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The Value Of A Quality Phono PreamplifierWhilst you can buy a phono pre-amplifier from a quite cheap $40 to $60 so that you can play records through your system you have to ask an important question.....do you really want the atmospheric sound of playing records or are you just wanting to misunderstand the vinyl revival and end up with not much better than MP3.Unfortunately it does cost about $120 to buy a decent phono pre-amplifier as you are trying to amplify a very small audio signal that nee …

Harbeth Super HL5 Plus Loudspeakers - Simply Stunning "Put simply,Alan Shaw's  Harbeth's  Super HL5 Plus is one of the most beautiful sounding speaker systems I have heard since the original Quad electrostatics.The comparison is not stated lightly.the transducer has the same musical authority,naturalness,midrange beauty and really extraordinary top to bottom coherence that I've heard from very few dynamic speakers of any type,persuasion or expense"An amazing compliment from The Ab …

What Is DAB+ Digital Radio?DAB+ is the most widely accepted radio standard worldwide,on air in more than 40 countries.There is widespread interest in rolling out DAB+ in South Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.AM,FM and DAB+ all broadcast on different frequencies,AM uses longer wavelengths in the Medium Wave bands allowing the signal to travel further.AM,due to the fact the signal is bounced off the Ionosphere suffers from interference which substantially affects the sound quality.FM broadcasts …

Marantz.....A History To be Truly ReveredTo understand why we are where we are now it is appropriate to look back at great engineering feats that helped us discover how wonderful music listening can be.A pioneer and genius of the early years of high fidelity,Saul B Marantz introduced us to some very special pieces of amplification.Going way back to 1958,Marantz introduced it's Model 7 Preamplifier which was a breakthrough.In it's 12 year production run 130,000 units were sold which is a staggeri …

The ProJect Classic....Celebrating 25 Years!Exciting news is that ProJect,the famous Austrian turntable designer and manufacturer,has announced that they are celebrating their 25th Anniversary with the release of the ProJect Classic turntable.Strikingly similar to the Linn Sondek design,the smart wooden frame contains specially designed sorbothane discs,while the tonearm tube is made of carbon covered aluminium.Both horizontal and vertical bearings have also been given a cosmetic upgrade on …