Amplifier Reviews

In today’s world of overload, that second-by-second flood of data, it’s kind of rare to find a quiet gem.

Power and grace.

Astonishingly right. After struggling with how best to describe the JMF Audio PRS 1.5 Pre/HQS 6002 pre/power combo, these 2 words seemed to size things up best.

I’d like us to think about the Bel Canto Black ACI 600 in architectural terms.

Some integrated amplifiers seem to know better than others how to make the speakers they’re driving sound best.

Imagine a luxury ocean liner competing in America’s Cup. And winning.

Imagine it’s another sleepless night and you’re scrolling through cable stations well into the thousands and you come across a TV Evangelist espousing the dangers of hifi lust.

The Octave Audio V 70 Class A Integrated Amplifier has a lot of great things going for it.

If you don’t care what something is made from, how it’s made, where it’s made, who made it, what it looks like, how it feels to live with, or how it sounds then you can skip this review.

When talking ideals in amplification, or any piece of hifi for that matter, my pinnacle is well balanced.

The Vinnie Rossi Brama Integrated Amp slipped, gracefully, onto my list of Favorite Amplifiers soon after it arrived.

I’m tempted to point out that I’ve been very impressed by a number of hybrid integrated amps of late. Nealy enough to be tempted into saying I really like hybrid integrated amplifiers.

Purity and power.