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Pass Labs INT-30A and INT-150 Integrated Amplifier Review
When choosing an amplifier, to paraphrase Hamlet, to Class A or to Class A/B,...
Zesto Andros Phono Stage Review
I first laid eyes on the Zesto Audio Andros PS1 phono stage ($4300) at...
T.H.E. Show (Newport Beach) 2013 Coverage
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Meitner MA-1 DAC Review
Ed Meitner has been creating audio components for four decades. His early work included...
dCS Debussy DAC Review
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Daily News and Reviews
SME 20/3 Turntable
Hi-Fi Choice has posted a review of the SME 20/3 turntable (£8560). Their conclusions: “Each SME model is embarrassingly close to the ‘next one up’. You need a mind-blowingly revealing system to appreciate the costlier siblings. As of now, the Model 20/3 is the best-value deck in the range. Indeed, a masterpiece.” You can...
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Linn Akurate DSM Network Audio Player
Chris Connaker has posted a review of the Linn Akurate DSM network audio player ($8500) at The Computer Audiophile. His conclusions: “It’s clear Linn has put tens of thousands of R&D hours into its network audio players. Perhaps more than any other manufacturer specializing in high end network audio. The fruits of its labor...
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NAD C390DD Digital Integrated Amplifier
Jochen Reinecke has posted a review of the NAD C390DD digital integrated amplifier (€2500) at 6moons. His conclusions: “NAD’s C390DD is somewhat of a brain tease in how its circuit concept contradicts popular expectations. To say it clearly, NAD proves how ongoing reservations about class D are groundless. Au contraire, a fully digital machine...
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Schiit Audio Announces Yggdrasil DAC and Ragnarok Power Amplifier
Ragnarok Universal Power Amplifier Ragnarok is the world’s first universal amplifier, fully capable of power- ing everything from ultra-sensitive IEMs to loudspeakers. With 100WPC RMS into 4 ohms, 3 selectable gains, a relay-switched stepped attenuator volume control, and Crossfet™ circlotron-style output topology, Ragnarok befits its name—in Norse legend, Ragnarok was the “end of the...
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Paradigm Reference 30th Anniversary Inspiration Loudspeakers
Doug Schneider has posted a review of the Paradigm Reference 30th Anniversary Inspiration loudspeakers ($2599/pair) at SoundStage! Hi-Fi. His conclusions: “The beautifully built 30th Anniversary Inspiration is, by far, the best-looking stand-mounted speaker Paradigm has ever made, and to my ears is their best-sounding and their highest-resolution. Still, I must temper that last statement...
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Dynamique Audio Celestial Cables
Hans Wetzel has posted a review of the Dynamique Audio Zenith interconnects ($2550), Firelight USB ($495), Celestial speaker cables ($7650), and Infinite power cords ($3350) at UltraAudio. His conclusions: “I haven’t listened to any other company’s flagship cables, to be able to compare them to the loom of Dynamique Audio cables that I’ve spent...
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Bel Canto Design e.One C7R Stereo Receiver
Sathyan Sundaram has posted a review of the Bel Canto Design e.One C7R stereo receiver ($2995) at GoodSound! His conclusions: “In the e.One C7R receiver, Bel Canto Design has assembled a wide range of good-sounding possibilities into a compact and seamlessly integrated package. They have boldly eschewed connectivity options that go unused by many...
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Musical Fidelity M1 HPA Headphone Amplifier
Jimmy Hughes has posted a review of the Musical Fidelity M1 HPA headphone amplifier (£400) at Hi-Fi Choice. His conclusions: “Choose your headphones wisely, and you’ll have a package that rivals the sonic performance of large ultra- expensive loudspeakers and amplifiers. The HPA also doubles as a superb line-level preamp. Indeed, you might have...
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Grado PS500 Headphones
Richard Black has posted a review of the Grado PS500 headphones ($595) at Hi-Fi Choice. His conclusions: “Overall, the Grado PS500 comes pretty close to the pricier GS1000; maybe it doesn’t have the latter’s crystalline clarity, but it is impressively close. It also has most of the ’1000’s extension at the frequency extremes –...
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Jolida JD1501BRC Integrated Amplifier
David Price has posted a review of the Jolida JD1501BRC integrated amplifier (£1050) at Hi-Fi Choice. His conclusions: ” A genuinely interesting amplifier, this one. The Jolida JD1501BRC succeeds not just because it’s a fine sounding £1,000 integrated, but because it offers a subtle flavour that none of its rivals possess. It’s not soft,...
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Audiolab 8200CDQ CD Player, DAC and Preamplifier
Richard Black has posted a review of the Audiolab 8200CDQ CD player, DAC and preamplifier (£950) at Hi-Fi Choice. His conclusions: “As for analogue and digital modes for the preamp, I agree with Audiolab’s comment that the former can seem a little warmer – but there’s really very, very little in it. What’s for...
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Simaudio Moon Evolution 880M Monoblock Power Amplifier
Brian Damkroger has posted a review of the Simaudio Moon Evolution 880M monoblock power amplifiers ($42,000/pair) at Stereophile. His conclusions: “I did most of my listening with the Moon Evolution combo of 880Ms and 850P preamp—an undeniably synergistic pairing. I also did enough mixing and matching to tell me that the Moon Evolution 880M’s...
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VTL TL-5.5 Series II Signature Preamplifier
Robert J. Reina has posted a review of the VTL TL-5.5 Series II Signature pramplifier ($7000) at Stereophile. His conclusions: “VTL Amplifiers has produced a winner. The TL-5.5 Series II Signature has a detailed, liquid, uncolored sound, a wide dynamic range that mirrors that of live music, rugged construction, and a long list of...
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Rega Announces 40th Anniversay Turntable
To celebrate our 40th anniversary Rega will be offering a limited edition turntable based on the multi award winning RP3. The RP40 Anniversary Edition will be available in a limited quantity supplied on a first come first served basis and will be exclusively available during 2013 only. The RP40 will be supplied with a...
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Cyrus Launches Anniversary Series of Components
Britain’s leading specialist hi-fi manufacturer, Cyrus Audio, has launched the Anniversary Series, an exclusive package of fine-tuned flagship components released as part of Cyrus’s 30th anniversary celebrations. The system is based upon Cyrus’s flagship X Series range and has been painstakingly fine-tuned by Technical Director, Peter Bartlett. The Anniversary System comprises carefully upgraded versions...
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Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5020UBE 3D LCD Projector
Chris Eberle has posted a review of the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5020UBE 3D LCD projector ($2899) at Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity. His conclusions: “This is easily the best Epson projector I’ve tested to date. Its accuracy in all areas is reference quality. It’s amazingly bright. It does great 3D. And...
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DeVore Fidelity Orangutan 0/96 Loudspeaker
Jason Kennedy has posted a review of the DeVore Fidelity Orangutan 0/96 loudspeakers at The Ear. His conclusions: “This pairing proved to be uncommonly wayward in balance terms but totally addictive in musical ones. The bass now had teeth, that is control, texture and depth of timbre, Jaco Pastorius’ playing on Joni Mitchell’s Shadows...
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Aurender S10 Music Server
Jason Kennedy has posted a review of the Aurender S10 music server (£5500) at The Ear. His conclusions: “With build quality that is easily of a standard that you’d expect at the price and sound quality. Far beyond it the Aurender S10 has established a new benchmark for digital sources. There may be better...
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Rega Reference Ios Phono Stage and Apheta Cartridge
Jason Kennedy has posted a review of the Rega Reference Ios (£3998) and Apheta cartridge (£798) at The Ear. His conclusions: “It can’t make OK music great but it can bring out the greatness in music that contains this rare quality, Classic Records’ superb pressing of Leo Kottke’s 1971 masterpiece 6 & 12 String...
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Hegel Music Systems P20 Preamplifier
Erich Wetzel has posted a review of the Hegel Music Systems P20 preamplifier ($2900) at SoundStage! Hi-Fi. His conclusions: “The Hegel P20 was neutral in its sound. It allowed for beautifully clear separation of sounds, voices, and instruments; and the vivid depth of its bass was a revelation. This preamplifier allowed singers and instruments...
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