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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 -
YBA Design YA201 Integrated Amplifier and Rega Apollo CD Player
|Audiophiles love overachieving products, and two of the most impressive ones I’ve encountered in the past year are the $1650 YBA Design YA201 integrated amplifier and the $995 Rega Apollo CD player. Both of these ...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 -
Pioneer Elite SX-AC-J Stereo Receiver & PD-D6-J SACD/CD Player
|Although the CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) Expo has emerged as one of the world’s leading home theater shows, some of the coolest products I saw at CEDIA 2007 were actually targeted specifically ...read more -
Cambridge Audio 840A integrated amplifier
|The azur 840A is the most flexible, most powerful, and best-sounding integrated amplifier that the British firm Cambridge Audio has ever built, and it even introduces a new Class XD mode of amplifier operation (see ...read more -
Arcam Solo stereo receiver/CD-player
|Audiophiles are generally skeptical of multifunction high-end audio components that promise “convenience,” and who can blame them? Haven’t we all, at one point or another, had hopes raised and then dashed by products that promised ...read more -
Rotel RC-1082 Stereo Preamplifier
|Despite its decided ly affordable price, the RC-1082 is a full-featured preamp sporting switch-selectable tone controls, a balance control, a headphone amplifier, and a broad range of inputs— including a built-in phonostage with switch-selectable gain ...read more -
KEF Universal Wireless Speaker System
|Would you be tempted to buy a home theater system if only you could find a way to hook up the rear surround speakers without stringing wires around the room? Would you consider putting a ...read more -
The Electrocompaniet ECC-1 CD Player and ECI-5 Integrated Amp
|This CD player and amplifier combination have a sound that’s easy to like. Even from cold it makes a powerful and compelling musical statement, especially with complex, dynamic material. It’s twenty-something years ago that I ...read more