Articles
-
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 -
McIntosh Laboratory Introduces the D100 DAC/Preamplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|20th February 2013, Bournemouth, UK - The global leader in high-performance home entertainment systems for over 60 years, has launched a new highly flexible DAC/preamp with a surprising price tag of just £2,995. The new ...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 -
April Music Eximus DP1 DAC/Headphone Amp/Preamp (Hi-Fi+)
|First there was Aura, then came Stello. And now, the South Korean based April Music has a high-end brand on its books by the name of Eximus. Once, Eximus made CD players, but with the ...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 -
Bryston Introduces BP17 High Performance Preamplifier (Hi-Fi+)
|Peterborough, Ontario December 11th, 2012— Bryston LTD (www.bryston.com), builders of the world’s finest audio electronics and celebrating 50 years in 2012, has announced the introduction of the BP17, a state-of-the-art analog/digital stereo preamplifier derived from ...read more