WOW & Flutter, so what is it about?

Forty years ago marked a pivotal moment in audio history: the introduction of the CD format. This innovation heralded the end of what many consider the golden era of vinyl records. Some might argue that this transition was justified, given the inherent drawbacks of vinyl. Vinyl records are bulky, heavy, challenging to produce, easily damaged, […]

TNT Audio – Review summary

As you know, Benny went through the ‘death road’ in the uncompromising TNT – Audio magazine. The reviewer was Piero Canova – a distinguished engineer, and designer among other things, of his own turntables and tonearms. The test lasted 2 months and was very exhaustive. I had to explain every little ‘screw’ in accordance with […]

VTA – what is it and does it matter?

I wanted to measure the impact of the Vertical Tracking Angle (VTA) on sound quality and started by setting up a mini testing lab: Why did I decide to research VTA? Reason 1 – very close to my beliefs, although controversial article about the impact of VTA micro adjustments on the sound: https://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/vta_e.html Reason 2 […]