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Primare I25 Prisma integrated amplifier
|A few issues ago (Issue 163 to be specific), I was wowed by the excellent I35 from Primare. We deliberately chose the denuded version (without its clever Prisma media renderer platform) because we wanted to ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Pete Thomas, PMC loudspeakers
|Founded 28 years ago, PMC was born out of a desire to make better loudspeakers. While I doubt there’s a loudspeaker brand on the planet that wouldn’t lay claim to that statement, in PMC at ...read more -
Marantz PM-KI Ruby integrated amplifier
|Editor’s Note: This review was commissioned and originally published before Ken Ishiwata’s recent departure from Marantz! I thought I was doing well to get 30 years under my belt in this business but Ken Ishiwata ...read more -
NAD D3045 hybrid digital DAC/integrated amplifier
|Back in the 1970’s, NAD created what turned out to be a modest-looking, sensibly priced, wildly overachieving, and downright unlikely high-end giant killer in the form of its legendary 3020 integrated amplifier. The little amp ...read more -
Technics SL-1200GEG-S turntable, SU-G700E integrated amplifier, and SB-G90E loudspeakers
|It’s hard not to think about Technics without thinking about THAT turntable. Although the brand has a long and illustrious career in domestic audio (and home-grown ultra high-end in Japan), it’s the SL-1200-series direct drive ...read more -
Arcam SA20 integrated amplifier
|Arcam has been through a turbulent few years. In 2012 it became a subsidiary of Canadian conglomerate JAM Industries whose main fields are pro audio, music, and lighting. Five years later Arcam was bought by ...read more -
Wired to the MOON? Moon 780D v2, Moon 700i v2 + Nordost
|It’s a triple product launch weekend at Loud & Clear on Friday 26th & Saturday 27th April. We have two stonking new heavyweights from MOON by Simaudio – the 700i v2integrated amplifier and 780D v2 ...read more -
YAR Y-der loudspeakers, B-yond amp, Feeld platforms, YAR cables
|Let’s start with that name; it’s not an acronym. Everyone in the audio world is so programmed to see the letters ‘A’ and ‘R’ together and assume they have a meaning that one of the ...read more -
Cambridge Audio Edge A integrated amplifier
|Cambridge Audio celebrated its 50th Birthday in 2018. While most of us turning 50 might look to ever-expanding waistlines and the occasional mid-life crisis, Cambridge Audio has instead gone to the gym and got ripped. ...read more -
The Hi-Fi+ Awards: Amplifiers of the year
|Power Amplifier of the Year: Audio Research Corporation Reference 160M Audio Research has a fine reputation for making excellent valve power amplifiers, cemented in place over almost half a century. But in Audio Research’s 48-year ...read more -
Goldmund Telos 590 integrated amplifier/digital audio hub
|On paper, the notion of combining a DAC, analogue input circuitry, source switching, and amplification to create a single, do-it-all box looks like a no-brainer, yet in practice it’s remarkable how often the collision of ...read more -
Devialet 140 Expert Pro integrated amplifier
|As someone who has been watching the whole Devialet thing evolve over the last decade, it’s been one hell of a rush. The French company – started by a couple of ex-Nortel engineers with a ...read more -
Vitus RI-101 integrated amplifier
|It’s interesting how having a high quality streaming capability and a Tidal account changes your style of listening. As a result, I have been on a bit of a retro kick recently and looking more ...read more -
PMC cor integrated amplifier
|When PMC announced the cor amplifier at the 2017 Munich show, you could have knocked me down with a ball peen hammer. Why on earth would a loudspeaker company that distributes two ranges of electronics ...read more -
The Hi-Fi+ Directory of High-End Audio Manufacturers, 2019
|We’ve selected and showcased the work of 32 of the finest manufacturers in high-end audio in our exclusive guide. Regardless of price, product type, or brand name, we’ve uncovered the most exciting and innovative companies ...read more