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Hifi-Tuning at High End 2019

Marco Lisi by Marco Lisi
January 3, 2020
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Reading Time: 3 mins read

Hifi-Tuning from Germany (Berlin) stands for development, production and distribution of hifi & high end components. Owner Bernd Ahne states that you don’t have to spend at lot of money to get the ‘top of the line’ high end sound. He says he has no special talents, he’s only passionately curious.

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Tune your system

Bernd has a few insights… In principle there is no perfect equipment of a kind even if it is really expensive to buy! Sad to say, the manufacturers are no different from anybody else. It could be that the developer creates very good circuits, but changes are made by the end – controllers to save on cost from parts as: Resistors, Capacitors, or Operational – Amplifier – IC’s. For example: est. 90% used IC’s in the Hifi – Equipment cost around $ 0,80 a piece, but the Highest – Quality IC’s cost est. $ 60.00 a piece or more!

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It is interesting to know that the complete build OP – Amp’s has an intensification where the sensitive music signal has to squeeze through and that music – information is also taken away from the capacitors even if it is a type that doesn’t lose much!

There are 50 pieces or more in a chain link per one channel, if each piece is holding back a part of the signal the result is a lesser range of sound and less musical resonance performance.

A chain is only as good as its weakest part

Less quality is the end of it! For example: est. 90% used IC’s in the Hifi – Equipment cost around $ 0,80 a piece, but the Highest – Quality IC’s cost est. $ 60.00 a piece or more!

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About Bernd Ahne

In professional circles, he is regarded the world over as the guru of “good sound”, which in this case has nothing to do with etiquette, but is to be taken quite literally. An unusual man with an unusual, unique career: Bernd Ahne, born in 1962 in the Moabit Hospital, has turned the sound world upside down and, as experts confirm, he has them stumped and shaking their heads, even suspending the laws of physics.

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He is regarded as “Superman” by the Chinese, he operates in the highest business circles in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Even in the United States, he is a household word, that even NASA was interested in his work and wrote him a letter. And the Russians, the Greeks, the HiFi freaks in Israel โ€“ a Berliner conquered the world.

Take a look at the website of Hifi-Tuning.

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Marco Lisi is the publisher of Best of High End, part of AV Concepts BV. His path into audio started early: as a teenager he was drawn into the world of free radio, presenting shows and living immersed in music every day. In his early twenties he ran his own production studio for five years, creating jingles and commercials โ€” hands-on training in sound design, pro-audio workflows, and critical listening through studio monitors that still shapes how he evaluates gear today. He also spent years DJing in clubs before moving into publishing, first at two earlier online magazines before founding Best of High End. His hi-fi and home cinema passion was inherited from his father, an inveterate system-swapper. Marco's first setup โ€” a confirmation gift โ€” paired AKAI separates with entry-level Bowers & Wilkins speakers, a brand he stayed loyal to for years as his system grew from stereo into full surround and home cinema. Like many enthusiasts, he went through an extended "audiophile" phase chasing the next upgrade, before settling into a more grounded view: gear as a means to enjoy music and film, not an end in itself. Years of critical listening have given him a well-trained ear โ€” the ability to characterize a system or pinpoint a change in the chain quickly and accurately. Just as important, his teaching background (a Belgian "regent" degree in Dutch language) gives him the tools to translate those listening impressions into clear, readable writing.

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