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At Hi-Fi Collective we are very aware that certain lines do have a big following in the DIY community. Such as the Duleund CAST DC range, rated at 630V they are commonly used as de-coupler capacitors in valve equipment. There are numerous types, Copper, Tinned Copper and Silver to name a few.…

Here we have a review and tweak of the new Bottlehead Crack OTL headphone amplifier kit.

Bottlehead are a US based kit company who have supported the DIY community for some years with their amazing kits. A good customer of ours, Mr R.T. puts pen to paper in this review of the kit. He also…

We have worked closely with Jantzen for many years. Known for their superb inductors, resistors, and capacitors. So over the next few weeks, we will be adding the full range of their binding posts. They offer many affordable binding posts for chassis mount and speaker cabinet mount applications…

As stepped attenuators become increasingly popular the requirement of a varied range of resistor values becomes more essential to furbish the switches used to make stepped attenuators. Over the past few months, we have been repeatedly asked to make the 47 and 46 stepped attenuators featuring the…

So ETI Research has been incredibly busy over the past few months generating some fabulous new products.

Following on the success of their Kryo silver plated range of connectors they have launched the Brio range, these are ultimately the same but they use Rhodium plating. The base…

Along with a recent 6 box delivery from JB Capacitors, replenishing our stocks of the JFX series of polypropylene capacitors, we received 3 new values. Namely the 220uF, 270uF and 330uF 250Vs. The JFX series offers affordable polypropylene capacitors mostly used in crossovers and more recently…

Following the recent introduction of the Dalby Audio Design 320S copper/silver cable we have created the Glasshouse Interconnect Cable Kit No.12. This features the WBT-0114 RCA plugs and following the recommendation from Mr Dalby the cable is double wrapped in cotton sleeving. Their cables are…

Have a read about the recent Munich High End 2019 show at the MOC. See the latest and the greatest in the world of manufactured Hi-fi.

We are now offering the lower cost cousin of the 04 series from Elma. The smaller blue bodied 01 series, 01-2263 offers you the option of not only wiring your 2 channel signal inputs but also dedicated earth points for each position. This 4 pole 6 way switch is shorting, make before break. (Elma…

After a few months of close collaboration between EVGA and Audio Note's chief designer, Andy Grove has created the amazing Nu Audio sound card. Opening up the World of hi-end audio to your PC.

With the various streaming platforms available more music lovers are turning to their PCs for…

After working with Dalby Audio Design for years, providing various cables and sleeves, the fruits of hours of research and listening have paid off in the form of his amazing silver/copper multistrand double wrapped in silk cable.

There are 2 versions available, the thinner having 20…

Full range drivers seem to be the hot thing at the moment, with the recent addition of the Cude Audio driver showing just how wonderful this breed of speaker can sound. You might be paying a bit more for these driver units but you do not need to invest in the crossover parts and the simplicity…

You may recall some years ago that Hi-Fi Collective bought up all the capacitor stock from Audio Cap Ltd, Stevenage, UK when Matthew decided to call it a day. Part of the stock were the Le Clanche Signal Path metallized polypropylene / tin foil caps. We had numerous values in various tolerances…

Over the past few years we have noticed a steady increase in demand for off reel mains cables for those who like to make up their own cables. Those looking to start out in the wonderful World of DIY cable building often reach for the lower cost mains cables like the Belden 19364 or the Lapp…

ETI Research, Australia has a whole raft of goodies coming out this year. To start the ball rolling we have the all-new FS-08 silver RCA socket. Dimensionally similar to their popular copper/gold plate FC-TC07, the FS-08 offers pure silver signal contacts, a low mass body, polymer thread to…

Over the years starting from the very first Audio Note amplifier and pre-amplifier kits back in the 90s, their stock mains transformers have been incredibly popular. Ideally suited to the home constructor making up a valve pre-amplifier or phono stage due to the versatility of the secondary…