Category: Amplifiers
Audio Valve Eklipse Preamplifier
September 17, 2012
Audio Valve Eklipse Preamplifier How far can a little tube magic take you? September 2008 An instant non-fatal attractionIt was around the end of Fall 2007 and my time spent with the GamuT [Read More]
SMc Audio VRE-1C Preamplifier
September 3, 2012
Bold and Delightful March, 2012 My first exposure to this preamp came at the 2011 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. I ran into Joe Cohen, who is now distributing this unit. He asked if [Read More]
Jones Audio PA-M300 Series 2 Mono Amps
May 22, 2012
Jones Audio PA-M300 Series 2 Mono Amps Less Noise, More Music! May, 2012 One of the highlights of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show was wandering into the Jones Audio room where I was impressed [Read More]
Sanders Sound Systems Magtech Stereo Amplifier
May 14, 2012
May, 2012 For some reason there remain relatively undiscovered gems in the audio world. The Sanders Sound Systems Magtech amplifier is one of them. Certainly their designer, Roger Sanders, has been around the [Read More]
Classé Audio CP-800 Preamp
April 20, 2012
Preamp Zeitgeist April, 2012 Worth the WaitIt was about a year ago that I spoke to Dave Nauber, President of Classé Audio about getting their $14,000 CA-M600 mono amps and $5,000 CP-800 preamp [Read More]
Reimyo KAP-777 Amplifier and CAT-777 MK II Preamplifier
April 10, 2012
Reimyo KAP-777 Amplifier and CAT-777 MK II Preamplifier Best I’ve Heard! April 2012 I consider myself fortunate to attend Munich’s High End show last spring. Of all the shows now available, [Read More]
The Concert Fidelity CF-080LSX2 Hybrid Preamplifier
February 27, 2012
The Concert Fidelity CF-080LSX2 Hybrid Preamplifier For The Love of Music! February, 2012 It was at the CES in 2007 when I got my first introduction to Concert Fidelity, a Japanese high-end audio [Read More]
Vitus Audio RI-100 Integrated Amplifier
February 1, 2012
Vitus Audio RI-100 Integrated Amplifier Redefining A Genre January, 2012 I first met Hans Ole Vitus, the President and Chief Designer of Vitus Audio, at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in [Read More]
The Classe Audio CA-M600 Mono Amps
October 12, 2011
The Classe Audio CA-M600 Mono Amps Brawn and Brain October, 2011 Classe’ Audio has been one of the most consistent manufacturers of high-end audio components for so long that when they announce a [Read More]
Lyngdorf Audio DPA-1 Digital Preamplifier
October 3, 2011
Lyngdorf Audio DPA-1 Digital Preamplifier Imagine the Ideal Listening Room October, 2011 I have one of those long narrow rooms (14’x30′) with a vaulted ceiling and openings to the foyer, hallway, 2nd floor stairs, [Read More]
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