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Audio Alchemy DDP-1 DAC/preamp, PS-5 power supply, and DPA-1 power amplifier
|Those of us with long audio memories might recall Audio Alchemy. Back in the mid nineties, Audio Alchemy was the main protagonist in providing no-nonsense, low-cost DACs in basic boxes. At a time when DACs ...read more -
McIntosh C52 preamp and MC301 mono power amplifiers
|McIntosh has been around for so long that it must be viewed in the home market in much the same way that the British view Quad. Both have been around seemingly forever and have a ...read more -
Rothwell Signature One phono stage
|Andrew Rothwell has been quietly beavering away in the business for decades, but he has maintained a low profile in keeping with many of the smaller British brands. I call it ‘stealth marketing’ and frankly ...read more -
Soulution 520 preamplifier
|The full-function preamplifier has become something of a rarity, especially in the high-end, but Soulution’s 520 preamplifier – central to the company’s more ‘attainably priced’ range - sports an exceptionally capable moving coil phono stage ...read more -
Mark Levinson Audio Systems 585 integrated amp and DAC
|What’s more common than high-priced, heavyweight, high-end integrated amps? High-priced, heavyweight, high-end integrated amps that incorporate an internal DAC. You can argue about who was the first to offer a high-end integrated amplifier, aiming to ...read more -
Trilogy 906 Phono Stage
|Vinyl’s timeless musical appeal is very close to the heart of Trilogy. The 907 Phono Stage remains one of Trilogy’s most loved and popular designs. The Trilogy 906 Phono Stage has a very close bond ...read more -
COS D1 digital converter/preamplifier
|If one were to judge this particular book by its cover it would not be hard to come to the conclusion that an awful lot of effort and expense had gone into the casework and ...read more -
Magnum Dynalab MD209 receiver
|The stereo receiver used to be one of the biggest product categories in audio electronics. Through most of the 1970s and well into the 1980s, the combination of tuner and amplifier in the same box ...read more -
Melco, T+A, Estelon, Stillpoints, and Tellurium Q system
|Kog Audio, one of the UK’s most dynamic ‘new wave’ distributors, has been acquiring brands at a steady rate. One of its most recent is the German audio brand T+A, which has been gaining attention ...read more -
Primare PRE60/ATC SCM150 ASL system
|Not all component combinations are predictable. Sometimes you find an amp and speakers that despite coming from different schools of audio thought seem to gel in ways that few would have expected. On this occasion, ...read more -
Exclusive First Listen – Moon Audio Neo ACE
|I’m not even going to resist temptation here. The Moon Audio Neo ACE is audio’s Swiss Army Knife – even though it’s made in Canada. This all-in-one amplifier-meets-media player is on the very cutting edge ...read more -
YAR Audio - Bespoke luxury in the home of bespoke!
|Earlier this year, a new and elegant high-end Italian audio brand appeared. There’s nothing special in that: high-end start-ups appear frequently, and many of the more elegant ones come from the home of Ferrari and ...read more -
Burmester Phase 3 system
|Most of the systems we assemble are from multiple brands. The logic behind this goes as follows: no one manufacturer excels in every department. Burmester is the loyal opposition to that concept. The company’s new ...read more -
The Bespoke Audio Company passive magnetic preamplifier
|The process of reviewing audio equipment is well documented. In some respects, it’s all about the bit before the review, which could be likened to a dating agency. As the reviewer is going to live ...read more -
Scansonic M-6 BTL Bluetooth-enabled loudspeaker
|It’s important to get the name absolutely correct; it’s a Scansonic M-6 BTL, not a Scansonic M6. The problem is the company makes so many audio products sometimes names blur into one another, and while ...read more