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WEBTNT-Audio - weekly updated online HiFi magazine, free and truly independent (no advertising). TNT-Audio features listening tests, DIY tips and free projects, interviews, reportages, factory tours, a Readers' Corner, buying guides, advices for novices and newbies and much more! Also available in Italian.
A Brief Guide to Edison Cylinder Phonographs - TNT-Audio
WEBI think it's safe to say that, aside from some of the even higher-end exotic machines released in limited numbers at the end of the open horn era, the big, heavy, powerful Triumph is the Edison phonograph to which most cylinder collectors aspire. Fitted with 2/4-minute gearing, a flipover Model O combination reproducer, and one of the deluxe ...
[Listening test] F900S TPA3116 chip-based bluetooth amplifier
WEBAn integrated amplifier that offers high power output (from a TPA3116 Texas Instrument Class D chipset), nice binding posts, line and Bluetooth inputs and, hear hear, even a built-in DAC for USB connection! This small miracle is marketed under many different brands: Nobsound NG-01, Douk Audio F900, Mogu F900, Pastop F900 and a couple of others.
Jitter explained - Part 1.3 [English] - TNT-Audio
WEBLine induced jitter is instead caused by the transmission medium. Any connection link has a limited bandwidth, that makes transitions slower than ideal and this causes waveform deformations that can be easily studied with an oscilloscope (eye pattern). Now we need some more detail abut SPDIF code to clarify what happens.
[Review] ESS Heil Air Motion Transformer - [English] - TNT-Audio
WEBThe model available at Parts Express claims 92dB sensitivity, 2.9Ω, with 40W RMS power handling with crossover at 12dB/8ve at 800Hz. The current model is just over 150mm square and 110mm deep, so is the old one, but the older model seems to have a different plastic surround. Identical anti-tamper warning labels adorn old and new alike.
TNT : B&W DM601 S2 Listening Test - [English] - TNT-Audio
WEBDescription. 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 a bass reflex ported speaker.
Garrard Zero 100 SB turntable - TNT-Audio
WEBThe Zero 100 SB can work either as a fully automatic turntable or like an audiophile manual one. The automatic part is a complicated fully mechanical system of coils and shafts that works surprisingly fine and silent. Of course we audiophiles prefer to use it as a fully manual turntable. Speed change (33-45) is controlled by a shaft that ...
Naim Nait integrated amplifier [English] - TNT-Audio
WEBNaim Nait 1. Naim Audio Integrated Amplifier or Nait for short. Any audiophile worth his weight in strong Ale should be familiar with this acronym, quickly becomed a legend in HiFi since its early days in the mid Eighties. Naim Audio is well known for its radical approach to …
Hawthorne Audio Silver Iris drivers - Part I
WEBHawthorne Audio haven't stopped with their first driver, the Silver Iris. They now supply a 15 inch bass augmenter, appropriately named the Augie, and are working hard on a 10 inch version of the Silver Iris coaxial for those looking for a more compact OB arrangement. But this review will audition the Silver Iris 15 inch coaxial driver and I'll ...
Pass Labs Aleph P e Aleph 2 - TNT-Audio
WEBProduct: preamplifier Aleph P and monoblock power amplifiers Aleph 2 Manufacturer: Pass Labs - USA Last official price (7/99): 5,600 USD (pre) and 4,600 USD (each amplifier) Reviewer: Giorgio Pozzoli. Nelson Pass is certainly one of the major technical figures in the international Hi-Fi community. He owns a large number of international patents ...