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dynamics.

INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER NAD 314 The NAD 314 is an integrated amplifier with 35 watts of output power per channel, it has several facilities including tone controls while the classic NAD grey finish is a bit on the poor side, as usual. NAD products have always been designed having in mind clever good sounding circuits and components while aesthetics and finish quality have ADJUSTING THE BIAS OF YOUR AMP F900S TPA3116 CHIP-BASED BLUETOOTH AMPLIFIERSEE MORE

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In the email announcing the Puffin, designer Shannon Parks said: “The Puffin represents a radical departure from other phono preamps as it is a DSP-based phono preamp, but it still hooks up like a normal phono preamp with analog inputs and outputs. No computer or internet is necessary, and it does everything real-time. GENALEX GOLD LION KT88 TUBES REISSUESEE MORE ON TNT-AUDIO.COM DYNAVECTOR XX-2 MKII VS TE KAITORA RUA MOVINGSEE MORE ON

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RECORDS TO TEST HIFI WITH Sara K. records are very popular at HiFi SHows. Telarc Super Test CD - Telarc recordings. Another good sampler with tracks ranging from jazz to classical music. It contains some excellent tracks devoted to single instruments (organ and double-bass, for example). Impressive

dynamics.

INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER NAD 314 The NAD 314 is an integrated amplifier with 35 watts of output power per channel, it has several facilities including tone controls while the classic NAD grey finish is a bit on the poor side, as usual. NAD products have always been designed having in mind clever good sounding circuits and components while aesthetics and finish quality have ADJUSTING THE BIAS OF YOUR AMP F900S TPA3116 CHIP-BASED BLUETOOTH AMPLIFIERSEE MORE

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In the email announcing the Puffin, designer Shannon Parks said: “The Puffin represents a radical departure from other phono preamps as it is a DSP-based phono preamp, but it still hooks up like a normal phono preamp with analog inputs and outputs. No computer or internet is necessary, and it does everything real-time. GENALEX GOLD LION KT88 TUBES REISSUESEE MORE ON TNT-AUDIO.COM DYNAVECTOR XX-2 MKII VS TE KAITORA RUA MOVINGSEE MORE ON

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How to repair worn out woofers (refoaming made easy) Easy tweaking for commercial loudspeakers - Part 1. Easy tweaking for commercial loudspeakers - Part 2. Tweeter felt tweak. Upgrades and listening test for a pair of AR 94. Upgrades and listening test for a MAKE HIFI SHOWS GREAT AGAIN The current Covid 19 Pandemic has ensured that the hifi show selection has been pretty thin on the ground and has meant that we've not been able to hear some of the latest (and potentially greatest) new bits of kit that may have made their way onto the market over the last 18 months. Hey even the ADJUSTING THE BIAS OF YOUR AMP For a start, adjust the quiescent current for 50 mA on both channels. Turn the amp off, connect a source, say CD player to it, connect the speakers, put in a CD with music, switch the amp on and let the CD play. Listen very carefully to it, it should be one of your favorites, one that you know well. DIGITAL CABLES COMPARISON TESTS First of all, by digital cable I will mean an interconnect cable between CD transport (or CD/DVD player used as pure transport) and an external D/A converter (DAC). The DAC can be a completely separate outboard unit or an inboard section of a preamplifier, integrated amp or HT receiver (sic). There ZEROZONE IRS 2092 CLASS D MONOBLOCKS If you're a long time TNT-Audio reader you probably are already aware of the fact we're always searching for bizarre HiFi components, gifted by stellar quality/price ratio. While scouting the Web searching for such items, I've come across this pair of monoblock amplifiers, based on IRF IRS2092 Class LOSSLESS STREAMING WARS There are some industry moves coming on the horizon from some of the major players in music streaming. In fact, I have been writing this article for the past couple of weeks and I keep having to edit it. For a long time, the majority of streaming was done in MP3, Ogg Vorbis or AAC, all lossy formats GALLO ACOUSTICS NUCLEUS REFERENCE 3.1 REVIEW The Dulcets were a bit shouty at high volume levels. Anthony Gallo Acoustics Nucleus Reference 3.1 vs. Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MkII. "Summertime" (Lesley Olsher; Stereophile Test CD1;Stereophile; STPH002-2 ) The Dynaudios were significantly better at delivering the dynamics of the female vocals on this track. However, with the second

sample the

ORTOFON QUINTET BLUE The Quintet Blue has few faults, particularly at its price point. It plays relatively neutral, without obvious colorations or frequency dips, and strikes a good balance between musical and analytical. While it's not the last word in resolving power, it is detailed, dynamic and casts a three-dimension soundstage. AUDIO TECHNICA OC9 MLII AND GOLDRING ELITE MC INTRODUCTION. If you were to ask the vinyl cognoscenti about how to select a good cartridge, you would probably receive a variety of opinions (enough to make you wish you had never asked). But some of the common features that many would uphold would be "low-output MC", "boron cantilevers" and a "sveltly shaped stylus" (that would easily nuzzle into the goove). TNT-Audio - no-profit non commercial Internet HiFi review: hifi listening tests, tweaks, advices, DIY designs, interviews and much

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In the email announcing the Puffin, designer Shannon Parks said: “The Puffin represents a radical departure from other phono preamps as it is a DSP-based phono preamp, but it still hooks up like a normal phono preamp with analog inputs and outputs. No computer or internet is necessary, and it does everything real-time. ORTOFON QUINTET BLUE GENALEX GOLD LION KT88 TUBES REISSUESEE MORE ON TNT-AUDIO.COM DYNAVECTOR XX-2 MKII VS TE KAITORA RUA MOVINGSEE MORE ON

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In the email announcing the Puffin, designer Shannon Parks said: “The Puffin represents a radical departure from other phono preamps as it is a DSP-based phono preamp, but it still hooks up like a normal phono preamp with analog inputs and outputs. No computer or internet is necessary, and it does everything real-time. ORTOFON QUINTET BLUE GENALEX GOLD LION KT88 TUBES REISSUESEE MORE ON TNT-AUDIO.COM DYNAVECTOR XX-2 MKII VS TE KAITORA RUA MOVINGSEE MORE ON

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GALLO ACOUSTICS NUCLEUS REFERENCE 3.1 REVIEW RECORDS TO TEST HIFI WITH Sara K. records are very popular at HiFi SHows. Telarc Super Test CD - Telarc recordings. Another good sampler with tracks ranging from jazz to classical music. It contains some excellent tracks devoted to single instruments (organ and double-bass, for example). Impressive

dynamics.

DIY LOUDSPEAKERS

How to repair worn out woofers (refoaming made easy) Easy tweaking for commercial loudspeakers - Part 1. Easy tweaking for commercial loudspeakers - Part 2. Tweeter felt tweak. Upgrades and listening test for a pair of AR 94. Upgrades and listening test for a MAKE HIFI SHOWS GREAT AGAIN The current Covid 19 Pandemic has ensured that the hifi show selection has been pretty thin on the ground and has meant that we've not been able to hear some of the latest (and potentially greatest) new bits of kit that may have made their way onto the market over the last 18 months. Hey even the INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER NAD 314 The NAD 314 is an integrated amplifier with 35 watts of output power per channel, it has several facilities including tone controls while the classic NAD grey finish is a bit on the poor side, as usual. NAD products have always been designed having in mind clever good sounding circuits and components while aesthetics and finish quality have

KLIPSCH RF-3

Klipsch is one of the golden names in HiFi history, a Company that has made "high sensitivity" its credo, its own flagship.Following a long established tradition all Klipsch loudspeakers make use of horns to "load" their drivers, so to reach high sound pressure levels with just

few watts.

AUDIO NIRVANA 8" "FULL-RANGE" DRIVERS Two things prompted me to chase up these drivers – the first was that the BFB was obviously being built by a lot of first time speaker builders, and that though good, some people were finding the Fostex 204 impossible to get (out of production) and the 206 difficult to get

– I needed an

ZEROZONE IRS 2092 CLASS D MONOBLOCKS If you're a long time TNT-Audio reader you probably are already aware of the fact we're always searching for bizarre HiFi components, gifted by stellar quality/price ratio. While scouting the Web searching for such items, I've come across this pair of monoblock amplifiers, based on IRF IRS2092 Class TNT : B&W DM601 S2 LISTENING TEST Description. DM 601 S2 measures just 356x204x244mm, or 14x8x9.6 inches (HxWxD), and weighs in at 6.1 kilos (13.4 lb). In my book, this is called a small speaker, though the weight is a little above the norm in this class. The sales literature describes it as a "2- way 4th-order vented system", or LOSSLESS STREAMING WARS There are some industry moves coming on the horizon from some of the major players in music streaming. In fact, I have been writing this article for the past couple of weeks and I keep having to edit it. For a long time, the majority of streaming was done in MP3, Ogg Vorbis or AAC, all lossy formats EXPOSING THE VTA MYTH? This is the widely accepted definition of VTA that you'll see in many publications. However VTA is much more complicated than this. It is in fact linked to the line that the cutting head moves through as it cuts the lacquer (cellulose nitrate) master, relative to a line perpendicular to the record. TNT-Audio - no-profit non commercial Internet HiFi review: hifi listening tests, tweaks, advices, DIY designs, interviews and much

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dynamics.

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How to repair worn out woofers (refoaming made easy) Easy tweaking for commercial loudspeakers - Part 1. Easy tweaking for commercial loudspeakers - Part 2. Tweeter felt tweak. Upgrades and listening test for a pair of AR 94. Upgrades and listening test for a THORENS TD1600, THORENS TD1601, THORENS TP92 Conclusion. With a whole series of Old Scribe articles in prep on the inherent rightness of the Thorens TD160, the sudden arrival of a new variation of that 70s stalwart, was bound to raise interest in the hilltop lair of TNT-audio's Old Scribe.That the new Thorens TD1600 (and its arm lift stablemate TD1601) addresses the few shortcomings (by contemporary standards) of the original, is even ADJUSTING THE BIAS OF YOUR AMP

ACRYLIC LID REPAIR

There are often opportuntities to buy old used turntables. Some of them have acrylic lids, and most times these old turntables are shipped by post, not using the original box. The result might be a crack in the acrylic lid. I always wondered how to repair these things. This picture shows a past

PARKS AUDIO PUFFIN

In the email announcing the Puffin, designer Shannon Parks said: “The Puffin represents a radical departure from other phono preamps as it is a DSP-based phono preamp, but it still hooks up like a normal phono preamp with analog inputs and outputs. No computer or internet is necessary, and it does everything real-time. GENALEX GOLD LION KT88 TUBES REISSUESEE MORE ON TNT-AUDIO.COM DYNAVECTOR XX-2 MKII VS TE KAITORA RUA MOVINGSEE MORE ON

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dynamics.

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DIY LOUDSPEAKERS

How to repair worn out woofers (refoaming made easy) Easy tweaking for commercial loudspeakers - Part 1. Easy tweaking for commercial loudspeakers - Part 2. Tweeter felt tweak. Upgrades and listening test for a pair of AR 94. Upgrades and listening test for a THORENS TD1600, THORENS TD1601, THORENS TP92 Conclusion. With a whole series of Old Scribe articles in prep on the inherent rightness of the Thorens TD160, the sudden arrival of a new variation of that 70s stalwart, was bound to raise interest in the hilltop lair of TNT-audio's Old Scribe.That the new Thorens TD1600 (and its arm lift stablemate TD1601) addresses the few shortcomings (by contemporary standards) of the original, is even ADJUSTING THE BIAS OF YOUR AMP

ACRYLIC LID REPAIR

There are often opportuntities to buy old used turntables. Some of them have acrylic lids, and most times these old turntables are shipped by post, not using the original box. The result might be a crack in the acrylic lid. I always wondered how to repair these things. This picture shows a past

PARKS AUDIO PUFFIN

In the email announcing the Puffin, designer Shannon Parks said: “The Puffin represents a radical departure from other phono preamps as it is a DSP-based phono preamp, but it still hooks up like a normal phono preamp with analog inputs and outputs. No computer or internet is necessary, and it does everything real-time. GENALEX GOLD LION KT88 TUBES REISSUESEE MORE ON TNT-AUDIO.COM DYNAVECTOR XX-2 MKII VS TE KAITORA RUA MOVINGSEE MORE ON

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MARANTZ PM7000 REVIEW From the outside, the unit is full of clean lines, with soft rounded edges rather than classic corners. It's solidly made, as attested by its weight of 12.3 kg (app. 28.3 lbs). Marantz quotes its specifications as 2x95W into 8 Ohms, 20-20,000 Hz, with no more than 0.03% THD. This rises to 2x150W into 4 Ohms. DIGITAL CABLES COMPARISON TESTS First of all, by digital cable I will mean an interconnect cable between CD transport (or CD/DVD player used as pure transport) and an external D/A converter (DAC). The DAC can be a completely separate outboard unit or an inboard section of a preamplifier, integrated amp or HT receiver (sic). There ATOLL IN 50 INTEGRATED AMP TNT-Audio has already reviewed Atoll HiFi components, namely the integrated amplifier known as IN 80, which is the bigger brother of the IN 50 under test. This is the smallest amp made by the dynamic French Company, though this "silver" version is somehow a "limited" edition with better components TOPPING PA3 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER A closer look. The PA3 is a tiny Class D integrated amp, with two line inputs, based on the Texas Instruments TDA7498E chipset. The TDA7498E, powered by the supplied 32V/5.5A PSU, is capable of 70 watts per channel on a 8 ohm load and 80 watts on a 4 ohms load. Impressive,

given the size!

ACRYLIC LID REPAIR

Preparations. For an acrylic lid repair, you need only a small amount of chloroform, about 10ml (for US: a third of oz.). Unfortunately, my local pharmacy had no chloroform on stock, and they wanted to let me order a quantity of 1 litre minimum, so I had another friend bring me TNT : B&W DM601 S2 LISTENING TEST Description. DM 601 S2 measures just 356x204x244mm, or 14x8x9.6 inches (HxWxD), and weighs in at 6.1 kilos (13.4 lb). In my book, this is called a small speaker, though the weight is a little above the norm in this class. The sales literature describes it as a "2- way 4th-order vented system", or AUDIO TECHNICA OC9 MLII AND GOLDRING ELITE MC INTRODUCTION. If you were to ask the vinyl cognoscenti about how to select a good cartridge, you would probably receive a variety of opinions (enough to make you wish you had never asked). But some of the common features that many would uphold would be "low-output MC", "boron cantilevers" and a "sveltly shaped stylus" (that would easily nuzzle into the goove). F360 BLACK ICE AUDIO TUBE PRE-AMPLIFIER This is the fourth and final part of my multi-product review project. The other new product I've been privileged to audition in this first batch is the Black Ice Audio F360 Tube Pre-amplifier with built-in Sound Stage Expander ("panorama control") and equalisation for contouring the musical

GOLDRING ELITE

Finally, it is safe to join the Elite. But remember, the Goldring G1042 Cartridge is still an excellent buy at less than half the Price of the Elite, is far more compatible with various tone-arms and Phono-Stages. And the Reson Reca (based on the G1042) is a Cartridge that in many ways matches the Elite. GENALEX GOLD LION PX300B POWER TRIODE Product name: Genalex Gold Lion PX300B Power Triode Sold by: VKMusic - Canada Cost: $160. Can. (Currency conversion)()Reviewer: Roger McCuaig - TNT Canada Reviewed: December, 2017 Introduction. I am sitting in my listening chair on a rainy Sunday afternoon with fifties jazz recordings playing while I punch away on my laptop. TNT-Audio - no-profit non commercial Internet HiFi review: hifi listening tests, tweaks, advices, DIY designs, interviews and much

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F360 BLACK ICE AUDIO TUBE PRE-AMPLIFIER This is the fourth and final part of my multi-product review project. The other new product I've been privileged to audition in this first batch is the Black Ice Audio F360 Tube Pre-amplifier with built-in Sound Stage Expander ("panorama control") and equalisation for contouring the musical NAD 3020 - LISTENING TEST - TNT-AUDIO The NAD 3020 had a claimed power rating of 28 watts @ 8 Ohms (20-20 KHz), an extremely well designed phono stage (only a little bit noisy) very good driving capabilities even under heavy loads (till 3 Ohms!) all inside a cabinet designed with the clear wish to save costs. It had tone controls, loudness (it was a must at the time), pre-out/main JUNGSON JA-99D AMPLIFIER TEST ON TNT-AUDIO

GOLDRING ELITE

Finally, it is safe to join the Elite. But remember, the Goldring G1042 Cartridge is still an excellent buy at less than half the Price of the Elite, is far more compatible with various tone-arms and Phono-Stages. And the Reson Reca (based on the G1042) is a Cartridge that in many ways matches the Elite. ORTOFON QUINTET BLUE DYNAVECTOR DV 20X2-L TNT-Audio - no-profit non commercial Internet HiFi review: hifi listening tests, tweaks, advices, DIY designs, interviews and much

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F360 BLACK ICE AUDIO TUBE PRE-AMPLIFIER This is the fourth and final part of my multi-product review project. The other new product I've been privileged to audition in this first batch is the Black Ice Audio F360 Tube Pre-amplifier with built-in Sound Stage Expander ("panorama control") and equalisation for contouring the musical NAD 3020 - LISTENING TEST - TNT-AUDIO The NAD 3020 had a claimed power rating of 28 watts @ 8 Ohms (20-20 KHz), an extremely well designed phono stage (only a little bit noisy) very good driving capabilities even under heavy loads (till 3 Ohms!) all inside a cabinet designed with the clear wish to save costs. It had tone controls, loudness (it was a must at the time), pre-out/main JUNGSON JA-99D AMPLIFIER TEST ON TNT-AUDIO

GOLDRING ELITE

Finally, it is safe to join the Elite. But remember, the Goldring G1042 Cartridge is still an excellent buy at less than half the Price of the Elite, is far more compatible with various tone-arms and Phono-Stages. And the Reson Reca (based on the G1042) is a Cartridge that in many ways matches the Elite. ORTOFON QUINTET BLUE DYNAVECTOR DV 20X2-L ATOLL IN 50 INTEGRATED AMP TNT-Audio has already reviewed Atoll HiFi components, namely the integrated amplifier known as IN 80, which is the bigger brother of the IN 50 under test. This is the smallest amp made by the dynamic French Company, though this "silver" version is somehow a "limited" edition with better components

KLIPSCH RF-3

Klipsch is one of the golden names in HiFi history, a Company that has made "high sensitivity" its credo, its own flagship.Following a long established tradition all Klipsch loudspeakers make use of horns to "load" their drivers, so to reach high sound pressure levels with just

few watts.

DYNAVECTOR XX2 MKII

Regular readers of TNT Audio will be familiar with Geoff Husband's review of the Dynavector XX-2 Moving Coil cartridge. In that review Geoff said "The XX-2 is a stunning cartridge. It's far from a cheap or even mid market cartridge but for 40% of the cost it gives 90% of the fidelity of the DRT and POWER AMPLIFIER NAD 214 NAD 214 power amplifier. A new affordable amplifier from New Acoustic Dimension can hardly be considered big news, as NAD is THE specialist of value-for-money hifi with audiophile pretentions, and as NAD majors in amplifiers. And yet, the 214 power amplifier marks an interesting departure from past policies for NAD. AUDIO TECHNICA OC9 MLII AND GOLDRING ELITE MC OC9 ML II. Elite. MSRP (USD) $499, commonly available for less than $300. $750. Frequency response. 15hz - 50khz, no tolerance specified.

20Hz-30kHz +/-2 dB.

GENALEX GOLD LION KT88 TUBES REISSUE According to the manufacturer the Gold Lion KT88 is an attempt to recreate the original Genalex, which was introduced in 1957. Opinions on the original valve's performance I found while researching some background material for this review range from praise to a somewhat less enthusiastic response. I

ACRYLIC LID REPAIR

Preparations. For an acrylic lid repair, you need only a small amount of chloroform, about 10ml (for US: a third of oz.). Unfortunately, my local pharmacy had no chloroform on stock, and they wanted to let me order a quantity of 1 litre minimum, so I had another friend bring me KORATO ANNIVERSARY PRE AND POWER AMP This is a poor review, by my standards and by the regular standard of TNT. It's poor because of a combination of factors which I'll explain, but it is interesting as it demonstrates the difficulties that system compatability, or even just changes in a reference system, can cause

any reviewer. Last

PARKS AUDIO PUFFIN

In the email announcing the Puffin, designer Shannon Parks said: “The Puffin represents a radical departure from other phono preamps as it is a DSP-based phono preamp, but it still hooks up like a normal phono preamp with analog inputs and outputs. No computer or internet is necessary, and it does everything real-time. MAYRECORDS CORK MAT FOR TURNTABLES It is not a mystery that cork is an excellent material for building good turntable mats. Starting from our TNT Janus DIY design, made of a sheet of cork glued to a sheet of damping material, and considering the original Ringmat and all the plethora of high-end cork mats now available, it is clear TNT-Audio - Internet HiFi Review Copyright © 1995-2021 TNT-AUDIO worldwide TNT-Audio is a weekly technical publication enrolled in the Italian Press Roll. Subcr. Nr. 5/05 12/02/2005 - Trib. di Cagliari ISSN code: 1825-4853