Category: Amplifiers
AMPED AMERICA AAP-1 Pre-Amplifier and 2400 Stereo Amplifier by Greg Voth
August 23, 2021
Once things began opening up, my first audio trek with Clement was meeting with Boris Meltsner, owner of the New Jersey-based AMPED America brand. As we pulled up to the warehouse, we were warmly [Read More]
Audio Note Meishu Phono 300B Tonmeister SE Integrated by Clement Perry
June 7, 2021
My first-time encounter with Audio Note of UK electronics happened fortuitously at my very first Hi-Fi show. If my memory serves me correctly, this was in the early ’90s, during hi-fi’s golden years – [Read More]
SBS Designs S5 Series stereo amplifier
April 27, 2021
I’ve been living happily with the SBS Designs S2-Pro class AB power amplifier for the past year or so. It’s a terrific amp – dynamic, transparent, and quite revealing. When Clement offered the opportunity to [Read More]
Coda CSiB Integrated by Richard Willie
April 5, 2021
If there were an appropriate one-word description of the Coda Technologies CSiB, “smooth” would be it. Though smooth is the word that stands out in my mind when thinking about the Coda CSiB, it [Read More]
Canary Audio M350 monoblocks by Key Kim
March 1, 2021
I’ve reviewed many tube amplifiers from SET to Push-Pull in the past several years using various types of output tubes. I’ve reviewed everything from the legendary Audio Note Kondo Ongaku amplifier to a more approachable [Read More]
Schiit Audio Freya + Tube Preamplifier by Paul Szabady
February 17, 2021
I’ve always been on the look-out for audio gear that produces seriously high fidelity at a price that the average-incomed music lover might actually afford. Since it’s now possible to spend over $1,000,000 on [Read More]
LSA Discovery DPH-1 DAC/Headphone preamp by Greg Voth
February 2, 2021
The pandemic provided ample time to clean up and add to my digital library since in-person record shopping was necessarily curtailed. I took time to (fully) organize and flesh out ID3 tags and [Read More]
Aric Audio Motherlode MK-II Preamplifier by Terry London
January 23, 2021
Starting four years ago, I began to review the tube-based amplifiers designed and hand-built by Aric Kimball, CEO/Designer of the highly regarded small artisan company, Aric Audio, located in Palmer, Massachusetts. I gave the [Read More]
PS Audio’s Stellar M1200 monblocks by Richard Willie
December 16, 2020
Effortless. Detailed. Dynamic. Powerful. Articulate. Clean. Controlled. Musical. Fun. The PS Audio Stellar M1200 Power Amplifiers are more than just good “Class D” amplifiers; they are great amplifiers regardless of the technology employed. With a [Read More]
The Sonogy Black Knight MKII Power Amplifier
November 18, 2020
The Sonogy Black Knight MKII Power Amplifier Audio Serendipity Anna Logg 18 November 2002 Specifications: Class of operation: very high bias A-A/BGain Stage: pure class AVoltage output: 37.0, 74.0 monoCurrent: 40 A peak (<100 mSec); 10 [Read More]
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