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If you are building some hi-fi from scratch, drilling out the chassis can be an issue especially when you have to cut a rectangular hole. Far easier to use a drill and make round holes. These switches, one a snap in and one a screw fix, fit round holes. Make life a little easier for your self. To buy, CLICK HERE! For more information, CLICK HERE!

New to Hificollective is the Glasshouse Seiden 2 pole 43 way stepped attenuator using 1W Takmans as the base resistors. These can be the 1W carbon film or 1W metal film. These also feature the Charcroft Z-Foils as the input/load resistor – these are recognised as the best resistor for this task, by far. Pls note that we only have the Charcrofts up to 100K. To buy, CLICK HERE! For more…

Superb quality EU Schuko Mains plug, silver plated pins. Can receive cable up to 13mm diameter (8mm if you use strain relief) Pins can receive cable up to 3mm diameter. To buy, CLICK HERE! For more information, CLICK HERE!

World reknown as a superb mains cable and used throughout the industry. It also performs well as a speaker cable, just cut off the drain wire and earth. Overall diameter is 10mm. To use as a mains cable, wire as you would any normal plug and cut the foil back and wire the bare silver drain wire in with the earth at the plug end only. Trim off the foil and the drain wire at the other end. To buy…

Andy Grove designed step-up transformers from Glasshouse. Excellent value and supreme performance. Measuring 35mm diameter (top) 30mm (bottom), 35mm height. Transformer fitted in a Mu-metal can for optimum low noise. For mounting, 30mm cap clip needed. To buy, CLICK HERE! For more information, CLICK HERE!

This is a very rugged EL34 Based Tube Power Amplifier operating in Push-Pull Class AB1. Providing 35W of EL34 valve power, dynamic, controlled and detailed. The driver section for each channel consists of an ECF80 tube (pentode input, triode phase splitter) all fitted on a high quality copper track thick PCB for easy building. High spec. low noise mains transformer is used with big bandwidth…

Jupiter Condensors also make superb wire. We stock their range of high purity copper with natural cotton insulation, providing a beautiful natural tone. Ideal for hook-up wire, interconnects ans speaker wire. Sold in multiples of 1 metre. We have AWG 28 (0.321mm dia.) copper 6N AWG 26 (0.405mm dia.) copper 6N Cryo treated AWG 20 (0.812mm dia.) copper To buy, CLICK HERE! For more information,…

For those who feel that the Seiden 43 way switch was a little too large for their attenuator purposes we have brought in the 2 pole 34 way switch. This is a real beauty. Lots of options available. To buy, CLICK HERE! For more information, CLICK HERE!

Seiden make the best switches in the world in our opinion, we now have the audio grade open frame 2 pole 34 way shorting (make before break) switch. Amazing quality, superb turning action. Turning torc can be adjusted. Can be used as a switch, mono L pad stepped and stereo shunt stepped. Silver contacts, gold plated tags, from plate solid copper. body size 56mm x 56mm x 62mm To buy, CLICK HERE…

Easy to use solder, the Mundorf`s standard solder is used a as a pure tin-copper mixture, great for general use. qualities. Specifications: 99%Sn/1%Cu – 1mm Dia. – 2.5% Flux – Lead and Cadmium Free. Melting point 217 C/422 F. This product Line is now discontinued. To see available Mundorf solder, CLICK HERE!