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Soulution Audio 325 preamplifier and 311 stereo power amplifier
|Much as there is lots to like about the products from the Swiss electronics firm Soulution Audio, there is a commonly held concern about the company’s bigger models: they are ‘bigger’! The top 701 mono ...read more -
Merrill Audio Element 118 mono power amplifiers
|Merrill Audio is a relatively small company with a relatively big idea. It’s out to make the best and most uncompromising audio amplifier electronics out there. The Element 118 mono amps are just one example ...read more -
How to spend over a million bucks in Lisbon
|I had barely unpacked from Munich after High-End 2019 when it was time to nick off to Lisbon in Portugal for a spot of ultra-high-end listening. Lisbon is a beautiful city, but this was one ...read more -
Chord Electronics Étude stereo power amplifier
|From the get-go, Chord Electronics’ amplifiers pushed the technology envelope. The company was making amplifiers with switch-mode power supplies when every other audio brand had barely even heard of a switch-mode power supply. That ability ...read more -
Loud & Clear event
|dCS has a long and prestigious history in designing and manufacturing the very best digital music sources. Innuos music servers provide rock solid, hassle-free, perfectly lossless CD copying and storage, with no sacrifice in sound ...read more -
German Physiks launches new high-end electronics at AXPONA 2019
|German Physiks’ new Emperor range of high-end electronics will be launched in the U.S. next month at the AXPONA show in room 352 by their distributor, Distinctive Stereo LLC. The range currently comprises a preamplifier, ...read more -
Boulder Amplifiers 1110 Pre-amplifier and 1160 Amplifier
|Boulder Amplifiers, Inc. of Louisville, Colorado, USA has over thirty plus years in developing an enviable reputation for world class audio electronics. Manufactured entirely in-house, most of their designs stay current for many years. Indeed, ...read more -
Exogal Comet DAC and Ion stereo power amplifier
|It’s refreshing to come across a deeply engineered and well-made product that doesn’t arrive with swathes of sales guff to seduce prospective buyers. Exogal is that rare thing; an audio company that is more interested ...read more -
The Hi-Fi+ Directory of High-End Audio Manufacturers, 2019
|We’ve selected and showcased the work of 32 of the finest manufacturers in high-end audio in our exclusive guide. Regardless of price, product type, or brand name, we’ve uncovered the most exciting and innovative companies ...read more -
THE GOLD NOTE IS-1000 IS GROWING!
|FLORENCE, Italy: Gold Note - the Italian High-End Audio manufacturer based in Florence – is introducing a new powerful firmwarefor its Super integrated amplifier IS-1000 which allows higher audio performance and greater user experience. Gold ...read more -
Gold Note PA -1175 Mk2: MORE IS MORE
|FLORENCE,Italy: Gold Note - the Italian High-EndAudio manufacturer based in Florence – is introducing PA-1175 Mk2,the updated Power Amplifier designed to enhance your stereo system even better. Here is the revised version of Gold Note's ...read more -
CH Precision, Wilson Benesch, and Nordost system
|Suggesting that high-end audio has anything in common with Little Orphan Annie might seem like a stretch, but in one way at least they share a reality: for audio pilgrims who sign up to the ...read more -
Chord Electronics DAVE DAC/SPM 1050 MkII stereo power amplifier
|I think it was Krell that got the ball rolling on heavy duty chassis construction for audio. Many have picked up this ball since the 1980s but no company (in the UK at least) has ...read more -
Sugden Sapphire DAP‑800 preamp and FBA-800 power amplifier
|For just over half a century, for almost as long as there have been transistor amplifiers in fact, there has been Sugden. The company moves to its own beat; it makes amps that don’t follow ...read more -
Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Progression preamp and stereo amplifier
|The Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Progression range is designed to sit under the mighty Momentum. But, unlike most brands that make the cheaper line ‘lite’ or ‘stripped-down’, D’Agostino makes the two lines entirely different ...read more