I wrote at length about the William Ralston Listening Library and Archive at the University of the South in my review of the VPI...
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Srajan Ebaen has posted a review of the TruLife Audio Athena (€4800) at 6moons. His conclusions:
“In my book the ideal customer for the Athena is someone looking for a wide-bandwidth high-resolution transistor preamp who then wants to go even further with dynamic expressiveness and dimensional sculpting. For the steep level of performance on tap, this ideal customer will make allowances for the somewhat rudimentary case work, limited cosmetic mojo and be confident enough to not require slick marketing, a fancy web presence and regular reviews in the glossies. With these conditions provided, the TruLife Audio Athena from Velissarios Georgiadis is an extremist insider’s tip for very non-extremist coin. Given the particular hardships which the current financial EU crisis has caused for the Greeks, this would be a very timely conclusion and call to action indeed!”
You can read the full review here.