Amplifier Reviews
Review: PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid Tube Integrated Amplifier
My hifi underground, yours may be a different one, spoke with a unified voice about the PrimaLuna EVO 300—“You have to hear this.”
HiFi Reviews
Digital Reviews
Review: EMM Labs NS1 Streamer
On the backside of 6+ years reviewing nothing but digital hifi gear, you learn a few things. One of those things being—in digital, absence makes the ears grow fonder.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Bel Canto e.One C6i DAC Integrated Amplifier & e.One Stream2 Network Bridge
A stack of Bel Canto. But a stack that includes an integrated amplifier with a DAC inside and a streamer that has a DAC inside? What gives?
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Bluesound Powernode Streaming Amplifier
$949. Between that price and the product name, which describes its function, some people are already ready to click “Add to cart”.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Q Acoustics Concept 50 Floorstanding Speakers
If you have your ear to the ground, you’ll already have heard that the Q Acoustics Concept 50 Floorstanding Speakers are a Barn-storming bargain, offering fit & finish plus performance that’ll leave you wondering—how can they do this for that?
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Linear Tube Audio Z40+ Integrated Amplifier
The LTA Z40+ incorporates David Berning’s patented ZOTL amplification for 51 Watts of transformer-less output power generated by four pentode tubes that peak out from the unit’s top plate.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Soulnote A-2 Integrated Amplifier
“Sushi can only be evaluated by eating it.” That is one of my favorite quotes from Soulnote’s Design Philosophy page. I’ve been saying similar things for decades, albeit with a NJ flavor.
HiFi Reviews
System Review: EMM Labs & the Credo Cinema LTM Speakers (or, what does a $350k+ stereo sound like?)
Imagine an interview with a mountain climber who just scaled their highest peak. “What was it like?” the reporter asks. “Really big!”
HiFi Reviews
Review: Rethm Aarka Active Speakers
If you like the way the Rethm Aarka look, you should hear how they sound.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Marten Parker Trio Floor Standing Loudspeakers
You might think that all well designed and well made speakers are easy to like. In my experience, this isn’t always the case. Some speakers can sound downright foreign, as if their musical language isn’t the same as yours.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: AVM OVATION A 8.3 Integrated Amplifier
The AVM Ovation A 8.3 Integrated Amplifier is a hybrid design, featuring a pair of AVM-branded ‘803 T’ dual triodes in the preamp married to a Class A/AB high current MOSFET output offering 200 Watts of power into 8 Ohms and 330 into 4.
Digital Reviews
Review: LUMIN U2 Mini Digital Transport/Streamer
Perhaps more than any other audio component, you want a streamer to get out of the way. The less you ‘hear’ a streamer, the better.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: ModWright KWH 225i Hybrid Integrated Amplifier
Power. Sweet, sweet power. I suppose there’s such a thing as too much power when it comes to hifi, but I think it’s actually bad sounding power we’re talking about as opposed to too much.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Feliks Audio Arioso 300B Integrated Amplifier
Few amplifier topologies in and of themselves conjure blissful thoughts and of those rare birds that do, perhaps none bring to mind more vivid imaginings than the single-ended 300B. It is the stuff of audio legend.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Klipsch Cornwall IV
“If you’re not having fun, you’re doing something wrong.” ― Groucho Marx