Author: Frank Alles

Silverline Audio Prelude Loudspeakers

November 5, 2007

Silverline Audio Prelude Loudspeakers Doin’ the Neutron Dance   March 2007   Last year at the 2006 CES, I met Silverline Audio’s enthusiastic head honcho, Alan Yun. I had brought along a small bag full [Read More]

Benz-Micro MC20E2 L and Ebony L Cartridges

September 4, 2007

Benz-Micro MC20E2 L and Ebony L Cartridges Excellence from Bottom to Top    September 2007                  It had been a while since I had made a serious attempt to maximize the performance of my [Read More]

Audio Metallurgy Audio Cables

April 23, 2007

Audio Metallurgy Audio Cables New Alchemy with a Midas Touch   April 2007   I first heard about the Audio Metallurgy cables from my long-time audio buddy Steve Rounds. Ordinarily I dismiss rambling raves by [Read More]

Monarchy Audio AC-Regenerator

August 30, 2006

Monarchy Audio AC-Regenerator     August 2006 A couple of evenings back, I was listening to my audio system and frankly, it was sounding quite good. But my trusty Parasound C/BD-2000 transport was becoming increasingly [Read More]

Monarchy Audio M24 tube DAC/Line-stage

July 18, 2006

Monarchy Audio M24 tube DAC/Line-stage Music’s Magic on a budget!   July 2006 What would you say if I told you that you could buy a near state-of-the-art tube DAC and a very good tube [Read More]

Dignity Audio DA08SE 300B Mono Tube Amplifiers

May 26, 2006

Dignity Audio DA08SE 300B Mono Tube Amplifiers Triodes with Testosterone!   May 2006 While attending T.H.E. Show 2006 in Las Vegas, and minding my own business as usual, I was approached by Mr. C.C. Poon [Read More]

PS Audio GCC-250 Control Amplifier

June 20, 2005

PS Audio GCC-250 Control Amplifier A Candid Look at PS’s New Gain Cell Technology   June 2005 After reading the recent glowing reviews of the PS Audio HCA-2 digital amplifier, and learning more about the [Read More]

SignalCable Silver Resolution Audio Cables

December 16, 2004

SignalCable Silver Resolution Audio Cables Give Your System Wings to Fly Frank Alles  December 2004                 In many cases in the past, I have tried expensive cables in my system. My experience has been a [Read More]

VMPS RM 30 Ribbon Hybrid Loudspeaker

September 12, 2004

VMPS RM 30 Ribbon Hybrid Loudspeaker There’s a New Sheriff in Town! Frank Alles  September 2004 Over the last several years, the VMPS RM 40 loudspeaker has been highly praised in the audio press by [Read More]

Budget-Amp Mini Trilogy

April 1, 2004

Budget-Amp Mini Trilogy Tubes vs. Solid-State With a Side Dish of Digital! Frank Alles                                                                                April 2004   Prepare yourselves for an epic battle, performed by adept challengers from different disciplines. In one corner we have [Read More]

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