QUAD II amplifiers are one of the most popular items bought on eBay. Here are a few pointers that might be useful. Buyers tend to favour amplifiers with very close serial numbers but this is not really...
A common misconception is that the rated power of loudspeakers is a measurement of how loud they are and an amplifier has to have the same power output as the rated power of the loudspeakers it is used with....
Chinese valve or tube amplifiers - are they any good? Well, I've tried out 2 of them from Hong Kong and the answer in a nutshell is they are absolutely brilliant and easily beat much more expensive transisitor...
Quad 33/303 Amplifier General These amplifiers were made from 1967 and had a production run of about 15 years. They were one of the best amplifiers around at that time for both design and technical...
Ideally you should pick an amplifier that can deliver power equal to twice the speaker's continuous IEC power rating. This means that a speaker with a "nominal impedance" of 8 ohms and a continuous IEC power...
If you are thinking about purchasing a vintage Akai tape recorder I though a few tips on things to look out for /common faults might be useful. Akai recorders were the very top end of the domestic market in...
The rule of thumb I use is simple. For speaker wire, buy the fattest / thickest wire you can afford, that is to say the cable with the greatest cross-sectional area ( usually shown in square millimetres ( such...
Read this carefully if you are tempted to buy these shiny speakers. The Matrix website that gives the technical details for these speakers (and suggests that thay have a retail value of $3998 a pair) is part...
Audiophile - in Latin 'lovers of sound'Overview It's no exaggeration to say that vinyl has experienced something of a resurgence in the last decade. In a world of musical convenience gained from the...
Building a separate Hi-Fi system What you need and what they are. Amplifier Amplifiers are the heart of your hi-fi system, every component feeds in to the amp and feeds it to your speakers. A receiver...