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totaldac d1-tube DAC in Retrograde: The Tube Upgrade
Sometimes old is new again. I received this email from totaldac’s Vincent Brient on September 24:
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A Few (more) Weeks With Junior: Wavelength Audio Junior EL84 Integrated Amplifier
A few (more) weeks with Junior.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Line Magnetic Audio LM-845iA Integrated Amplifier
What does the 22 Watt per channel, point-to-point wired, pure Class A Line Magnetic Audio LM-845iA Integrated Amplifier sound like? Perhaps surprisingly, it doesn’t sound like much of anything except pure power.
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Review: Kora Audio TB140 Integrated Amplifier
Do you know France-based Kora? Based in Toulouse, the ‘Silicon Valley’ of France, the company’s principals work in the Aerospace industry specializing in power supplies and signal treatment while also building integrated amplifiers that utilize tubes and transistors in an unconventional manner.
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Review: HoloAudio KTE May DAC
The hifi world is abuzz over the HoloAudio KTE May DAC for three reasons: it measures incredibly well, it sounds incredibly good, and it costs just under $5k.
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Review: Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC
I’ll have the fish, hold the chips. Something I’ve never said but I couldn’t resist playing with Mola Mola’s fish themed names and the fact that the Tambaqui DAC does not use a DAC chip for D to A conversion.
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Review: totaldac d1-tube DAC/Streamer
Vincent Brient’s newest creation, the totaldac d1-tube DAC/Streamer, which falls on the lower end of the company’s price list, offers the benefits of being imbued with the totaldac house sound. For anyone who has heard a totaldac or read one of my reviews of same, […]
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Review: Hegel H95 Integrated Amplifier
The $2,000 H95 is Oslo-based Hegel Music Systems’ least expensive H series integrated amplifier. You could call it their entry level model, but that would be misleading.
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Review: Linear Tube Audio MZ3
I just dropped the Linear Tube Audio (LTA) MZ3 at our local UPS store. It’s hot (112, says The Weather Channel), so I rushed back home to the shady, cool listening space that is my office. On the way back, I was thinking about the […]
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Review: Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature Preamplifer and L2 Signature Monoblock Amplifiers (Part 2)
In Part 1 of our review of the Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature Preamplifer and L2 Signature Monoblock Amplifiers, we looked at and listened to the pre-power combo using the L2 Signature Preamplifer as just a preamplifier. Here, in Part 2, we’ll focus on the optional […]
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Review: Bluesound PULSE 2i Premium Wireless Multi-Room Music Streaming Speaker
Big sound from a little box. Isn’t that everyone‘s dream?
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Audiophile Tweaks from Intona Technology and Sonore
I thought it would be fun to share some of the tweaks I have been using with my system that have come from Intona Technology and Sonore by Simple Design LLC. These products include the new Intona Technology USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Isolator Model 7055-B and […]
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Review: Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature Preamplifer and L2 Signature Monoblock Amplifiers (Part 1)
Oftentimes, hifi gear that immediately impresses is not what you want. The same can be said for many things we encounter in life so we’re talking about common sense.
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Review: Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Powered Speakers
Most people want the same thing from a small speaker—big sound. Amar Bose went to some lengths in his Wave Radios to deliver on this promise but you can only twist the truth so far. The Wave Radio sounded like a big table radio. If […]
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Review: totaldac d1-streamer
Imagine you are walking down the street on your way to your favorite restaurant. As you approach the front door of Chez Écoute, the door recedes. The closer you try to get to it, the door continues its backward slide remaining just out of reach. […]