‘Lucinda Williams – Blessed’
“Music forms an important part of my thinking although I would stress that I never play music when I create…”
CAT SL-1 Renaissance
Long live transparency!
VTL IT-85 Integrated
“The wisest of these discerning audiophiles will listen to their music through vacuum tune amplifiers, and they shall stand apart among the rowdy rabble.” David Manley, California, 1989
A system that makes you feel good
The more wellness there is in the listener’s brains, the better the body feels.
Tubes and Circuits by Bruce Rozenblit
Some people like to write, some other to do more concrete things with their hands. Transcendent Sound’s Bruce Rozenblit, the founder of likes both.
Albert Hall chez vous
What hangs from the ceiling of Albert Hall London is EM Acoustics HALO pro-speakers. How do they sound in a typical listening room?
Fifty years of tube amp making
Mr. Mauri Pännäri, M.Sc. (e.e.) is a Finnish DIY Hi-Fi pioneer and well-known for his tube amp designs.
What can be tested, must be tested
It is not entirely wrong to compare a hi-fi system to the tree of evolution. In both, all paths are shamelessly tried, some survive, others not. But where evolution in nature is brutal fight, evolution of a hi-fi system can provide endless joy of discovery.
The good old Dunlavy SC-VI powered by ASR & Brinkmann
One of the most convincing sounding audio systems that I’ve heard in the recent past.
Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution
Sonus Faber’s Guarneri loudspeaker has always been something very special since the day it was introduced to the highend hi-fi community early 1990s.
The 2 Channel Audio Amplifier
Here’s a combo of pre/power amp that Finns can be proud of: The 2 Channel Audio Pre- and Power Amplifier designed by Matti Otala.
Bergmann Audio Magne turtable
Air is a wonderful thing: when you squeeze it a little bit, it – the compressed air – can be used as a workhorse for many marvelous jobs.
Crimson Model 610 & Model 620
Crimson Model 610 preamp & Model 620 power amp were originally designed as ‘quality budget amps’. They possess sympathy that many modern amplifiers lack.
Genesis 5.3
This “diminutive giant” presents a complex case, and thus requires a good deal of explanation, about how it’s constructed and room placement.
McIntosh MA-6600 transistor amplifier
Although a transistor amp, the 200W MA-6600 delves deep into McIntosh’s American roots.
Graditech Lumi – a most versatile speaker cable
Speaker cables make a difference. Graditech’s speaker cable Lumi makes a difference in dozens of ways?
iFi iTube
What to sell in between the usb-dac and active speakers?
Edward Munch’s Dance of Life
“Life is not in fact a dance and metaphor is too vague to give much indication of what is intended.”
Everyday functionality and democratic design
A helpful guide to Scandinavian design from 1900 to the present day.
Sibelius and Art
“I am more moved by other arts than by the music of others.” – Jean Sibelius in a letter to Aino Sibelius from Munich, 28 July 1894.
Unmonday 4.3
No matter how and from what angle I watch the Finnish Unmonday 4.3 speaker, I first see an object, and only then a loudspeaker.
Victor Vasarely – Art Musically Formalized
Vasarely’s form-colour identity finds its counterpart in music. The form, the dimension and the comparative position of the Plastic Unit in the bidimensional space of a painting have their musical counterparts.
