Solidbase (H. Quaschik)
Listening test: time for some liquid music! Under test a PC motherboard, equipped with the Atom D525 DualCore chipset, totally fanless and supersilent, just perfect for building an audiophile PC! Here's the
Zotac NM-10-ITX WIFI. We have listened to it and even measured it! (G. Pozzoli)
Factory tour: a quite unusual visit to the Aqua Acoustic Quality "factory" in Milan, Italy (M. Cox)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 5 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
January 28, 2012
Listening test: another loudspeaker which reminds us the good ol' Seventies, this week it's a two-way bookshelf with a 8" woofer! Here is the Pure Acoustics PRO838 (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test/follow up: a new release of the Paul Hynes SR1-5 (now SR3-05) PSU for the Squeezebox is available. Nick compares it to the old version. It might be used to power other devices as well (N. Whetstone)
Listening test: a loudspeaker which reminds us the good ol' Seventies, a three-way bookshelf with tone controls, dome midrange and isodynamic tweeter, here is the Dynavoice DM5 (L. Cadeddu)
Editorial: Mark tells us about a new research on the effects of loudness (loudness war, that is) on modern music. (M. Wheeler)
Winter break!: the TNT-Audio staff wishes you and your families a joyous Christmas and a Happy 2012! Our regular site updates will be back on Jan 21, 2012
December 10, 2011
Listening test: active loudspeakers again on TNT-Audio! After the review of the Aktimate Mini, Andy tests the Swan T200B (A. Norman)
Listening test: looking for the ultimate in damping vibrations? Here's the Dynamat Extreme (M. van Casteren)
We Support Real Stereo: we have updated our Real Stereo List with 8 new, interesting websites (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: looking for a versatile DAC with volume control, USB/coax/opt inputs and even balanced outputs? Here's the TentLabs B-Dac (M. van Casteren)
In memoriam: this is such a sad year for HiFi! Even Tommy Jenving, the father of all special HiFi cables, CEO of Supra/Jenving, passed away at the age of 66 (L. Cadeddu)
Listening test: a small, inexpensive hybrid integrated amplifier (tubes + chipset) that works as a minimalist tube preamp and headphone preamp as well, discover the Maverick Audio TubeMagic A1, 20 watts per channel for less than 200$ (L. Cadeddu)
Awards: TNT-Audio is Engineering Site of the Day on the Electrical Engineering Community, an extremely useful web portal for everything related to electrical engineering. Visit our updated They say about us... section (Staff)
HiFi Shows: taking place on 3rd and 4th Dec. the 9th edition of the Roma HiEnd Show.
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