audioXpress: February 2003, vol.34, No.2

A 6-CHANNEL VOLUME/BALANCE CONTROL
Construct this master volume control to experience the excitement of "better than CD" quality by Dennis Colin

ACOUSTIC DIFFRACTION: DOES IT MATTER? 
Here's another insightful speaker study, which examines the effects of cabinet edge diffraction and how you can reduce it by James Moriyasu

ODYSSEY OF A LINE STAGE, PART 1 
The road to quality line stage design is fraught with many dips and turns, as this skilled designer can attest. by David Davenport

UPGRADE ROTEL'S 970BX CD PLAYER
Simply replacing a few components in the CD player will bring about a noticeable improvement in sound by Charles Hansen

JJ ELECTRONICS' ECC99: A NEW POWER TRIODE DRIVER
Check out this new driver tube, which you may choose to consider for your next amp project. By Hans Bubeck

OPTIMIZING FREQUENCY RESPONSE IN THE BASS RANGE
This article helps you determine the best box size for your listening environment and taste in bass by Marc Bacon

INDUCTIVE RIAA COMPENSATION
Discover how this switch from capacitors to inductors can improve phono stage quality by Darcy E Staggs

BUILDING ADIRE`S HE10.1 HIGH EFFICIENCY COAXIAL
A trio of speaker experts reviews Adire Audio`s speaker kit.

LISTENING CRITIQUE
by Dennis Colin

TEST REPORT
by Joseph D`Appolito

BEHRINGER DSP8024
A professional digital audio processor with a number of functions that you can use in your home system by Charles Hansen

CRITIQUE
by Bill Fitzmaurice

• KEY TOPICS
• 6 channel control
• D970BX upgrade
• JJs ECC99
• optimising bass response
• Inductive RIAA
• Adire HE10.1 review
• Behringer DSP8024

• BOOK SPECIFICATION
• paperback
• black and white print
• 72 pages
• 205mm x 267mm
• 170g

Price; £5.50 +p&p