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I was offered the chance to try out an audio cable—not taste it, of course, but try it out in the general sense. I thought, why not? A cable is a useful thing and is sure to come in handy around the house. So today I’m reviewing two cables: a regular one with wires and an optical one.

Following on from my discussion of amplifiers, which began with a review of an LM3886 chip-based kit, I want to show you an option that’s its complete opposite: no chips at all. It’s a clone—or, more precisely, one of several clones—of a fairly well-known amplifier by Dartzeel. And it also runs warm in the literal sense, but more on that in the review :)

I recently posted a review of a volume control, and today I'm continuing the series of reviews about all kinds of audio equipment. This time, I'm looking at a power amplifier based on the fairly popular LM3886 chips.

Somehow, despite the large number of reviews I've written, I've hardly ever reviewed devices related to audio equipment in one way or another. Of course, I did review a power supply for a power amplifier, but in my view that's only tangentially related. So I've decided to take a look at amplifiers, DACs, and other audio devices, starting with a volume controller. I chose this volume controller mainly for aesthetic reasons, since it's very simple in terms of functionality, so today's review won't be very long.