Category: Amplifiers
Emotive Audio’s Poeta Preamp: Poetic Justice
January 1, 2010
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 a range of standard models: three pre-amps, one phono-stage, and [Read More]
Elliott Studio Arts Series Sixty-Six Vacuum Tube Stereo Amplifier
December 16, 2009
Beauty AND the Beast December 2009 Over the years I’ve traveled to many places in pursuit of “perfect sound.” From the world’s greatest high-end shows in Munich, Germany to the world’s largest high-end [Read More]
Blue Circle Audio BC703 High Precision Reference
June 15, 2009
Blue Circle Audio BC703 High Precision Reference Phonostage Analog excellence in a digital world June 2009 Blue Circular FlexibilityI really hadn’t taken Gilbert Yeung, chief oracle at Blue Circle Audio, seriously when [Read More]
BURMESTER 051 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
May 1, 2009
Now That’s Delight May 2009 On the night that Villanova clinches a spot in the men’s basketball Final Four with a runner in the last .5 seconds to upset the University of [Read More]
Bel Canto REF1000 MKII Amplifier
April 15, 2009
Bel Canto REF1000 MKII Amplifier April 2009 “Fundamentally, the amplifier should make people happy.” -Nelson Pass Like many audiophiles, I have an ongoing desire to make my stereobetter. Unlike many audiophiles, I [Read More]
Nuforce P-9 Preamp
February 23, 2009
Nuforce P-9 Preamp A Rhapsody of Fluidity February 2009 Back in the spring of ’06 I did a follow-up to Frank Alles’ wonderful review of the Nuforce 8’s. Life has been grand living [Read More]
Audio Analogue Maestro Duecento Integrated Amp and Maestro CD Player
September 26, 2008
Audio Analogue Maestro Duecento Integrated Amp and Maestro CD Player Bellissimo! September 2008 On a trip to Paris a few years ago, I was in a taxi heading to theMusée d’Orsay when I commented [Read More]
Spectron Audio Musician III Signature Edition MK2 Monoblocks (With V-Caps)
August 29, 2008
Spectron Audio Musician III Signature Edition MK2 Monoblocks (With V-Caps) More Power = More Music August 2008 Well that didn’t take long. No siree mister, that didn’t take long at all. When I [Read More]
Further Thoughts: Living with the behold series of electronics
August 18, 2008
Life with the Consummate Component August 2008 Three years ago I accepted the difficult and unenviable task of being the very first audio reviewer to write about a new line of German-made high-end electronics aptly [Read More]
PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Integrated Tube Amplifier
June 18, 2008
PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Integrated Tube Amplifier A Strong Case for Tubes June 2008 Okay, I admit it—I read Jim Hannon’s review of the PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two integrated tube amplifier in the October 2007 [Read More]
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