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Sugden Masterclass ANV-50 integrated amplifier
|It was ‘Birdland’ that did it. I’d been listening to the Sugden Masterclass ANV-50 for a day or two. Not careful, reviewer type listening, you understand, just getting to know you listening, and it had ...read more -
Cyrus 82 DAC/QXR integrated amplifier
|You can usually tell what a product is from its name, an LP12 plays LPs or ‘vinyls’ (spit), a CD17 played CDs and a NAP 300 is a (Naim) amplifier. Cyrus takes a different approach ...read more -
Hegel Audio Systems H390 integrated amplifier
|Here’s how you make a good modern integrated amplifier. Start with the best bits from the last generation of good modern integrated amplifier and mix in many of the best bits of the new flagship ...read more -
Gold Note PA-10 power amplifier
|Florence, Italy – December 5, 2019 – Gold Note is pleased to announce the immediate release of the new stereo amplifier PA-10. The PA-10 is a part of the 10 Series, the conveniently sized entry ...read more -
MOON by Simaudio 700i v2 Integrated amplifier and 780D v2 streaming DAC
|For a company that’s usually pretty level-headed and not generally given to fits of over-excitement, MOON seems a little impatient just now. I mean, is it me or is a 39th birthday an unusual anniversary ...read more -
conrad-johnson ART300 mono power amplifiers
|Back in the late 1970s, when US high-end began to grow out of a burning desire to not put up with mediocrity, there were two main brands pushing valve amplification where all else was solid-state; ...read more -
DiDiT DAC212SEII DAC & AMP212 power amp
|Small is Beautiful was EF Schumacher’s advice to the world in 1973 and it seems that many of us have taken up the idea and started to make artisan gin among other things, some of ...read more -
Moor Amps Ltd is proud to introduce the Angel 6 Power Amplifier and the Angel Pre Preamplifier.
|The Angel-6 power amplifier is a revolutionary combination of low-feedback purity with high power delivery and control. These amplifiers are the culmination of a 30 year journey, discovering how to make truly musical amplifiers. It ...read more -
Primare I25 Prisma integrated amplifier
|A few issues ago (Issue 163 to be specific), I was wowed by the excellent I35 from Primare. We deliberately chose the denuded version (without its clever Prisma media renderer platform) because we wanted to ...read more -
Rega Aura phono stage
|In these days when amplifiers (and pre-amplifiers) often have line-only inputs, there are several ways of dealing with a phono cartridge, and indeed several types of phono cartridge. Ignoring specialist devices like strain gauge and ...read more -
Cambridge Audio Alva TT turntable system
|It’s a bold manufacturer who underestimates the appetite amongst audiophiles for pain and aggravation. The belief that optimum sound is truly worth suffering for – in fact, can’t be achieved withoutsuffering – is all too ...read more -
Constellation Audio Pictor preamp and Taurus Stereo power amplifier
|Constellation Audio needs little introduction but a lot of explanation. The products were famously made by a ‘dream team’ of designers given a blank sheet and the lone requirement of “make the best one you ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Pete Thomas, PMC loudspeakers
|Founded 28 years ago, PMC was born out of a desire to make better loudspeakers. While I doubt there’s a loudspeaker brand on the planet that wouldn’t lay claim to that statement, in PMC at ...read more -
Marantz PM-KI Ruby integrated amplifier
|Editor’s Note: This review was commissioned and originally published before Ken Ishiwata’s recent departure from Marantz! I thought I was doing well to get 30 years under my belt in this business but Ken Ishiwata ...read more -
NAD D3045 hybrid digital DAC/integrated amplifier
|Back in the 1970’s, NAD created what turned out to be a modest-looking, sensibly priced, wildly overachieving, and downright unlikely high-end giant killer in the form of its legendary 3020 integrated amplifier. The little amp ...read more