Category: Amplifiers
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 a 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]
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]
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