Audiolab’s 6000A is a popular sub-€1000 amplifier — and for good reason. It combines 50wpc into 8 Ohms with a ...

Down the pike from Schiit Audio comes the Stjarna phono pre-amplifier. According to the now mostly Texan manufacturer, Stjarna is “an all-out, limited-production all-tube design”.  We might see it as ...

Local company Vicoustic has treated the room for reverb issues… twice. The first installation in January 2023 reduced the ...

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The Vibelink Amp delivers optimal clarity, and unlike many powered amplifiers, its digital optical and coaxial inputs also ...

Whilst we can conclude that the rug does something for reverb at 1.2kHz, that something is negligible. Similarly, this side-by-side shows how the rug worsens the reverb time ever-so-slightly at 400Hz.

Laurence Dickie is (perhaps) best known for co-designing the Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus in the early 90s. Nowadays, Dickie heads up engineering at Vivid Audio where – from his Brighton base – he ...