• FEATURES
  • BIG MIKE AND THE JIMMY, PART 1 (6)
    Meet Big Mike, the author's long-awaited tube mike preamp design. You'll get to know him beter in the first of this three-part series.
  • PANEL DAMPING STUDIES: REDUCING LOUDSPEAKER ENCLOSURE VIBRATIONS (12)
    What's the best damping strategy to employ in box construction? This exhaustive study reveals all.
  • HARMONY AND DISTORTION, PART 1 (26)
    This classic study of harmonic sound first apeared 20 years ago, and represents groundbreaking work by one of the industry's noted authorities.
  • THE AC POWER LINE AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT, PART 3 (32)
    Don't overlook your AC power connection. You could improve the sonic quality of your audio equipment... and certainly protect it from transients.
  • THE INFINITE BOX CONCEPT, PART 2 (38)
    Learn more about this concept and whether it is viable for speaker design, as these two audio experts reveal the results of their listening tests and provide construction details.
  • REVIEWS
  • BOSTON ACOUSTICS HOME-THEATER LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM (46)
    You can experience home-theater sound with this Boston Acoustics system reviewed here.
  • LISTENING CRITIQUE (48)
  • RCM AKUSTIK DLSA (54)
    A veteran speaker tester reviews a new, affordable, computer-based system from Germany.
  • THE VACUTRACE (56)
    How well-matched are your tubes? You can find out with the Vacu-Trace witch produces characteristic curves for a number of triode, pentode, and rectifier tubes.
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    What's new on the audio market.
  • XPRESS MAIL (64)
    Readers speak out.
  • CLASSIC CIRCUITRY (72)
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