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Chord Electronics Standard Series Amps Upgraded to MkII Status (Hi-Fi+)
|Chord Electronics’ Standard Series power amplifiers get upgraded to MkII status with a raft of engineering refinements. 14th March 2013 – Kent, UK - Chord Electronics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-performance hi-fi ...read more -
Wilson Audio Alexia: Michelangelo got it right... (Hi-Fi+)
|One of the more fascinating demonstrations at the CES in Las Vegas at the beginning of the year wasn’t actually at the CES. There are always off-piste demonstrations that run concurrently with the show, and ...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 -
Anthem Statement M1
|A year or so back I purchased a pair of monoblock power amps. Each has a solitary output PX4 triode valve, originally introduced in 1929, and each amplifier was reputed to deliver around 3.5W. Needless ...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 -
David Berning ZH-230 Mono power amps
|We have seen – and loved – David Berning’s innovative ZOTL (Zero Hysteresis Output Tr a n s f o r m e r l e s s ) amplifier design in the Quadrature Z ...read more -
Vincent SA-94 preamp and SP-995 mono power amps
|One of the first of the brands to design in Europe and build in Asia from the outset, Vincent is perhaps best known for its valve designs. In fact, the company is completely device agnostic, ...read more -
Jadis JA120 Mono Power Amplifiers (Hi-Fi+)
|In these days of Global Warming, environmental sensitivity and the rapid evolution of highly efficient Class D amplifiers of diminutive dimensions and seemingly improbable rated outputs, one’s forced to wonder whether there’s really a place ...read more -
Albarry AP11 Preamp and M608 Monoblock Amps (Hi-Fi+)
|Albarry comes from that honourable tradition of small British hi-fi manufacturers, each ploughing an individual furrow and (hopefully) cultivating an enthusiastic group of adherents along the way. Some have moved up to a bigger league, ...read more -
VTL MB-450 Series III Signature Mono Amps (Hi-Fi+)
|VTL’s new MB-450 Series III mono power amps make owning valves easier than ever before. Here is a genuinely powerful amplifier that biases itself, monitors itself, protects itself and given half a chance, would probably ...read more -
Burmester 089, 036, 948, B25 (Hi-Fi+ 88)
|Burmester is one of those brands that sells complete systems. You don’t necessarily buy a piece of Burmester, you buy into the Burmester idea. Every single component, from mains plug to loudspeaker, can have a ...read more -
Consonance Linear 1 preamplifier, Cyber 211 mono power amps (Hi-Fi+ 87)
|Consonance is one of those companies that everyone skips over. The brand makes some of the most consistently excellent products in any line up, and yet all of us keep choosing the same old high-end ...read more -
Electrocompaniet EMP 1/S, EC4.8 and AW250-R (Hi-Fi+)
|Resplendent in a thick acrylic front panel, gold anodized switchery and blue-lit display, the overall effect of this trio of components from Electrocompaniet’s covetable Classic Line is rather more pleasing, and rather less ‘footballers wives’ ...read more -
Simaudio MOON Evolution Series 850P Preamplifier & 880M Mono-Bloc Amps (Hi-Fi+)
|Simaudio’s MOON series electronics are a well-established face on the UK hi-fi scene, with an enviable reputation for solid engineering underpinning excellent sound. For many a dealer they are fast becoming the “go-to” choice, capable ...read more -
KR Audio Electronics Kronzilla SX-Eco Hybrid SET Power Amplifier (Hi-Fi+ 85)
|In the world of high-fidelity, big generally equates with good and bigger with even better. These days, being asked to part with nigh on £30,000 for a 50 Watt per channel power amp isn’t going ...read more