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Gold Note DS‑10 streaming DAC preamp and PA‑10 power amplifiers
|E.F. Schumacher’s famous 1973 book ‘Small is Beautiful’ never seemed to have resonance in the world of high-end audio. We like our audio equipment big and heavy, even if the reasons for such scale are ...read more -
Townshend Audio Allegri Reference Line-stage passive preamplifier
|Max Townshend is not the sort of guy to make a product and then focus on marketing and selling it; he is an engineer to the core and cannot stop thinking of ways to improve ...read more -
McIntosh C8 vacuum-tube preamplifier and MC830 solid-state power amplifier
|From the McIntosh press release September 17th, 2020, Binghamton, NY, USA: Following in the footsteps of McIntosh’s retro-styled MA252 and MA352 integrated amplifiers, (which themselves took design cues from the MC275 Vacuum Tube Amplifier), McIntosh ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: CH Precision
|This has been a long time coming. I visited CH Precision’s small, efficient manufacturing and design facility in the middle of last year. CH Precision was named after the first letters of the surnames of ...read more -
Karan Acoustics LINEa preamplifier
|It has become a cliché in audio circles to claim ‘there are no good preamplifiers’. Fortunately, there are exceptions to the rule and they are increasing in number. Ten years ago, the number of really ...read more -
Gold Note DS-10 PLUS
|Gold Note has announced the launch of the All-in-One DS-10 in its PLUS version. The existing DS-10 CLASSIC Streaming DAC/headphone amplifier remains a core part of the Gold Note line-up and is joined – rather ...read more -
conrad-johnson ET7-S2 line preamplifier
|Although we are one of the keenest magazines to get conrad-johnson products into print, sometimes it’s hard to keep up. We reviewed the original ET7 in February 2018 (Issue 156) and a year or so ...read more -
VTL TL-6.5 Series II Signature line-stage and S-200 Signature power amplifier
|“Making tubes user-friendly”; so runs the VTL tag-line. For once it’s a sentiment that’s more than just marketing speak, one that’s embedded in the very form and substance of these amplifiers. Indeed, at first glance, ...read more -
PrimaLuna Evo 300 preamplifier and power amplifier
|Let’s be brutally honest about high-end audio; sometimes it’s a bit full of itself. The combination of ever-soaring prices and elaborate and often exaggerated claims can sometimes make even the most enthusiastic supporter of high-end ...read more -
darTZeel NHB-18NS preamplifier and NHB‑108 Model Two power amplifier
|Regardless of how much high-end audio you have heard, when you experience something exceptional, the music lets you know all about it. It might all start with a small spark of revelation. But it will ...read more -
THE PRETTIEST STAR: CUSTOM MOON PHONO PREAMPLIFIER
|Simaudio has created a truly unique version of its MOON 810LP Phono Preamplifer to showcase its skills and creativity*. The 810LP is designed to bring vinyl recordings to life and this striking design certainly helps ...read more -
CH Precision L1 Dual-Mono Line Preamplifier and X1 Power Supply
|This began as a kind of round two of the CH Precision/Wilson Benesch system we tested back in issue 159. The joy of both main parts of that system is the upgradability they bestow; every ...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 -
Soulution Audio 325 preamplifier and 311 stereo power amplifier
|Much as there is lots to like about the products from the Swiss electronics firm Soulution Audio, there is a commonly held concern about the company’s bigger models: they are ‘bigger’! The top 701 mono ...read more -
conrad-johnson ET6SE preamplifier
|There has been something of a rationalisation in the conrad-johnson line-up of late. While the brand has never been guilty of having a vast range of electronics, the current line-up of three preamps, three power ...read more