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Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 800 integrated amplifier
|When it comes to amplifiers, Musical Fidelity can probably claim a unique authority over almost all their rivals, past and present, having offered just about every option known to man. So it was perhaps unsurprising ...read more -
Tron Atlantic integrated tube amplifier
|High-end audio is a fairly specialised field, but there are those within that field that show just how specialised this can get. Take Graham Tricker, for example – he’s the grande fromage at Tron, a ...read more -
Audio Research GSi75 integrated amplifier
|If I were writing the recent history of hi-fi, one thing would dominate the tale – the rise of the ‘one box solution’. Although the market for discrete components in the audio chain is still ...read more -
Ayre Acoustics AX-5 twenty integrated amplifier
|If you have been writing about audio for a long time, there’s a delicate trade-off, between spinning a tale out of every product, and starting your next review with “this is the 374th amplifier I ...read more -
conrad-johnson CA150 integrated amplifier
|In conrad-johnson parlance, there is no such thing as an integrated amplifier. Of course, integrated amplifiers exist, but c-j doesn’t make them. Instead the company makes ‘control’ amplifiers. This is a power amplifier with basic ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Products of the Year: Amplification
|Integrated Amplifier of the Year joint winner: Jeff Rowland Continuum 2 The Continuum 2 manages to combine Jeff Rowland’s legendary build quality with high performance and very green power credentials. This £8,000 400W per channel ...read more -
CES Scene: A Baker’s Dozen of new Amplification Components
|The last of my CES show coverage topics involved high-end amplification components, which category proved to be a veritable hotbed of product development activity for the show. For this reason, I’ve expanded by coverage to ...read more -
Melco/Exogal/Vitus/Estelon system
|As a reviewer I crave change and am always expecting to hear something that just might tell a different musical story. It’s even more intriguing when it comes with solid recommendations and takes the shape ...read more -
Trilogy Audio Systems 925 integrated amplifier
|Trilogy Audio Systems is a small British amplifier manufacturer, best known for making hybrid amplifiers that rely on valves for their performance and not their looks. This is because seemingly unlike many manufacturers, Trilogy’s Nic ...read more -
Yamaha 3000 Series/Monitor Audio Gold Series system
|This system comprises the basic trio of components, the likes of which could have been at the core of an audio system 25 years or more ago, albeit brought up to date. The electronics are ...read more -
Linn Majik DSM integrated streaming amplifier
|Linn products always seem expensive for what you get. There are various reasons for this, including the fact that they use switched-mode power supplies that make its products relatively light, and that Linn builds them ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ visits the Schiit Show
|There are perhaps no bigger fans of feisty, puckish humour in all of high-end audio than Jason Stoddard and Mike Moffat, co-founders of the Valencia, California-based firm Schiit Audio. Yes, that really is the company’s ...read more -
iFi Audio Retro complete system
|A spin-off from the well-regarded British high‑end audio company Abbingdon Music Research, in a few short years iFi has earned a reputation for building affordable, palm‑sized components whose room-filling sound belies their modest size. Given ...read more -
Naim SuperUniti network integrated amplifier
|It's almost impossible for a British audio enthusiast to escape some exposure to Naim Audio, but I have come off relatively lightly. Until now: a white box containing a Naim SuperUniti turned up chez Ripley. ...read more -
Meet Your Maker - Dan D'Agostino interview
|Dan D’Agostino of Dan D’Agostino Audio is one of the easiest designers to interview. Basically, you ask him a question, then ten minutes later when he's stopped talking about that first question, ask him another!. ...read more