Amplifier Reviews
Review: Aurorasound HFSA-01 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier
There are times when I forget I’m reviewing, something that happened more than the norm during my time with the lovely Aurorasound HFSA-01.
HiFi Reviews
HiFi Reviews
Review: Zu Audio Definition 6 Loudspeakers
Did you ever wish for a speaker with the immediacy of a single driver, the physicality of a multi-way, and the low end wallop of a powered sub? The Zu Definition 6 comes strikingly close to delivering just that.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Octave V 16 Single Ended Integrated/Headphone Amplifier
The Octave V 16 is, as its name says, a single-ended design running a pair of KT120s (or KT150, KT88, or 8550) in triode mode for about 8 Watts of output power per channel, i.e. more than enough power for a few pair of speakers […]
Digital Reviews
Review: Technics SL-G700M2 Network/SACD Player
I’m warming up to CDs. There, I said it. And part of the reason for this newfound fondness is the Technics SL-G700M2.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Living Voice Auditorium R25A Loudspeakers
Some of my favorite hifis are the kind of hifis that are as easy to slip into as a well worn pair of 501s.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Thrax Enyo Signature Integrated Amplifier
No matter how deep I tried digging into the sound of the Thrax Enyo Signature Integrated Amplifier, music kept smacking me in the face foiling any attempts to listen past the tunes.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: A Desktop System – DeVore Fidelity micr/O | Enleum AMP-23R | Weiss DAC204
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.”
Digital Reviews
Review: Weiss DAC204 Digital to Analog Converter
The little DAC that could.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Vivid Audio Kaya K45 Loudspeakers
Engineering first. When some people look at a speaker from Vivid Audio, they don’t see engineering first, they see design. Which makes sense seeing as Vivid speakers don’t look like other speakers.
Amplifier Reviews
Review: A Cambridge Edge Stack: Edge NQ Preamp/Network Player & Edge M Monoblock Power Amplifiers
“This magic moment, So different and so new.”
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Unison Research Simply 845 Integrated Amplifier
I don’t know anyone who looks at glowing vacuum tubes and thinks—Damn! That’s ugly! My best guest is light, and heat, still touch most humans in places that are connected to survival.
HiFi Reviews
Review: DeVore Fidelity O/96 Loudspeakers
There’s a funny trend in the world of hifi reviews that seems to think being dispassionate is a sign of objectivity and that the less experience we have actually listening to a piece of gear the more value our opinions hold.
HiFi Reviews
Review: Dynaudio Contour 60i Floorstanding Loudspeakers
One of the things about big(ger) speakers is they tend to sound, big(ger).
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Enleum AMP-23R Integrated Amplifier
Read just about any review of the Enleum AMP-23R and you’ll find likes and loves. This review will not stray from this well worn path of praise, so reader’s who just want to know whether or not I like the AMP-23R, you can stop reading […]
Amplifier Reviews
Review: Cocktail Audio X45Pro Streamer/DAC/CD Player/Ripper/Server/Tuner/Preamp
That’s right—the Cocktail Audio X45Pro packs a lot of digital source stuff and preamp functionality into a single chassis acting as streamer, server, CD player/ripper, DAC, FM tuner, and MM Phono Stage which helps explain its 127-page manual.