Category: Amplifiers

Spectron Audio Musician III Signature Edition MK2 Monoblocks (With V-Caps)

August 29, 2008

Spectron Audio Musician III Signature Edition MK2 Monoblocks (With V-Caps)  More Power = More Music   August 2008     Well that didn’t take long. No siree mister, that didn’t take long at all. When I [Read More]

Further Thoughts: Living with the behold series of electronics

August 18, 2008

Life with the Consummate Component August 2008   Three years ago I accepted the difficult and unenviable task of being the very first audio reviewer to write about a new line of German-made high-end electronics aptly [Read More]

PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Integrated Tube Amplifier

June 18, 2008

PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Integrated Tube Amplifier A Strong Case for Tubes   June 2008      Okay, I admit it—I read Jim Hannon’s review of the PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two integrated tube amplifier in the October 2007 [Read More]

The Lavardin IT Integrated Amplifier

May 20, 2008

The Lavardin IT Integrated Amplifier The End of Artistic Distortion   May 2008      The direct experience of a great work of art has long struck me as one of the most profound and [Read More]

Preview: Behold’s Gentle G192 Integrated Amplifier

April 29, 2008

Preview: Behold’s Gentle G192 Integrated Amplifier A Gentle Giant   April 2008         On a recent visit to the Laufer Teknik audio salon located in downtown Brooklyn, New York, I was surprised by their actual [Read More]

NuForce Reference 9 V2 SE Amplifiers

February 8, 2008

NuForce Reference 9 V2 SE Amplifiers A Nu Voice Speaks with Authority   February 2008             Ever since I was smitten by the sound of the NuForce Reference 8 amplifiers back in the summer [Read More]

The Audio Research LS17 Preamplifier and the Grand Unified Theory

December 21, 2007

The Audio Research LS17 Preamplifier and the Grand Unified Theory     December 2007        Things tend toward integration; physics and chemistry; gravity and quantum theory; and perhaps more valuably for you and me, tubes and [Read More]

Conrad Johnson ACT2 Series 2 Preamplifier

December 1, 2007

Conrad Johnson ACT2 Series 2 Preamplifier Simply Irresistible   December 2007          How can it be permissibleI’ll admit to being a bit sheepish when it came to approaching Conrad Johnson about doing this review. [Read More]

Bel Canto e.One M300 & REF1000 Amplifiers

November 13, 2007

Bel Canto e.One M300 & REF1000 Amplifiers An Appreciation   November 2007      My first “audiophile” amplifier was a JBL SA600, early solid-state with a sophisticated and uncluttered circuit design and quite decent sound. [Read More]

The Melody MI880 integrated tube amplifier

November 8, 2007

The Melody MI880 integrated tube amplifier An Open Mind to the Unexpected   November 2007     $1,000? $2,000? $20,000? How much is too much for a really good amp? Try $50,000 and $75,000. That is [Read More]

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