Category: Amplifiers

The Burson Audio Conductor Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not… aw f*** it.

April 11, 2013

  Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not… aw f*** it.    January, 2013   As all three of you who comprise my devoted regular readership know, the ‘D’ in the the [Read More]

Rogue Audio’s Ninety Nine (Super) Magnum Preamplifier

April 11, 2013

      99 miles to nirvana?     Mark O’Brien, president and founder of Rogue Audio, started the company in 1996, partly because he became frustrated with the direction of the high-end audio market [Read More]

Pass Labs XVR-1 Electronic Crossover: Approaching Sonic Nirvana

February 18, 2013

    February, 2013  Those of you who may have read some of my reviews from the latter half of 2012 already know that I made an interesting addition to my reference system when a bought [Read More]

Torus Power RM 15 PLUS Isolation Transformer

January 7, 2013

  Best I’ve Heard!    November, 2012  Today’s review, dear friends, is of the Torus Power RM-15 Plus power isolation transformer. It utilizes a unique toroidal transformer specifically designed for audio and video purposes by [Read More]

Emotive Audio’s Poeta Preamp

January 7, 2013

Emotive Audio’s Poeta Preamp Poetic Justice    Dec, 2012   Fred Volz, the proprietor of Emotive Audio, hand builds what could be described as “bespoke” audio components in his shop in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He has [Read More]

HiFiMAN HE-400 & HE-500 Headphones and EF-5 Amplifier

January 7, 2013

    High-End Cans that Can and Do!   Dec, 2012  I’d been wanting to hear designer Dr. Fang Bian’s HiFiMAN planar-magnetic headphones ever since reading many positive things about them on the internet for the [Read More]

Vitus Audio RL-101 Reference Series Linestage

January 7, 2013

The DNA of Spectacular     October, 2012 Entry Level?! Hans Ole Vitus has made quite a reputation for himself with a variety of gorgeously built, thoughtfully designed and very expensive audio products. Earlier this [Read More]

The Dayens Ampino Stereo Power Amplifier

January 7, 2013

    The Dayens Ampino Stereo Power Amplifier Beautifully Done!    October, 2012  On the couch Lately I’ve been getting by with less; less power, less volume, less cubic footage of room space, and less [Read More]

Kondo–Audio Notes Overture Integrated Amplifier

January 7, 2013

JAS Audio GP-120 Integrated Amplifier, GP-120CD CD Player and MM-3 loudspeakers

October 24, 2012

JAS Audio GP-120 Integrated Amplifier, GP-120CD CD Player and MM-3 loudspeakers A Neophyte’s Adventure   October, 2011 Over the years, I slowly drifted away from my love of music. I stopped going to live performances [Read More]