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The Linear Tracking Tonearm – more ruminations
” It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it’s a good cat.” - Deng Xiao Ping If you are interested in analogue, you should know about Poul Ladegaard. Especially if...
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Valves and Vacuum Tubes – Baby Steps
“I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.” – Niccolo Paganini In recent times there seems to be as much renewed interest in valves-vacuum tubes, as there is in...
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Why 180 Gram Vinyl?
“Surely you can’t be serious… I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley!” – Leslie Nielson You can call me obsessive. In recent years, “180 gram” vinyl is frequently offered as a signifier of better...
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Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2013
This year’s The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF 2013) is the tenth year since it’s inception and while not as busy as previous years – I’ve attend three now – the buzz and friendly atmosphere is much...
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2013 Australian Audio and AV Show
When I came back from the 2013 Australian Audio and AV Show in Melbourne I sent the AudioEnz editor a “Show Report”. When opened, this report said: I went the Melbourne Audio Show There were lots of...
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The Phono Preamp – the toughest job in audio
The way I see it, the Phono Preamp is one of the hardest briefs in audio for the electronic designer. Amplification For starters, you have a pick-up cartridge signal at the millivolt level which needs...
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Audio bling: Rockport Arrakis
[Click for larger image] Rockport Arrakis The Arrakis is Rockport’s largest and most expensive loudspeaker. Each speaker includes two 380mm (15 inch) side-firing woofers, stands 2.05m high and weigh...
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Koetsu – an appreciation
Koetsu cartridges were named in honour of Honami Koetsu, a 16–17th Century Japanese calligrapher and Raku-style ceramic artist. Yoshiaki Sugano began actively making Koetsu moving coil cartridges...
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Flattery and imitation
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. As many readers will know, from 1987 through to 1996, this magazine was called AudioVideo. A pretty generic name, yes, which is why I much...
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Thirty years of AudioEnz – and goodbye
December 2016 marks thirty years since my very first hi-fi magazine was published. It was in print, of course – the public internet not existing back then. And the world of hi-fi and music was very...
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