Category: Amplifiers
Norma Audio HS IPA1 Integrated Amplifier by Greg Simmons
April 13, 2020
Taking Myself Down A Peg or Two We have a 1948 Steinway six-foot grand piano in our living room. It belonged to my mother, who cleaned it continually, had it tuned religiously, [Read More]
Vincent Audio SV-200 Integrated Amplifier
March 23, 2020
I met Adam Sohmer at Capital Audio Fest 2019. His company, Sohmer Associates, is the PR rep for Vincent Audio, a successful German brand that does terrific things in consumer audio. Brooklyn-based Sohmer [Read More]
Struss Audio DM250 Integrated amplifier by Clement Perry
March 1, 2020
When Worlds Collide – compliments of the World Wide Web, and the comfort of our easy chairs, we can discover new and exciting things from the most remote parts of our planet. Back in 2003, [Read More]
SBS Designs S2-PRO Stereo Amplifier
January 22, 2020
syn·er·gy /ˈsinərjē/ noun The random and and unexpected moment when three reviewed components combine to produce an exhilarating and unforgettable result. “Bybee iQSE ll OEM’s + Dynamique Audio Tempest 2 cables + SBS Designs [Read More]
Coda Technologies FET 07x Preamplifier
January 21, 2020
This is my first review for the Stereo Times website. I am honored to be writing for The Stereo Times and joining the staff of excellent reviewers. I now consider myself part of the [Read More]
Audio Valve Solaris Headphone amplifier
September 15, 2019
A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum! I’m speaking of CanJam 2019, the market for headphones and headphone amplifiers. Then again at the Chicago Axpona held this past spring, it was a [Read More]
Audio Valve Challenger 115/180 monoblocks
August 16, 2019
Audio Valve is a high-end audio company located in Kassel, Germany. Founded by Helmut Becker, who developed a passion for tube technology early in his life which led to lifelong love affair with tube technology. [Read More]
Graham Slee Accession MC Moving Coil Phono Preamplifier
July 28, 2019
After my ecstatic listening experiences with the Graham Slee moving-magnet Accession phono preamp, reading of Slee’s travails in developing a low-output MC version Accession at his UK website’s Forum section (here) did not [Read More]
Graham Slee Proprius Monoblock Power Amplifiers
June 30, 2019
My recent experiences reviewing Graham Slee’s top phono stages – the Accession MM (moving-magnet sensitivity) and the Accession MC (low output moving-coil) – left me so impressed with their musical and sonic [Read More]
Saturn Audio 601 Stereo Amplifier
June 23, 2019
I became very interested in Saturn Audio once I found out that Gilbert Yeung, he of Blue Circle Audio fame, would be designing and building electronics for them. When Yeung asked me if [Read More]
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