DIY Cables Instructions: VH Audio AES/EBU Digital Cable (DIY Recipe) VH Audio Fine Silver Interconnects (DIY Recipe) VH Audio Power Cord Flavors (DIY Recipe) Braiding Litz Wire Interconnects and Speaker Cables (How-To) Theory: Henry Ott’s “Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering”: exceptional book also covering cable design Commercial products: VH Audio Power Cord Flavor 4 Chimera Labs Advantage… » Read the full article
Stax SR-Lambda Review
Presentation This is a very short, but dense review of the Stax Lambda, one of the “right sounding” headphones that I currently own, and which I’d blindly suggest to any audiophile on a budget. The SR-Lambda came with bias voltage of 230V (or “normal”), and 6 pins termination and were the first in the Lambda… » Read the full article
STAX SR-007 (OMEGA II) … Darth Nut’s Epic Review (2003)
This review was originally posted in 2003 on Head-Fi. Darth nut is a psychoacoustician and his review is considered to be the most epic headphone review ever written. While the detail he goes into psycho acoustics and “headstage” are too overwhelming for most people, his write-up is one of the absolute best description of the… » Read the full article
Forza Audioworks Recable for Etymotic ER4
Introduction After having owned a couple of the Forza Audioworks cables (the twin, copper made usb cable, and the Claire analogue interconnects), I asked him if he wanted to make me a recable for Etymotic ER4P. I have been an Etymotic lover for years, mainly for their lifelike midrange, deep bass, linearity, and their high… » Read the full article
Review: JPlay 5.2 Audio Player
Jplay is considered, along with XXEighEnd and the minimal MQN, one the best sounding music players on Windows platform. Initially I have been sceptical about how a software player could affect the sound quality of a hifi system, but, as long as I kept learning about the matter, everything started to make sense. It’s about… » Read the full article
iFi iUSBPower USB Power Supply
Presentation The purpose of the iFi iUSBPower is to regenerate the dirty 5V power signal coming from a PC USB port, with clean 5V taken from an external source and passed through the iFi device itself. There are, in generally, two types of USB DAC (or USB-to-SPDIF converters) in the audio market: those that actually… » Read the full article
The Meitner IDAT D/A Interpolation Algorithm
This interesting article (source: Stereophile) provides a good explanation about what’s special in Meitner’s IDAT interpolation algorithm and the way it’ said to be “capable of understanding music”. The article describes how the IDAT algorithm merges the effect of FIR (finite impulse response) and IIR (infinite impulse response) filters, by detecting which parts of the… » Read the full article
Forza Audioworks Claire Interconnects
I am reviewing these interconnects, made by Polish brand Forza Audioworks, after having been very satisfied with their twin USB cable. I wanted something that would let me use my Headamp AE-2 portable amplifier with more flexibility than what’s offered by my other cables. The Claire cables are indeed built for flexibility, and they sort… » Read the full article
Di Marzio High-Definition Interconnects
This is a mini review for a pair of cables which are produced for studio: they are the High Definition interconnects from Di Marzio. I decided to buy a short pair after the advice of a friend from Head-Fi, with whom I was discussing my requirements for a reasonably priced pair of RCA cables, sturdy,… » Read the full article
Belkin Synapse Platinum Digital Interconnect
This is a sort of “legendary” coaxial cable, since, when in production, it used to cost about 7$, and then it got to a “cult status” thanks to Romy The Cat (owner of GoodSoundClub website), and, subsequently, thanks to several Museatex dac owners. The Synapse Platinum is made of stranded wire and measures around 73… » Read the full article
