Category: Amplifiers
TEO Audio Liquid Preamplifier
September 22, 2017
Reading from the About page on TEO Audio’s website, TEO’s principal partners, Ken Hotte and Taras Kowalczyszyn are described as “two intellectually itinerant inveterate tinkerers” who apparently started their tinkering with new audio product designs [Read More]
VAC Renaissance Mk V Preamp and Signature 200 iQ Amplifier
August 21, 2017
Valve Amplification Company (VAC) is an American high-end audio equipment manufacturer that has been producing top tier vacuum tube gear since 1990. I remember enjoying their PA-90 amplifier back in the early days, [Read More]
AVM EVOLUTION MP5.2 CD Player and AVM EVOLUTION A3.2 Integrated
July 13, 2017
Not long ago, I was in conversation at CP’s house when he handed me the AVM EVOLUTION MP5.2 CD-Player with High-End Streaming to review. When I got the AVM home, I didn’t unpack [Read More]
LampizatOr 211 monoblock Amplifier
May 30, 2017
LampizatOr is a Polish high-end audio manufacturer that was established in 2010, by brilliant audio designer Lukasz Fikus, who graduated from Warsaw Polytechnic University with a degree in electrical Engineering while specializing in power distribution [Read More]
Decware Super Zen Triode SE84UFO Amplifier
May 3, 2017
When one mindfully dwells in the present moment, one completely dissolves into whatever activity manifests. One becomes the activity. Most people have had peak experiences, which all involve being so totally involved with [Read More]
H-CAT DF100 MK IV and High Fidelity Pro cables: A follow-up
February 13, 2017
This is a review of two upgrades that really, at least in my system, define better audio, namely great transparency, detail and overall musicality. One was a new model of the H-Cat X-10 amplifier [Read More]
Decware Zen Mystery amplifier
February 11, 2017
I was having an animated conversation with my wife and one of my audio buddies, Derek Kim, about the amplifiers I’ve reviewed. He was very impressed with the sound quality he has heard but he [Read More]
Stereo Maraschino amplifier
February 3, 2017
This past summer, a friend and accomplished jazz bassist, John Hébert, and I, paid a visit to the home of fellow audiophile John Jonczyk, who is also the proud owner of a new pair of [Read More]
SILBATONE RP-300 POWER AMPLIFIER
January 27, 2017
Ah, the 300B. Legendary. Unrivalled. Western Electric at their best. Or just overpriced, overrated hype? My very first hifi amplifier (not counting a Rotel budget item, the 865-AX or something) was a 300B amplifier. [Read More]
Perla Audio Righello Monoblocks
December 14, 2016
I first learned of Perla Audio in Don Schaulis’ Stereotimes 2016 T.H.E Show Newport Beach report and have since learned the Perla Audio received an Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice award. I was stoked [Read More]
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