Category: Amplifiers
Aric Audio Motherlode MK-II Preamplifier by Terry London
January 23, 2021
Starting four years ago, I began to review the tube-based amplifiers designed and hand-built by Aric Kimball, CEO/Designer of the highly regarded small artisan company, Aric Audio, located in Palmer, Massachusetts. I gave the [Read More]
PS Audio’s Stellar M1200 monblocks by Richard Willie
December 16, 2020
Effortless. Detailed. Dynamic. Powerful. Articulate. Clean. Controlled. Musical. Fun. The PS Audio Stellar M1200 Power Amplifiers are more than just good “Class D” amplifiers; they are great amplifiers regardless of the technology employed. With a [Read More]
The Sonogy Black Knight MKII Power Amplifier
November 18, 2020
The Sonogy Black Knight MKII Power Amplifier Audio Serendipity Anna Logg 18 November 2002 Specifications: Class of operation: very high bias A-A/BGain Stage: pure class AVoltage output: 37.0, 74.0 monoCurrent: 40 A peak (<100 mSec); 10 [Read More]
The Quick and Dirty 300B tube shoot-out
September 24, 2020
The 300B vacuum tube must be one of the most talked-about vacuum tube models, especially in Asia. Critics like to pan it as hyped-up, before introducing their own favourite directly heated triode tube. Others [Read More]
Lejonklou Boazu integrated amplifier by David Abramson
September 18, 2020
Me, you… Boazu!! I was once given a test by a professor to determine broadly whether I viewed the world in abstract or was more detail-oriented. I was shown pictures in which there were myriad [Read More]
Orchard Audio STARKRIMSON (BOSC) Mono amplifiers By Ross Wagner
June 29, 2020
When bad news becomes a welcome surprise. I’m a tube guy. Yup, you know, those big power amps that suck up kilowatt-hours and $$$ as tubes die, often taking resistors and other assorted electronic items [Read More]
Aric Audio Super KT Push-Pull Monoblock Amplifiers
June 5, 2020
I had an interesting introduction to Aric Audio. Fellow contributor, Terry “TJ” London, informed of Aric Audio, located in Brimfield, MA, a couple of years ago while he was working on a review for another [Read More]
Aurorasound VIDA Supreme phono preamplifier
May 22, 2020
In August 2015, I reviewed the excellent sounding Aurorasound VIDA (Vinyl Disk Amplifier) phono preamplifier from Aurorasound. It is their first product, and more importantly, it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. The VIDA is [Read More]
Kinki Studio EX-M1 Integrated Amplifier by Michael Wright
April 30, 2020
Fellow Stereo Times reviewer Terry London told me about an exciting new integrated amplifier from a company called Kinki Studio. He had it in for review, while he was still writing for Home Theater Review, [Read More]
Coda Technologies 16.0 Amplifier by Terry London
April 25, 2020
In January of 2019, I did the first professional review of the Coda Technologies’ Continuum No. 8 amplifier and found it to be a stellar performer (reviewed here). I never doubted that the No. [Read More]
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