I was puzzled by lesser then declared Dayton mic sensitivity, so I measured the outputs with a scope and what a surprise – there was nothing on pin 3! What the heck? Ok, it’s time to disassemble Dayton mic and see whats going on…

What is the most important tool when working with speakers? Of course it’s a measurement microphone. Be it a restoration project or a whole new speaker system – without actually measuring the sound field, you are working in a blind…

I guess nobody needs an introduction to these speakers, they’re iconic pioneer HPM’s from 70’s. Arguably the last “real” speakers made by Pioneer, before consumerism and tide price tags hit the market. Legend says that Bart Locanthi, head of engineering at JBL…

I thought long and hard how to name this one. And in a nutshell – current title is accurate. This is a story of one unfortunate purchase from a friend of mine with a somewhat happy ending. It unfolded somewhere around year 2014 and took a while to come to a conclusion….

This is how it all started. It’s somewhere around year 2005. Winter. I bought another set of speakers and experienced another major disappointment. This was TANNOY Mercury F3 if my memory serves well. They were in a mint condition although slightly used pair…