This is the story of one particulate Vifa speaker that means a lot for me. It marked the beginning of my journey to the wonderful world of acoustics. I decided to write this article as a...
New Speaker: Pioneer HPM-100
Finally. After almost 5 years I managed to find enough time and write this article. It was quite a journey for me personally and I enjoyed every minute of it. Having HPM-100 on my test bench was a...
DIY High-Voltage Lab Power Supply
Another DIY project that I finished recently. This was a really, really long time coming. It took me more time to finish it then I anticipated originally, but after all said and done – I’m pleased...
New corner of a site!
Although there is still bunch of content to publish in other category’s I decided to make a new one! (I know , I know…) So here it is – DIY. Why? Because for a lot of what I know and can do today...
Summer is over it seems…
And winter is here! Time to crank up those sweet vacuum tubes for heating and get back to audio projects. There was a couple new additions to lab equipment over the summer that deserve at least...
NAD 3080 Amplifier Review&Measurements
This is a second article of the series, and here I will make a small overview of the design and engineering decisions, made by senior NAD engeneer Bjorn Erik Edvardsen, when designing this...
NAD 3080 Amplifier Restoration
In this article, I will walk you through another restoration of an classical stereo amplifier. Some small fixes took place as well as upgrade to a new volume resistor attenuator and full blown...
Kenwood KA-8300 Review&Measurements
This is a second article about this beautiful Japanese piece of engineering. It has a short model history and brief technical overview of used circuitry and components. Also you’ll find a...
KENWOOD KA-8300 Repair&Restoration
Project includes fault finding and a repair process for a couple of in between unrelated malfunctions, which should be common in those units. Full write-up of restoration process, including recap...
Measurment part of DUAL 1218 is up!
Having this turntable for some time now, I didn’t made any in depth measurements because… well, it sounded good and that’s it. Now that it’s for sale, I decided to make a sample case out of it....









