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Timestep T-01MC phono stage
|Although it’s easy to follow the alternate line of reasoning, high-end audio is supposed to be all about the sound quality. Inch-thick front panels and glitzy finishes are fine, but the end result is supposed ...read more -
CES 2014: Analogue
|Given all the fuss about the ever-increasing interest in all things vinyl, you might have expected CES to be packed full of turntables. This wasn’t quite the case. Where two or three years ago, manufacturers ...read more -
RCM Audio THERIAA phono stage
|RCM Audio might not be the first name you reach for when it comes to up-scale phono stages. The company is a small six-man affair out of Katowice, in Poland. When not making phonostages, RCM’s ...read more -
Roksan Xerxes.20Plus Turntable System
|Although our reviews are existential in nature (“I feel…” rather than “it does…”), we do try to take the personal element out of the story behind the product, but this time, it’s difficult. You see, ...read more -
Rega Announces Aria MM/MC Phonostage
|(From a Rega press release flyer) Design Housed within our latest half width custom designed case are two entirely separate high performance phono stages. One fully adjustable dedicated moving coil and one moving magnet. Each ...read more -
Zanden Model 1300 Phono Stage (Hi-Fi+)
|As a reviewer, the equipment in your system becomes an ever-changing landscape. There are products that come and go almost unnoticed, there are those that linger in the memory, some longer than others. Occasionally, a ...read more -
Follow-Up: Pass Labs XP-25 Phono Preamp (Hi-Fi+)
|This is in part an apology. In issue 94, we got the price of the Pass Labs XP-25 phono stage mixed up with another product’s price tag. However, it is a good enough product to ...read more -
Timestep launches out-of-this-world T-01MC phono stage (Hi-Fi+)
|Timestep are not your average hi-fi manufacturer, they are also internationally renowned designers and manufacturers of state-of-the-art weather satellite systems. It is this that leads to their obsessive attitude toward noise in audio product design. ...read more -
Pass Labs XP-25 Phono Preamp (Hi-Fi+)
|Pass Labs is a firm favourite among our US counterparts. One of our sister title’s mainstay reviewers – Tony Cordesman – owns several Pass Labs products in his system, including this – the XP-25 flagship ...read more -
CES 2013: Analogue Audio - Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ report on analogue audio components seen at CES 2013. You can access Part 1 of the report from our home page. Music Hall Key Products: MMF-11.1 turntable/tonearm ...read more -
A Tale of Three Phono-Stages - The Conrad-Johnson TEA-2 – In All Its Guises (Hi-Fi+)
|When it comes to cars, the concept of a shared platform is both widely accepted and understood: you can buy a Volkswagen Golf with an 85hp/ 1200cc engine, a 105hp/1600cc Blue Motion turbo diesel injection ...read more -
Audio Research PH8 Phono Stage (Hi-Fi+)
|With so many reasonably-priced phono stages reaching a pretty high standard, is it really necessary to spend this much on Audio Research’s PH8? Sadly, the answer is – yes… I don’t know about you, but ...read more -
Rogue Audio Stealth Cronus Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+ 79)
|American audio is big and expensive. Everyone knows that. Rogue Audio is the notable exception. Take the Cronus Stealth for example (what is it with ‘stealth’ now? It’s getting close to words like ‘quantum’ in ...read more -
Esoteric E-03 Phono Stage (Hi-Fi+)
|You have to hand it to the Japanese, no one builds electronics like they do. The attention to detail, the finish the fit and the feel of high end kit from that island nation is ...read more -
Burmester Top Line 100 Phono Preamp (HiFi+ 77)
|Let’s start at the end. The Top Line 100 from Burmester is not so much a hi-fi component as a phono laboratory. It’s the vinyl archivist’s dream; a method of extracting the signal from a ...read more