In Barn for Review

Soup to amplifiers.

The Audio Note DAC 4.1x IZVOR uses a discrete 18-bit R2R ladder DAC module filled with Audio Note’s own resistors to convert digital to analog with no oversampling, no jitter reduction, no noise shaping, and no re-clocking.

I don’t typically highlight packaging but in this case I made an exception.

The Summer of Stacks continues with the oh-so-elegant Esoteric Grandioso C1X solo Line Stage Preamplifier & Grandioso S1X Stereo Power Amplifier.

Continuing our working theme—the summer of stacks!—enter the Aesthetix Calypso/Atlas pre/power combo both dressed up in the upgraded Eclipse version.

Denmark’s Peak Consult is owned by Lennart Asbjørn and Wilfried Ehrenholz who was an owner and co-founder of Dynaudio.

I reviewed the shockingly good Imersiv D-1 DAC back in March and had this to say:

The Wattson Audio Madison Power S was designed to the perfect power companion for the Wattson Madison Streamer.

Never say never.

I reviewed and loved the Aurorasound HFSA-01 Vacuum Tube Integrated Amplifier. And…

Go big and stay home.

Just one look (at that V-notch) is all it took to know it’s Aragon.

The Opéra de Paris edition of the Devialet Astra integrated amp finds its chassis—which is carved from a single block of anodized aluminum—covered in 23-carat golf leaf that’s been laser engraved, brushed, and shot peened.

How about a supertweeter shootout?

I remember when supertweeters were controversial.