Category: Amplifiers

Sanders Sound Systems Magtech Stereo Amplifier

May 14, 2012

    May, 2012 For some reason there remain relatively undiscovered gems in the audio world. The Sanders Sound Systems Magtech amplifier is one of them. Certainly their designer, Roger Sanders, has been around the [Read More]

Classé Audio CP-800 Preamp

April 20, 2012

  Preamp Zeitgeist   April, 2012   Worth the WaitIt was about a year ago that I spoke to Dave Nauber, President of Classé Audio about getting their $14,000 CA-M600 mono amps and $5,000 CP-800 preamp [Read More]

Reimyo KAP-777 Amplifier and CAT-777 MK II Preamplifier

April 10, 2012

Reimyo KAP-777 Amplifier and CAT-777 MK II Preamplifier Best I’ve Heard!   April 2012       I consider myself fortunate to attend Munich’s High End show last spring. Of all the shows now available, [Read More]

The Concert Fidelity CF-080LSX2 Hybrid Preamplifier

February 27, 2012

The Concert Fidelity CF-080LSX2 Hybrid Preamplifier For The Love of Music!   February, 2012          It was at the CES in 2007 when I got my first introduction to Concert Fidelity, a Japanese high-end audio [Read More]

Vitus Audio RI-100 Integrated Amplifier

February 1, 2012

    Vitus Audio RI-100 Integrated Amplifier Redefining A Genre   January, 2012   I first met Hans Ole Vitus, the President and Chief Designer of Vitus Audio, at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in [Read More]

The Classe Audio CA-M600 Mono Amps

October 12, 2011

The Classe Audio CA-M600 Mono Amps Brawn and Brain   October, 2011   Classe’ Audio has been one of the most consistent manufacturers of high-end audio components for so long that when they announce a [Read More]

Lyngdorf Audio DPA-1 Digital Preamplifier

October 3, 2011

Lyngdorf Audio DPA-1 Digital Preamplifier Imagine the Ideal Listening Room   October, 2011   I have one of those long narrow rooms (14’x30′) with a vaulted ceiling and openings to the foyer, hallway, 2nd floor [Read More]

Beyond Frontiers Tulip Integrated Amplifier

August 18, 2011

  The Best of Both Worlds?   August 2011         Beyond Frontiers Audio (BFA) is a Serbian-based manufacturer of high-end, hybrid-based audio components founded in 2009. Although BFA is not well known, its head designer, Zdenko [Read More]

Edge Electronics NL10.2 Amplifier and G2 Preamp

May 17, 2011

Edge Electronics NL10.2 Amplifier and G2 Preamp Edge of the Art? May 2011     It was the first day of the 2011 CES and T.H.E. Shows in Las Vegas and Clement Perry and I were [Read More]

The Behold Gentle G-192 Integrated Amp

February 24, 2011

The Behold Gentle G-192 Integrated Amp You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby!    February 2010   I remember a time a couple of decades ago when integrated amps were little more than the “red-headed stepchild” of [Read More]

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