“Since the advent of the CD, listeners have been deprived of the full experience of listening.” - Neil Young PonoPlayers...
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Jason Kennedy has posted a review of the Music First Audio Baby Reference V2 passive preamplifier (£6120) at Hi-Fi+. His conclusions: “As you might surmise I’m rather impressed with the Music First Baby Reference V2, it’s one of those products that I dare not use too much because it’ll make living without it unbearable....
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Jack Roberts has posted a review of the Music First Audio Baby Reference preamplifier ($7790) at Dagogo. His conclusions: “I just want to follow up on his review and say if you are looking for the best line stage available you should hear the Music First Audio Baby Reference. What an incredible bargain compared...
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Janine Elliott has posted a review of the Music First Audio Baby Reference preamplifier (£6000) at Hi-Fi Pig. Her conclusions: “If you have over £5000 to spend on a preamp, and aren’t flustered by not having lights and something to plug in to the mains, you would do very well to give this little...
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Rene van Es has posted a review of the Music First Audio Baby Reference passive preamplifier (£6000) at The Ear. His conclusions: “A final note, I am not the sort of person who thinks £6,000 is a bargain for a preamplifier, I consider it an awful lot of money, yet the MFA has to...
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Dagogo has posted a review of the Music First Audio Baby Reference preamplifier ($7790). Its conclusions: “My guess is that if you buy the Baby Reference to compare with your pricey active preamp once the TVC is placed into the rig likely the preamp will sit collecting dust. There is such variance in the...
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Andre Marc has posted a review of the Music First Audio Classic v2 preamplifier ($4000) at TONEAudio. His conclusions: “The Classic v2 is a revelation, providing performance that will only be limited by the source components driving it. How much better is the company’s Baby Reference, with the full-blown transformer design? Stay tuned, as...
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Alan Sircom has posted a review of the Music First Audio Baby Reference preamplifier (£5,000) at Hi-Fi+. His conclusions: “I started this review with the notion that digital can spell the end of the preamplifier. The Music First Audio Baby Reference exposes this as abject nonsense. It’s a fantastic device, a no-nonsense design that...
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Sam Tellig has posted a review of the Music First Audio Baby Reference passive preamplifier (£5000) at Stereophile. His conclusions: “Like a great active preamp, the Baby Reference made its presence felt. It was unmistakably there. Smooth, sweet, extended—pick your superlatives. Brass had real bite. Transients were rendered with extraordinary speed and crystalline clarity....
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Sam Tellig has posted a review of the Peachtree Audio nova125 integrated amplifier ($1499) at Stereophile. His conclusions: “Even so, I found the sound somewhat bass-heavy and slightly congested. What was I hearing? The original jazz recordings from the 1950s and ’60s that I was playing? The Rega? The cork mat? The EAR 834P?...
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