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MiZiK dVin phono preamp, dPlay (and dStream) preamplifier
|On the surface, all may be well in the land of audio. OK, prices of top-end equipment are now reaching the stratosphere, but the performance of good high-end equipment of 20 years ago can be ...read more -
The Zanden Model 3100 Line-Stage
|Reviewers are supposed to be neutral, disinterested observers. But the truth is, that to do this job well – in fact, to do this job at all – you have to be passionate about recorded ...read more -
Aesthetix Janus preamplifier and Atlas power amplifier
|The all-tube moving-coil stage is a rare beast indeed. Whilst tube phono-stages are both common-place and popular, when it comes to low-output moving-coil cartridges, the vast majority switch to either transformers (Zanden) or J-FETs (Audio ...read more -
Trinnov Amethyst preamp
|Calling the Trinnov Amethyst a ‘preamp’ is a bit like calling Rafael Nadal ‘a tennis player’; it’s true, but dramatically fails to get across the bigger picture. You see, the Amethyst does all the conventional ...read more -
CES 2014: Electronics (Amplifiers)
|OK, there is an elephant in the room when it comes to audio amplification this year – Naim Audio. By upping the ante by an order of magnitude, to make its Statement NAC S1 preamp ...read more -
Aries Cerat - Incito tube preamplifier
|Along with our Newest Prestige line power amps, came the need for a high performance preamp to suit the quality of our new tube amplifiers,while keeping the cost and size to manageable levels. Our newest ...read more -
Edge Reference Preamplifier
|The Edge Reference is a line preamplifier, rarer than hen’s teeth that appear on a blue moon to the seventh son of a seventh son (as far as I can tell, there are just four ...read more -
Apex Hi-Fi Announces New Teton Preamplifier/Headphone Amplifier
|The Apex Teton The Apex Teton is a single-ended output-transformer-less (OTL) vacuum tube preamplifier and headphone amp. Its roots lie in the Wheatfield Audio HA-2 from nearly 15 years ago. While similar, it is far ...read more -
Music First Audio Baby Reference preamplifier
|There’s a move within all-digital audio circles to suggest the standalone preamplifier is next for the chop. An increasing number of digital devices now sport some kind of source selection and attenuation system – analogue ...read more -
Constellation Audio Virgo preamplifier and Centaur power amplifier
|When Constellation Audio first appeared at CES three years ago, I was not the only one to be taken aback by the quality and style of the casework. However, I was the first to say ...read more -
Cavalli Audio Liquid Glass Hybrid Valve/Solid-State Headphone Amplifier/Preamplifier
|Cavalli Audio is a USA-based manufacturer of world-class headphone amplifiers. They are ‘bespoke’ products, since the amps typically allow at least some degree of customization to meet buyers’ requirements. But the underlying qualities that typify ...read more -
Competition: WIN! A Music First Audio Classic V2 preamplifier worth £2,640 must be won!!!
|Hi-Fi+ has teamed up with Music First Audio to bring one lucky winner one of the most neutral preamplifiers money can buy – the Classic V2, worth a mighty £2,640! A good preamplifier is hard ...read more -
Krell Phantom II Preamplifier & Evolution 402E Power Amplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|In gearing up for our 100th issue, there was an inevitable look back at past issues. In the process, I found that we last reviewed the Krell Evolution 402 precisely 50 issues ago. Now in ...read more -
Antelope Audio Unveils Zodiac Platinum - a 768 kHz DSD DAC
|(From an Antelope Audio press release) Santa Monica, CA, May 30, 2013 – Leading digital audio manufacturer Antelope Audio will introduce the newest member of its stellar Integrity line of D/A converters – Zodiac Platinum ...read more -
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