Category: Amplifiers

PS Audio BHK Signature Stereo 250 Amplifier

July 2, 2018

  PS Audio’s Paul McGowan was fortunate enough to acquire the designing prowess of renowned audio designer and guru Bascom H King to design PS Audio’s top of the line BHK amplifiers. Kudos to McGowan [Read More]

Linear Tube Audio ZOTL 10 Mk. II Amplifier

June 5, 2018

    ZO-Tl It On the Mountain In the beginning, there was 1.0. I home demoed it; partly in the presence of both Will and…no, not Grace. Mark. Will and Mark; the twonicer n’ nice audio zealots [Read More]

McIntosh MA252 Integrated

May 19, 2018

  Some manufacturers stand above the crowd based upon decades of history and legend. Were you at Woodstock?  McIntosh was. Ever hear the Grateful Dead’s famous Wall of Sound? Yep, McIntosh. Since its founding in [Read More]

PS Audio Stellar M700 mono amplifiers

March 12, 2018

  A PS Audio 200CX stereo power amplifier (circa 1990) has been a staple in my rig, on long term loan, near as long as I’ve had the Eminent Technology LFT-8b floor standers in my [Read More]

Silbatone L103 Line Stage and P105 Amplifier

March 8, 2018

I have written here in the hallowed pages of the Stereo Times about Silbatone products before, and while expensive, these are by no means me-too offerings. The thought that goes into designing and manufacturing them [Read More]

Dayens Ecstasy IV SE Power Amplifier

December 24, 2017

  Everyone’s got a signature piece. For future president Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, it’s his right eyebrow. For Leonardo (the historical one), it’s the Mona Lisa. And for Warhol, it was… soup cans; specifically, 32 [Read More]

Emotiva BasX TA-100 Integrated and Airmotiv B1 Loudspeakers

November 9, 2017

Emotiva was originally founded by Dan Laufman in the mid ’90s. Frustrated by the trend in the HIFI industry toward “audio unobtanium,” Emotiva was born on the premise that audio can sound great and be [Read More]

Arte Forme Integrated stereo amplifier

November 7, 2017

    Always eager to discover something new and exciting in the world of high-end audio, I was delighted when Arte Forme sent me their latest Ruby integrated amplifier. Michael Gill, one of the designers [Read More]

Orchard Audio CRISPIN

October 26, 2017

    An email from Tommy O’Brien at the Digital Amplifier Company alerted me that an amplifier was coming my way for a quick review. The Orchard Audio CRISPIN (Cherry Inside) Stereo Amplifier is the [Read More]

Grandinote Domino pre and Demone mono amps

October 13, 2017

Grandinote Audio is an high-end audio company that’s  been making heads turn lately. Founded in 1993 by talented designer and electrical engineer Massimiliano Magri, his eight-person company is located in the quaint, sleepy province of [Read More]

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