In the April and May 2022 editions of Hi-Fi News, Steve Harris wrote about the early competitors to the famous QUAD electrostatic loudspeaker (ESL). In addition to Peter Walker at QUAD, research was also underway in the UK at H.J. Leak & Company, Pye & Company (who filed several patents) …
Tom Evans is an electronics designer whose work has achieved a genuinely high regard in the audiophile world. Creative and innovative, his designs are at the cutting edge, and include the Michel Iso and Argo, the A-300R Precision (a heavily modified version of Pioneer’s classic integrated amplifier) as well as …
February would have seen Ted Jordan’s 92nd birthday. When he passed away in 2016, the world lost a tireless innovator in the field of loudspeaker design. Indeed, he was still developing and discussing new ideas for us to carry forward right up until he left us. 2021 also marks the …
Of all the legendary hi-fi products, one of the best known is the Marantz 10B FM tuner. Renowned for its fabulous performance (and its built-in oscilloscope), the 10B was designed by Richard Sequerra, who later went on to launch his own DaySequerra tuner (updates for which are still available). Dick Sequerra has …
Hi-Fi News & Record Review is probably the most prestigious audio journal in the world. It was first published in 1956 and it is home to a range of respected journalism and technical reviews. Ted Jordan’s writing has featured in its pages on more than one occasion. We are very pleased to …
