Category: Amplifiers

Torus Power RM 15 PLUS Isolation Transformer

January 7, 2013

  Best I’ve Heard!    November, 2012  Today’s review, dear friends, is of the Torus Power RM-15 Plus power isolation transformer. It utilizes a unique toroidal transformer specifically designed for audio and video purposes by [Read More]

Emotive Audio’s Poeta Preamp

January 7, 2013

Emotive Audio’s Poeta Preamp Poetic Justice    Dec, 2012   Fred Volz, the proprietor of Emotive Audio, hand builds what could be described as “bespoke” audio components in his shop in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He has [Read More]

HiFiMAN HE-400 & HE-500 Headphones and EF-5 Amplifier

January 7, 2013

    High-End Cans that Can and Do!   Dec, 2012  I’d been wanting to hear designer Dr. Fang Bian’s HiFiMAN planar-magnetic headphones ever since reading many positive things about them on the internet for the [Read More]

Vitus Audio RL-101 Reference Series Linestage

January 7, 2013

The DNA of Spectacular     October, 2012 Entry Level?! Hans Ole Vitus has made quite a reputation for himself with a variety of gorgeously built, thoughtfully designed and very expensive audio products. Earlier this [Read More]

The Dayens Ampino Stereo Power Amplifier

January 7, 2013

    The Dayens Ampino Stereo Power Amplifier Beautifully Done!    October, 2012  On the couch Lately I’ve been getting by with less; less power, less volume, less cubic footage of room space, and less [Read More]

Kondo–Audio Notes Overture Integrated Amplifier

January 7, 2013

JAS Audio GP-120 Integrated Amplifier, GP-120CD CD Player and MM-3 loudspeakers

October 24, 2012

JAS Audio GP-120 Integrated Amplifier, GP-120CD CD Player and MM-3 loudspeakers A Neophyte’s Adventure   October, 2011 Over the years, I slowly drifted away from my love of music. I stopped going to live performances [Read More]

Audio Valve Eklipse Preamplifier

September 17, 2012

Audio Valve Eklipse Preamplifier How far can a little tube magic take you?   September 2008       An instant non-fatal attractionIt was around the end of Fall 2007 and my time spent with the GamuT [Read More]

SMc Audio VRE-1C Preamplifier

September 3, 2012

   Bold and Delightful   March, 2012 My first exposure to this preamp came at the 2011 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. I ran into Joe Cohen, who is now distributing this unit. He asked if [Read More]

Jones Audio PA-M300 Series 2 Mono Amps

May 22, 2012

Jones Audio PA-M300 Series 2 Mono Amps Less Noise, More Music!   May, 2012 One of the highlights of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show was wandering into the Jones Audio room where I was impressed [Read More]