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VTL TL7.5 Series III Line Stage Preamplifier and MB450 Series III Mono-Bloc Amps (Hi-Fi+)
|When the VTL TL7.5 first appeared, way back in 2002, it marked a serious watershed in the evolution of valve electronics. For so long the poor and far from pretty relation of sleeker, more stylish ...read more -
Chord Electronics Standard Series Amps Upgraded to MkII Status (Hi-Fi+)
|Chord Electronics’ Standard Series power amplifiers get upgraded to MkII status with a raft of engineering refinements. 14th March 2013 – Kent, UK - Chord Electronics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-performance hi-fi ...read more -
Wilson Audio Alexia: Michelangelo got it right... (Hi-Fi+)
|One of the more fascinating demonstrations at the CES in Las Vegas at the beginning of the year wasn’t actually at the CES. There are always off-piste demonstrations that run concurrently with the show, and ...read more -
CES 2013 In Retrospect: Audio Electronics (Hi-Fi+)
|Overview Taking a considered view over the whole audio electronics showing at CES is no easy task. There were new products at all prices; some good, some not so good. There are also a host ...read more -
CES 2013 In Retrospect: Audio Electronics (Hi-Fi+)
|Overview Taking a considered view over the whole audio electronics showing at CES is no easy task. There were new products at all prices; some good, some not so good. There are also a host ...read more -
Audio Research LS27 Preamplifier/Reference 75 Power Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|There’s an odd – but altogether understandable – sense of reverence and respect that falls upon Audio Research’s Reference series of products. In today’s market, that has an obvious downside; people only tend to use ...read more -
Conrad-Johnson ET2 Pre-Amplifier and LP66S Power Amp (Hi-Fi+)
|At one point I wondered whether this should be a pre-amp review, relegating the power amp to a supporting role. That reflects the sheer quality of the ET2, a classic, full facilities pre-amp of the ...read more -
Mark Levinson No.53 Monoblock Power Amplifiers (Hi-Fi+)
|The Mark Levinson website has all the usual sections alongside one called ‘gear’, click through and you get to the Harman International Merchandise Store where you can buy a number of Levinson branded garments and ...read more -
Classé CA-M400 Mono-Bloc Amplifiers (Hi-Fi+)
|Just as the cars of the world are being downsized in engine terms and having every last ounce of power extracted from them in an attempt to appease the carbon religion, amplifiers are slowly but ...read more -
Simaudio MOON Evolution Series 850P Preamplifier & 880M Mono-Bloc Amps (Hi-Fi+)
|Simaudio’s MOON series electronics are a well-established face on the UK hi-fi scene, with an enviable reputation for solid engineering underpinning excellent sound. For many a dealer they are fast becoming the “go-to” choice, capable ...read more -
Jadis JA120 Mono Power Amplifiers (Hi-Fi+)
|In these days of Global Warming, environmental sensitivity and the rapid evolution of highly efficient Class D amplifiers of diminutive dimensions and seemingly improbable rated outputs, one’s forced to wonder whether there’s really a place ...read more -
Jeff Rowland Corus Preamp & 625 Power Amp (Hi-Fi+)
|Absolutes are dangerous things – especially if you are an audio reviewer. No sooner do you declare something to be the “Best” than something else will come along that’s better. Yes, absolutes allow you the ...read more -
Electrocompaniet EMP 1/S, EC4.8 and AW250-R (Hi-Fi+)
|Resplendent in a thick acrylic front panel, gold anodized switchery and blue-lit display, the overall effect of this trio of components from Electrocompaniet’s covetable Classic Line is rather more pleasing, and rather less ‘footballers wives’ ...read more -
Albarry AP11 Preamp and M608 Monoblock Amps (Hi-Fi+)
|Albarry comes from that honourable tradition of small British hi-fi manufacturers, each ploughing an individual furrow and (hopefully) cultivating an enthusiastic group of adherents along the way. Some have moved up to a bigger league, ...read more -
VTL MB-450 Series III Signature Mono Amps (Hi-Fi+)
|VTL’s new MB-450 Series III mono power amps make owning valves easier than ever before. Here is a genuinely powerful amplifier that biases itself, monitors itself, protects itself and given half a chance, would probably ...read more