Category: Amplifiers

Beyond Frontiers Tulip Integrated Amplifier

August 18, 2011

  The Best of Both Worlds?   August 2011         Beyond Frontiers Audio (BFA) is a Serbian-based manufacturer of high-end, hybrid-based audio components founded in 2009. Although BFA is not well known, its head designer, Zdenko [Read More]

Edge Electronics NL10.2 Amplifier and G2 Preamp

May 17, 2011

Edge Electronics NL10.2 Amplifier and G2 Preamp Edge of the Art? May 2011     It was the first day of the 2011 CES and T.H.E. Shows in Las Vegas and Clement Perry and I were [Read More]

The Behold Gentle G-192 Integrated Amp

February 24, 2011

The Behold Gentle G-192 Integrated Amp You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby!    February 2010   I remember a time a couple of decades ago when integrated amps were little more than the “red-headed stepchild” of [Read More]

Accuphase E-450 Integrated Stereo Amplifier

February 8, 2011

Accuphase E-450 Integrated Stereo Amplifier Quicksilver Triumph      February 2011       Arriving through the Hickory Gate at the Tanglewood Music Center (“TMC”) this past August, I paused to hear the sound of a lone [Read More]

NuForce’s Reference 18 Mono Power Amplifier

October 6, 2010

NuForce’s Reference 18 Mono Power Amplifier And now, what we’ve all been waiting for…    October 2010   Disclosure. Again. I work for NuForce. In keeping with my standing as a spoiled insider, my comments about [Read More]

Mactone XX-3000 Preamplifier and MH-300B Amplifier

September 16, 2010

Mactone XX-3000 Preamplifier and MH-300B Amplifier An ambitious effort from Japan    September 2010      Shooting for the starsAs most of my audiophile friends know, I have a serious affinity for vacuum tube preamps. Ironically, [Read More]

The Digital Amplifier Company Cherry Plus Amplifier

July 8, 2010

  A Cherry Topping Indeed!    September 2010        At the ’98 Consumer Electronics Show, on my first trip to Las Vegas (also known as Sin City) is where I heard the world’s first [Read More]

Hephaestus Audio HMA-1000 monoblock amplifiers

July 7, 2010

  Who would’ve thought!    July 2010     This is an exciting time for audiophiles and music lovers alike. We’ve entered into an entirely different world of high-end audio playback. Mechanical CD players will soon be [Read More]

Audio Valve Conductor Preamplifier

June 30, 2010

Audio Valve Conductor Preamplifier Taking the baton and running the show     June 2010 The maestro has entered the building Periodically, I like to get around to some of the area audiophile salons and hang [Read More]

The Valvet A3.5 mono block and Soulshine preamplifier

June 15, 2010

The Valvet A3.5 mono block and Soulshine preamplifier Giant Killers    June 2010                              Alfred Kainz of Highend Electronics has a knack for finding very good products. I say this because Kainz also serves [Read More]

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