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Constellation Audio Inspiration Preamp 1.0 line preamp and Mono 1.0 power amplifier
|The march of progress in high-end audio often seems to be centred on the price of the product. As things get better, so prices get ever higher. It rarely goes in the other direction. But ...read more -
Naim Audio Statement amplifiers
|Naim Audio’s Statement is the easiest amplifier I’ve ever had to review. The clue is in the name. It’s every inch a statement piece from the brand, and making that statement demands a hell of ...read more -
Audio Research, Wilson, Crystal, and HRS system
|‘High-end’ is a term with specific meanings but also less specific implications. In audio terms, it’s not just about performance but a particular style of performance. Historically speaking, it exhibits distinct leftist leanings (left of ...read more -
GamuT D3i preamplifier and D200i power amplifier
|I have some history with the GamuT D200 power amplifier; the original version was my reference amplifier for many years and powered at least two generations of Bowers & Wilkins 802 Diamond speakers. I liked ...read more -
Music First Audio Baby Reference V2
|The Music First Audio transformer-based passive preamplifiers seem to receive universal praise, and well-respected reviewers around the globe have declared them to be among the very best. And yet, when I have tried them in ...read more -
Linn Akurate Akudorik Exakt system
|Linn’s Exakt concept is arguably the most 21st Century take on the audio system in production, and the Akurate Akudorik Exakt is the most attainable of the current Exakt systems. This makes it one of ...read more -
AVM Evolution SD 5.2 streaming DAC/preamp
|AVM’s Evolution range is the company’s ‘performance’ line; set above the two Inspiration integrated models, but below the cost-no-object Ovation line. To many, that represents the sweet spot, combining all the best properties of the ...read more -
Meet Your Maker - Dan D'Agostino interview
|Dan D’Agostino of Dan D’Agostino Audio is one of the easiest designers to interview. Basically, you ask him a question, then ten minutes later when he's stopped talking about that first question, ask him another!. ...read more -
The end of the preamplifier?
|In 2009, Linn Products made headlines both in and outside of the audiophile world, by ceasing production of CD players. “CD Player maker stops making CD players” is a newsworthy story when the mass media ...read more -
Baker’s Dozen – Audio Electronics at the Munich High End 2015
|Perhaps understandably, Munich’s High End show seems to generate a lot of interest for high-end audio enthusiasts, and as a consequence, manufacturers with new high-end products to launch see this as a golden opportunity to ...read more -
Trilogy Audio 908 preamplifier and 992 mono amplifiers
|Trilogy Audio makes great amplifiers in the UK, and puts them in world-class casework. Until recently, this meant the products made by Nic Poulson and Simon Dart were relatively expensive, but this latest combination of ...read more -
CH Precision D1, C1, and A1 system
|This must rank as one of the most expensive one-make audio systems we’ve ever explored. CH Precision is based in Switzerland and it’s designed and built by people who used to design and build Goldmund ...read more -
Making a Statement
|Naim Audio has been building audio electronics since the 1970s. So, it knows a thing or two about handling the products it’s building. But when you move into making an amplifier of the size, scale, ...read more -
First Listen: Aurender Flow portable headphone amp/DAC/preamp
|Most audiophiles associate the name Aurender with the firm’s range of highly accomplished music servers, and rightly so. More than many competitors in the field, Aurender has demonstrated that it is keenly attuned to the ...read more -
Resolution Audio Cantata Music Center/m100/Pont Neuf system
|When first I proposed this test, I was keen to see the new Resolution Audio Cantata m100 amps, but thought we’d sideline the Cantata ‘Music Center’ CD-streaming-USB-DAC-preamp. The Cantata Music Center is far from old ...read more