The oft described (especially among women's magazines) male mid-life crisis is supposed to be a desperate menopausal attempt to reclaim the joys of lost youth, the sense of wild adolescent playfulness ...

The tube industry is enjoying a renaissance these days, especially in the audio field. Tubes are in - and for good reason! So it is no surprise that manufacturers of audio equipment, and especially ...

Whenever I have mentioned the 6SN7GT valve (tube) in my reference modified Assemblage SET300B Signature Edition, I have hinted at a preferred NOS (New Old Stock) example that I dare not name as it has ...

If you are a TNT regular, and have even the smallest knowledge of hi-fi, then you most probably know how critical the power supply is to any piece of active hi-fi equipment. Often as much (or even ...

For some people, hi-fi can be a cruel mistress! An endless quest for better sound quality. Just when you are satisfied with one part of your system, another part cries out for up-grading! One of the ...

A while ago I was in need of a new Phono Pickup Cartridge. Having stayed for a long time with such budget favorites as the Cambridge C-77 and a nice NAD 9100, I was not going to shell out for a Koetsu ...

This is not the happiest way to re-open the magazine after our usual holidays break but I simply can't avoid this. A week ago a true legend of the HiFi arena, James Bongiorno, passed away. It is a sad ...

In late 2002, I reviewed a pair of speakers from Omega Speaker Systems, model TS2R. The review was well underway when Louis Chochos, President of Omega, sent one pair each of the Omega TS1 Standard ...

In Spring 2005 I began writing the following piece, "Recently several noise problems have plagued my system. There is endless mutation of the system and its component locations due to the regular ...

Sitting on my shelves in my music room are around 2000 records. They vary in age, wear and quality, but to me they are the most important part of my hi-fi. Many of these were bought in an orgy of ...

It's been a long time since I made the cables I'm presenting here, yet I have never seriously thought of them as a project for TNT Audio. I thought the topic was a tad redundant, due to the presence ...

Section devoted to DIY and tweaking. Free online projects of amplifiers, loudspeakers, cables, accessories plus articles on easy upgrades for commercial components. All the designs are FREE and NOT ...