What Difference Does An Output Transformer Make?
Do Transformers Matter? Spoiler Alert, They Do. (to varying degrees) By Steve Graham Bored? Take an OK amp, buy two new transformers Yes, I was bored. Two years and counting of near-isolation in a...
View ArticleAce and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure: And So It Begins
Steve’s Return to Rehab by Steve Graham (Tube Amp Rehab, That Is) I have agreed to help an audiophile in distress. A friend of a friend has amassed a large collection of audio gear, much of it...
View ArticleAce And Steve: Reviving The Leak Stereo 20 (Part 1)
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure: Update No. 1 Leak Stereo 20 Progress, and I Share a Testing Tip by Steve Graham The Leak Stereo 20 is up and running. I installed the remaining caps...
View ArticleHoly Or Hell: Ace & Steve Update 2 – The Heartbreak Of Vintage Gear
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure Update No. 2: The Heartbreak of Vintage Gear by Steve Graham This was originally going to be a much different progress report. I’ll get into that later,...
View ArticleAce & Steve Update 3: The Long And Winding Road
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure: Update No. 3: The Long and Winding Road by Steve Graham Progress of a sort, on the Mactone front. Perfect and as new? Probably not. The conundrum...
View ArticleAce & Steve Update 4: I Should Have Known Better
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure: Update No. 4: I Should Have Known Better by Steve Graham If you have been following this series, you’ll know that the original Fisher output...
View ArticleTriangle Borea BR08 Speaker Review – Something Quite Unexpected
Triangle Borea BR Zero Eight Speaker Review: Detail, drama and something quite unexpected Review by Steve Graham Boring Stuff First Manufacturer’s Specifications: Tweeter: 2.5cm (1”) silk dome...
View ArticleAce and Steve Vintage Update No.5: Leak Stereo 20 Restomods
Ace and Steve’s Big Vintage Summer Adventure Concludes Update No. 5: You Can’t do That* by Steve Graham Rewired and running like a new amp. Literally, like a 2022 amplifier. *Except I did. Let me...
View ArticleReview: S.M.S.L D300 Digital to Analogue Converter
S.M.S.L D300 Digital to Analogue Converter A DAC Out of the Ordinary By Steve Graham Let me start out by describing what the D300 isn’t, doesn’t have or won’t do: -It isn’t physically imposing. -It...
View ArticleWhy The Vinyl Renaissance Is (Mostly) Not For Me
Why the Vinyl Renaissance is (Mostly) Not for Me By Steve Graham Spoiler alert: If you love vinyl, what comes next might not be to your taste. The intention of this report is not to dis vinyl lovers...
View ArticleReview: Schiit Audio Aegir Stereo Power Amplifier
The Schiit Audio Aegir Stereo Power Amplifier: Soon to be a CHE? By Steve Graham I’m ba-ack. Sort of. After one of history’s shortest retirements, I’ve discovered there is still a lot to share...
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