This is a highly unusual enclosure for the Jordan Eikona full-range loudspeaker. It has been carefully designed and executed by one of our UK customers. A detailed construction thread is available on the DIYaudio website and we asked Nathan for permission to describe the project. The aim of this design… Read more
You’re looking to buy a good vintage or second-hand amplifier, so do you go for tube (valve) or transistor? This is a difficult question to answer. On the face of it, tube amps are an antiquated technology with performance that is grossly inferior to modern solid-state designs: tubes have characteristics… Read more
We’ve written before about the resurgence of interest in vinyl and we’re going to be featuring a series of blogs about this next week. Meanwhile, how about cutting your own vinyl? This the Easy Record Maker, an instant, record-cutting machine – possibly the first time a domestic vinyl cutter has… Read more
The analogue revival is no longer confined to vinyl LPs; welcome back, the reel-to-reel tape recorder. It’s a surprising development given that pre-recorded open reel tapes were only ever a tiny part of the market even when at their most popular in the 1960s (pre-recorded tape had to wait until… Read more
One of our customers has recently moved from a high-end, floor-standing, active loudspeaker to a seemingly more modest system built around the Jordan Eikona 2 Reflex 7 kit. The results surprised him: I’ve been meaning to write this for a fortnight – but have been too busy just listening to… Read more
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