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Musical Fidelity X-Can V8 Headphone Amplifier/Preamplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|The budget valve pre-amplifier has long been a staple of the entry-level high-end market. Countless Conrad Johnsons, Counterpoints and Crofts established the tradition, with the likes of Rogue Audio and now Cayin taking on the ...read more -
Restructured, Adcom Plans to Re-Enter the A/V Market in 2009 – 2010
|Through the 1980's and ‘90's, Adcom was known as an A/V manufacturer whose product consistently offered high performance and excellent value money. Now, under new ownership and a new corporate structure, the company plan to ...read more -
Meet your Maker - Boulder
|Boulder Amplifiers is located in a small semi-industrial area south east of downtown Boulder, Colorado. With 20 full-time employees, all Boulder products are designed, and manufactured almost entirely within its factory. Only Anodizing is done ...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 -
Parasound Halo JC2 Preamplifier and JC1 Power Amplifers (Hi-Fi+)
|No reflection on Parasound, but they’re one of those US companies that I’ve been aware of for years without really knowing anything about them. Founded in the 80’s, their amps have a reputation for providing ...read more -
Vacuum State SVP-2 Pre-amplifier
|Take a quick look at the SVP-2 pre-amp and you’ll probably conclude that it’s not much to look at, both a physical and an aesthetic judgment. Factor in the cost of ownership and your next ...read more -
DarTZeel NHB-18NS Preamplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|Of all of the components that make up a hi-fi system, experience shows that it is the pre-amplifier that presents the biggest enigma. The task it has to perform is, in theory, pretty straightforward; directing ...read more -
Karan Acoustic KA L Preamplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|Karan Acoustic’s range of high-end amplifiers from the former Yugoslavia is growing. The company still lacks a CD player, but there’s a DAC, a phono stage with a reputation to die for, several power amps ...read more -
Audio Research LS17 Line-Stage and Ref 110 Power Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|If any company has established a distinctive visual identity over the last thirty years or so it has to be Audio Research. Witness the fact that I still regularly use an SP 10 pre-amplifier dating ...read more -
Rogue Audio Metis Preamplifier
|Rogue Audio draws most of its product names from Greek mythology, so when I received the Metis preamplifier I wondered what the connection between the component and its namesake might be. According to the mythology-oriented ...read more -
Linn Majik System: CD player, Kontrol preamp, & 2100 Power Amp
|My first exposure to the Scottish firm Linn Products came back in the 1970s through the company’s groundbreaking (and now iconic) Sondek LP12 turntable. The LP12 introduced the then-shocking idea that—apart from measurable characteristics such ...read more -
Vincent Audio SA-31 Preamplifier and SP-331 Power Amplifier
|The sport of high-end audio has been likened to peeling the layers of an onion at whose heart lies a reasonable facsimile of the sound of live music. The working assumption, of course, is that ...read more -
NuForce P8 Preamplifier
|For obvious reasons , many audiophiles -in -the -making begin their quests for great sound with modestly priced integrated amplifiers or receivers. However, as they gain experience and develop a passion for more revealing sound, ...read more -
Outlaw Audio 7125 & 990 Multichannel Amp & Controller
|With a sterling reputation for building terrific blue-plate audio/video receivers, Outlaw Audio has unleashed two new entries into the exclusive “separates” market: the $1099 Model 990 controller and the $999 Model 7125 amplifier. The objective ...read more -
NAD M15 and M25 Multichannel Controller and Power Amp
|NAD A/V components enjoy a reputation for putting sound quality first, and for delivering excellent value for money. Even so, performance-minded enthusiasts have long wondered what would happen if NAD pulled out all the stops ...read more