Frequently asked questions about general hi-fi stuff including various types of equipment, technical concepts and advice for getting the best results.
No, this is just typical of the misinformation so commonly found on the interwebs. Most people shouldn’t be opening their equipment, let alone attempting to replace electronic parts that measure well within spec. Not only is this a waste of time, it is unlikely to solve faults and it dramatically increases the risk of damage, …
The FAQs save everyone time, by addressing questions I’m most commonly asked. Honestly, there are questions I’ve probably been asked hundreds of times now over the last 10+ years. Answering commonly asked questions like these takes a chunk of time and, without a good alternative, I’d almost never get any work done! I write each …
System resolution limitations or ‘bottlenecks’ are critically important as they define the maximum performance attainable with a given set of equipment. Think of it this way: You could have the best pair of speakers and source equipment in the world, but if your amplifier can only support a certain level of performance, maybe it has …
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Unfortunately, this is rarely possible. Please note that this isn’t to be difficult, it’s simply a logistical limitation resulting from the dozens of potential new booking enquiries we receive weekly, which amounts to hundreds per year. Keeping track of everyone wanting to book equipment in for work is just not possible, nor even sensible. Using …
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Generally no, unless you are able to have equipment inspected and you understand that PayPal offers no buyer protection on Gumtree. You need to be careful when buying anything like this on Gumtree, a local classifieds selling platform here in Australia. Did you know sellers can circumvent the buyer protection that normally exists when you use PayPal? …
Absolutely yes, often a massive difference, but just not always in the way people imagine. Let’s just get this out of the way: good cables always improve system performance over crappy ones. That being said, there is more snake oil and pseudoscience in cables than just about any other aspect of hi-fi, and the hi-fi …
For the same reasons guitars, amplifiers, radios and speakers don’t all sound the same. Actually, it’s the same basic set of reasons no two THINGS are ever exactly the same. There are so many elements inside a CD player contributing to the sound that no two CD players could sound the same unless they were …
