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Questyle Golden Reference DAC/preamp/headphone amp system
|Back in Issue 133, we reviewed Questyle’s excellent CMA800R headphone amplifier. At the time, we suggested there would be a follow-up review of a pair of CMA800Rs for balanced operation. But then, an idea was ...read more -
Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Momentum Integrated amplifier
|The Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Momentum Integrated amplifier is effectively two boxes in one. The lower, base chassis doubles up as the power supply, and a short, green, braided, four-pin connector cable connects this ...read more -
Analog Domain The Isis M75D integrated amplifier
|I have to admit that I was surprised when I discovered the £18,650 asking price for Analog Domain’s Isis M75D integrated amplifier. Granted, it’s a lovely piece of engineering and the black surface has a ...read more -
Beyond Frontiers Audio Tulip SRPP integrated amplifier
|Beyond Frontiers Audio (BFA) was founded in 2009 to design uncompromising, high-performance, handcrafted, hybrid electronics. Presently, the company has a three-strong ‘Tulip’ amp range, comprising stereo and mono power amplifiers, and the integrated amplifier tested ...read more -
The EC Living concept by Electrocompaniet
|Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years, the fact the audio world has changed almost unrecognisably recently can’t have passed you by. CD and even download sales are in ...read more -
First Listen – Schiit Audio’s new Jotunheim
|The past weekend I had the privilege of attending an event called ‘Schiit Show II’, which was sponsored, of course, by Schiit Audio and held at the Marina del Rey Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. ...read more -
Moon Neo ACE integrated streaming amplifier
|I’m not even going to resist temptation here. The Moon 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 of ...read more -
DS Audio DS-W1 Optical cartridge and equaliser
|Despite the total dominance of electro-magnetic pick-up technology – be it fixed or moving-coil in nature – there has always been a steady stream of alternative offerings or variations on the theme when it comes ...read more -
Roksan Pug arm and VSC phono stage/PSU
|The Roksan Xerxes is a known quantity, in part because it’s been around since the 1980s. It might have undergone several changes over the years, and in fact bears scant resemblance to the original deck, ...read more -
Audiomat Aria integrated amplifier
|Some things just work and one of them is the 25-30Watt, push-pull Class A tube amp, based around single pairs of EL34 output tubes. It’s a topology that’s been around since the year dot – ...read more -
Audio Research Reference Phono 3 phono stage
|Launched at the tail end of last year, the Reference Phono 3 phono stage by Audio Research marks a significant change in the company, and it’s not just cosmetic. The new Audio Research reflects the ...read more -
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