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Vitus RI-101 integrated amplifier
|It’s interesting how having a high quality streaming capability and a Tidal account changes your style of listening. As a result, I have been on a bit of a retro kick recently and looking more ...read more -
Moon 390 network player/preamplifier
|I’ve come across Moon’s output several times in my reviewing career, as a few years ago I was asked to review a Moon phono stage. I enjoyed living with it; it was not only well-constructed, ...read more -
iFi Audio Pro iDSD DAC/headphone amp/preamp/streamer
|Many of you know the backstory behind iFi Audio. In essence, the firm is a spin-off from the well-regarded British high‑end audio company Abbingdon Music Research (AMR) and iFi’s mission is to make AMR-like technology ...read more -
PMC cor integrated amplifier
|When PMC announced the cor amplifier at the 2017 Munich show, you could have knocked me down with a ball peen hammer. Why on earth would a loudspeaker company that distributes two ranges of electronics ...read more -
Exogal Comet DAC and Ion stereo power amplifier
|It’s refreshing to come across a deeply engineered and well-made product that doesn’t arrive with swathes of sales guff to seduce prospective buyers. Exogal is that rare thing; an audio company that is more interested ...read more -
The Hi-Fi+ Directory of High-End Audio Manufacturers, 2019
|We’ve selected and showcased the work of 32 of the finest manufacturers in high-end audio in our exclusive guide. Regardless of price, product type, or brand name, we’ve uncovered the most exciting and innovative companies ...read more -
Cyrus Audio One HD integrated amplifier
|The Cyrus One (tested in Issue 144) was a bold new departure for Cyrus. In a redesigned, more cost-effective half-sized case (not the evergreen traditional cast Cyrus case of the company’s more long-standing range), the ...read more -
Zanden Model 3000mk2 line preamplifier
|I had a niggling doubt floating round when reviewing the Zanden Model 9600mk2 power amplifiers. There was something missing; the Zanden Model 3000 line preamplifier had been upgraded to Model 3000mk2 status, completing the full ...read more -
McIntosh MA7200 integrated amplifier
|In McIntosh world, there are things that remain forever unchanging. The planet could be on fire, aliens could be taking over and controlling our every action, but so long as McIntosh has that traditional glass ...read more -
THE GOLD NOTE IS-1000 IS GROWING!
|FLORENCE, Italy: Gold Note - the Italian High-End Audio manufacturer based in Florence – is introducing a new powerful firmwarefor its Super integrated amplifier IS-1000 which allows higher audio performance and greater user experience. Gold ...read more -
CH Precision I1 integrated amplifier
|Let’s talk terms, and their inappropriateness at times. The I1 by Swiss electronics superstar CH Precision is – by the standard definitions of our industry – an integrated amplifier. To define a product as flexible ...read more -
Gold Note PA -1175 Mk2: MORE IS MORE
|FLORENCE,Italy: Gold Note - the Italian High-EndAudio manufacturer based in Florence – is introducing PA-1175 Mk2,the updated Power Amplifier designed to enhance your stereo system even better. Here is the revised version of Gold Note's ...read more -
Primare I35 integrated amplifier
|I’m used to dealing with amplifiers. One look through the pages of any issue of Hi-Fi+ shows just that; my house regularly becomes cardboard and crate city this month. So, although there are models that ...read more -
Audio Research REF 160M mono power amplifiers
|It’s funny, but Audio Research and McIntosh are all part of the same happy family, have so much in common, but are also miles apart. Both have their followers – in fact, both have followers ...read more -
Hegel Music Systems H590 integrated amplifier
|Here is the big one: Hegel’s top of the tree. The H590 from Hegel Music Systems is not only the biggest integrated amplifier the company has ever produced, but it’s also the most connected, the ...read more