Category: Amplifiers
AricAudio Super 300B SET Amplifier by Terry London
October 19, 2021
A Combo of Sonic Delights In 2017, I wrote an article entitled, “What’s So Irresistible About a SET (single ended triode) Amplifier?” that explained the allure of the 300B flea watt approach to amplification. [Read More]
LSA Warp 1 Power Stereo Amplifier by Greg Voth
September 27, 2021
The LSA Discovery Warp 1 stereo power amplifier has been one engaging roommate over this past month. I’ve listened to it in various combinations with my other equipment nearly every day, and its 150 [Read More]
Unison Research Unico 150 integrated by David Abramson
September 20, 2021
The solid-state/tube hybrid Unison Research Unico 150 is the most challenging amplifier I’ve ever reviewed. I’m talking physically. I work out, eat right, follow celebrity Tiktok advice for the best collagen powder protein [Read More]
AMPED AMERICA AAP-1 Pre-Amplifier and 2400 Stereo Amplifier by Greg Voth
August 23, 2021
Once things began opening up, my first audio trek with Clement was meeting with Boris Meltsner, owner of the New Jersey-based AMPED America brand. As we pulled up to the warehouse, we were warmly [Read More]
Audio Note Meishu Phono 300B Tonmeister SE Integrated by Clement Perry
June 7, 2021
My first-time encounter with Audio Note of UK electronics happened fortuitously at my very first Hi-Fi show. If my memory serves me correctly, this was in the early ’90s, during hi-fi’s golden years – [Read More]
SBS Designs S5 Series stereo amplifier
April 27, 2021
I’ve been living happily with the SBS Designs S2-Pro class AB power amplifier for the past year or so. It’s a terrific amp – dynamic, transparent, and quite revealing. When Clement offered the opportunity to [Read More]
Coda CSiB Integrated by Richard Willie
April 5, 2021
If there were an appropriate one-word description of the Coda Technologies CSiB, “smooth” would be it. Though smooth is the word that stands out in my mind when thinking about the Coda CSiB, it [Read More]
Canary Audio M350 monoblocks by Key Kim
March 1, 2021
I’ve reviewed many tube amplifiers from SET to Push-Pull in the past several years using various types of output tubes. I’ve reviewed everything from the legendary Audio Note Kondo Ongaku amplifier to a more approachable [Read More]
Schiit Audio Freya + Tube Preamplifier by Paul Szabady
February 17, 2021
I’ve always been on the look-out for audio gear that produces seriously high fidelity at a price that the average-incomed music lover might actually afford. Since it’s now possible to spend over $1,000,000 on [Read More]
LSA Discovery DPH-1 DAC/Headphone preamp by Greg Voth
February 2, 2021
The pandemic provided ample time to clean up and add to my digital library since in-person record shopping was necessarily curtailed. I took time to (fully) organize and flesh out ID3 tags and [Read More]
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