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Gold Note IS-1000: a fully integrated amplifier with built-in Streamer, Phono Stage & DAC
|FIRENZE, Italy: Gold Note - the Italian High-End manufacturer based in Firenze – is introducing IS-1000, an innovative all-in-one source designed to deliver high quality audio combining analogue and digital technology, available at a MSRP ...read more -
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (Part One of Two)
|Hi-Fi+ dispatched a team of reviewers to Denver to cover this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. The show, bigger than ever, falls into two distinct camps; the original audio show and CanJam – the headphone ...read more -
conrad-johnson CAV-45 integrated amplifier
|A couple of issues ago, we looked at the latest in the Classic line from conrad-johnson’s power amplifier range. At that time, we focused on the SE versions of the Classic Sixty-Two and Classic One-Twenty. ...read more -
McIntosh’s MA5300 amplifier delivers huge power, plus USB, turntable and headphone connectivity
|The new MA5300 is McIntosh’s most powerful compact amplifier featuring 100 watts, digital connectivity incl. USB, a headphone amp plus a phono stage for turntables Binghamton, NY, USA, 11th October 2017: McIntosh, the global leader ...read more -
B.M.C. Audio CS3 integrated amplifier
|A couple of years ago, we raved about the B.M.C. Audio CS2 integrated amplifier, for a number of good reasons. Like the CD player/transport, DAC, and power amps – and supposedly like the phono stage ...read more -
Lejonklou Sagatun Mono 1.3 preamplifier and Tundra Mono 2.2 power amplifiers
|A surface look at Lejonklou’s top amps would likely file them under ‘quirky’. A fully dual-mono preamplifier and power amplifier, with a relatively low power output, the kind of minimalism that borders on outright nihilism, ...read more -
Hegel H190 integrated amplifier
|From the Hegel press release: Hegel presents the H190, an amp with DLNA streaming capabilities that can play music from any streaming platform including AirPlay. With configurable inputs, a high end DAC, and a front ...read more -
Jeff Rowland Design Group Capri S2 preamplifier
|I wonder if Jeff Rowland ever read EF Schumacher’s popular tome Small is Beautiful, a guide of sorts to the benefits of keeping a business small, a state of affairs that many audio manufacturers have ...read more -
Merrill Audio Christine line-stage preamplifier
|Bringing really high quality audio into your home requires a number of things to come together. Firstly you need the money, and as I used the term “Really high quality” you are going to need ...read more -
Plinius Hiato integrated amplifier
|I’m not sure if it’s the climate in New Zealand or the Lord of the Rings effect, but if the Plinius Hiato is anything to go by, they like to go large down under. The ...read more -
Devialet Expert 1000 Pro two-box integrated amplifier
|A company like Devialet seemingly churns through products at a fair lick. Since the launch of the D-Premier, there have been several different products launched, upgraded, uprated, and enhanced. And that’s before we include the ...read more -
Jadis JA-80 MK II mono valve power amplifier
|Sometimes it’s weird how these things come together. In quick succession, we have tested two amplifiers from different sides of France, both with a very shiny finish, both with a very distinctive way of doing ...read more -
Phison A2.12 stereo power amplifier
|It’s pronounced like ‘bison’ because it’s a combination of the founder’s forenames; Philip and Sonny, and they’re Danes. But you can tell that from the understated elegance of the Phison design, of course. There are ...read more -
Arcam rPhono phono stage
|Arcam’s rSeries of components genuinely extend the functionality of both Arcam’s product line, and electronics in general. Few companies (only Musical Fidelity and PS Audio spring to mind) produce a similarly extensive line of truly ...read more -
conrad-johnson Classic 62SE and Classic 120SE power amplifiers
|Everything changes – everything stays the same. In a world where audio technology is shifting faster than most of the traditional high-end producers can keep up, or those producers are shifting faster than perhaps they ...read more