Headphones

The Beyerdynamic DT 990 is a lightweight, circumaural 600-ohm stereo headphone set that was designed to meet the criteria for a subjectively uniform frequency response established by...
Beyerdynamic DT 990
A/V receiver

The Sherwood S-2770RCP is a highly versatile am/fm stereo receiver with a wireless remote control. Described as an “audio/video” receiver by its manufacturer, it includes switching...
Sherwood S-2770RCP
CD-player

The OMS-2A is Nakamichi’s least expensive CD player, although its $499 price would probably place it in the top half of most other CD player lines. It shares many of the basic circuit...
Nakamichi OMS-2A
Speaker System

Magnat speakers have only recently entered the American market, but the line is well established in Europe. A West German company, Magnat is one of the largest speaker manufacturers...
Magnat MSP 300
Turntable

Despite the rapid acceptance of the CD as a source of recorded music—or perhaps because of it—the development of improved analog record players has not ceased. In fact, the new...
Thorens TD 520
CD-player

The Yamaha CDX-1100 is the first player to achieve the performance of 18-bit digital decoding from a 16-bit digital-to-analog (d/a) converter. In addition, it provides almost every...
Yamaha CDX-1100
Speaker System

The EPI Time/Energy (T/E) series of loudspeakers was designed to provide an accurate transient response as free as possible of “ringing” and other time-domain distortions. To achieve...
EPI T/E 320 Series II
Power Amplifier

Since the introduction of its first Citation Series audio components in 1963, Harman Kardon has reserved that name for products whose design and performance represent a clear departure...
Harman Kardon Citation Twenty-Two
Speaker System

One of the most fundamental problems in speaker design is obtaining a uniform dispersion of the sound across the operating frequency range of the system. As the wavelength of the sound...
Signet SL-100
Speaker System

Acoustic Research recently announced a line of speaker models called the TSW Series (the initials stand for “titanium solid wood,” referring to the tweeter material and cabinet...
Acoustic Research TSW910
Cassette Deck

The Model 6300 cassette deck from NAD is designed within a tradition of high performance with few frills. A three-head, dual-capstan deck with Dolby B and Dolby C noise reduction, it...
NAD 6300
Preamplifier

The PS Audio Model 4.5 stereo preamplifier exemplifies the “minimalist” philosophy of hi-fi product design, which holds that the smallest number of circuit elements should be interposed...
PS Audio 4.5