Articles
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Fosgate Signature Phonostage Preamplifier & Fozgometer Azimuth Range Meter
|I first became aware of the Fosgate Signature Phonostage when I visited the Musical Surroundings room at CES 2010 and my eyes came to rest on the beautifully finished and sculpturally attractive all-tube phono preamp. ...read more -
NEWS: Boulder Amplifiers Announces 1008 Phono Preamplifier
|Boulder, CO-based Boulder Amplifiers announces the release of their new model 1008 Phono Preamplifier ($12,000), which a company press release describes as “the junior sibling to Boulder’s $33,500 2008 Phono Preamplifier, widely acknowledged as the ...read more -
CEDIA Discoveries—Octave Audio Tube Electronics from Germany
|In the world of high-end audio it can sometimes take many years for a new brand to evolve, slowly moving from the release of one model to the next, until a complete product family is ...read more -
RMAF Day One: First looks and First Watts
|Nelson Pass’ latest project is the First Watt J2 power amplifier. This $4,000 stereo model is a 25 watt design, running entirely in Class A mode. The simple two-stage circuit sports JFET devices at the ...read more -
"Music Matters" at Bjorn's: The Rega Research Demonstration
|Rega Research: Santa Fe Room, Bjorn's Audio - Video, San Antonio Click here for an overview of the "Music Matters" event at Bjorn's: www.avguide.com/blog/1st-annual-“music-matters”-event-bjorn’s-audio-–-video-san-antonio Chad Harper, account manager for The Sound Organisation (U.S. distributor for ...read more -
TESTED: PS Audio GCPH Phonostage
|Whether you evaluate it from the standpoint of design, construction, or sound quality, PS Audio’s $995 GCPH phonostage seems like it ought to cost more than it does. Several things make this phonostage special, starting ...read more -
Meet your Maker - Boulder
|Boulder Amplifiers is located in a small semi-industrial area south east of downtown Boulder, Colorado. With 20 full-time employees, all Boulder products are designed, and manufactured almost entirely within its factory. Only Anodizing is done ...read more -
TEAD Groove Plus SRX, Herron Audio VPTH-2, Graham Slee Revelation Phonostages
|Not so long ago the phonostage was an integral (albeit central) element in every single serious pre-amp. But with the advent of CD the audio landscape shifted, and as vinyl fell from favour, designers were ...read more -
The Rogue Audio Chronus Integrated Amplifier and Stealth Phono-Stage
|Back in Issue 40 I reviewed Rogue Audio’s fascinating take on the budget valve recipe, the Metis pre-amp and Atlas power amp: fascinating because in this day age most budget valve designs are built in ...read more -
Sutherland Ph3D Phonostage
|Many TAS readers have heard— or at least heard of—Ron Sutherland’s Ph.D phonostage, which was reviewed quite favorably by Wayne Garcia in Issue 144. WG found the $3000 Ph.D impressive not only for the silent ...read more