Author · Signal & Speakers Editor
Nadia Okonkwo
Phono preamps, amps & receivers, speakers, room & headphones, record care & storage
Nadia keeps the electronics and speakers side of Groove Weight honest. Her spec library records gain and cartridge loading for every phono stage, sensitivity and impedance for every speaker, on the same sheet each time — so an entry-tier preamp and a premium preamp are judged on what they actually do for a given cartridge.
She pairs electronics to room and records: bass-controlled bookshelves for apartments, higher-gain stages for low-output cartridges, enough amplifier headroom for the speaker and the space. The point is a chain that matches — output to gain, sensitivity to power to room — not one that merely connects.
She also owns the care and storage ladder: the brushes, sleeves, mats and cleaning kits that vinyl owners actually re-buy, judged on whether they protect records or just look the part.
Matches the chain end to end; care judged on protection, not looks.
Nadia’s beat
60 reviews & guides in print
39 pieces on the rack
Groove Weight goods
Original groove, tonearm and VU artwork — made to order.
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