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Hegel H300 Integrated Amplifier/DAC (Hi-Fi+)
|The Hegel H300 is an integrated amplifier/DAC from Norway. As you might have guessed, the company is named after the German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831) and he and his thinking seem to feature ...read more -
Lindemann 800 Audio System (Hi-Fi+)
|Audio systems are mostly built by informed experimentation. Assembling components from different manufacturers, sitting them on something suitable and hooking everything up with well-chosen cabling. Structuring the whole installation from the ground up often comes ...read more -
CES 2013 In Retrospect: Audio Electronics (Hi-Fi+)
|Overview Taking a considered view over the whole audio electronics showing at CES is no easy task. There were new products at all prices; some good, some not so good. There are also a host ...read more -
Quad II Classic Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|The original Quad II mono amplifiers must be one of the most popular pieces of vintage audio going, they command high prices when condition is good and they continue to give remarkable service for a ...read more -
Rega Isis CD Player/DAC & Osiris Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|To say that it was a shock to discover that Rega had created a high end CD player and amplifier is an understatement. After all, Rega is a bastion of affordable, no nonsense hi-fi. It ...read more -
Marantz SA-KI Pearl SACD Player & PM-KI Pearl Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|Marantz in the UK--its signature designs anyway--has long been dominated by one man, Ken Ishiwata, whose listed skills include being a violinist, an electronics engineer, a fashion photographer, an audio designer, and who is widely ...read more -
Musical Fidelity M6i Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|Antony Michaelson, Grande Fromage of Musical Fidelity, is nothing if not forthright. “We messed up,” is the PG version of his assessment of the last few years of MF twists and turns. Having spent time ...read more -
Krell S300i Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|[This review originally appeared in issue 65 of Hi-Fi Plus magazine, which is published in the U.K.] A new amp by Krell always piques the interest of audiophiles. But this one is perhaps the most ...read more -
Mystére ia21 Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|Oh, the mind can play dodgy tricks on you. This is a fine new integrated valve amp with a lot going for it, and all I can think of is Toyah Wilcox lisping her way ...read more -
Consonance Orfeo CD Player and Tristan Integrated Amp (Hi-Fi+)
|A surprising thing about Chinese-made products… few take advantage of their Chinese-ness, preferring instead to copy styles and designs from the Golden Age of UK and US hi-fi (the 1950s and 1960s). Of course, this ...read more -
Eastern Electric Minimax and Fatman i-tube 252 Integrated Amplifiers (Hi-Fi+)
|Audio power has never been cheaper than it is at the moment. Advances in both semiconductor design and digital electronics have resulted in a situation where a couple of hundred watts of conventional solid-state power ...read more -
Gryphon Diablo Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|When you sit in front of your system for a bit of musical therapy, what are you listening for? It seems logical to assume that each of us listens in a different way and that ...read more -
Pioneer A-A9 Integrated Amplifier and PD-D6 CD/SACD Player (Hi-Fi+)
|Way back in 1990, Pioneer created something of a sensation in the UK hi-fi market by introducing a reasonablypriced integrated amplifier – the A-400 - aimed at audiophiles on a tight budget. It was a ...read more -
NAD M3 Integrated Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|The NAD 3020 was something of an icon. The starter amp of the late 70s and early 80s, it established a whole new category of product, budget audiophilia. A modest 20-watter, blessed with an uncommonly ...read more