In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: Enleum AMP-23R Integrated Amplifier
My hi-fi underground has been buzzing, again, this time about the Enleum AMP-23R Reference Compact (Integrated) Amplifier.
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Analog Reviews
Review: EAR Phono Classic MM/MC Phono Preamplifier
Back in high school I bought my first motorcycle, the agreement with my father being nothing over 350 cc so with the help of a mechanic friend, he found and I bought a lovely minty fresh green 1972 Honda CB350.
HiFi News
Fidelity Imports Adds Italy’s Gold Note to Its Roster
Florentine manufacturer Gold Note was founded in 2012 and they make everything from cartridges to tonearms to turntables to phono stages to electronics, speakers, and power supplies. That’s their Mediterraneo turntable in a gold leaf finish. Che bello!
Analog Reviews
Review: Lejonklou Slipsik 8 MM Phono Stage
Fredrik Lejonklou is the man behind the company that bears his name and he’s got interesting ideas about hifi design, beginning with his stated goal: “I don’t really care whether it sounds ‘correct’ – I care about how it feels.”
Analog Reviews
Review: Hegel V10 Phono Preamp
When I think of Hegel Music Systems, I think quality, nicely balanced sound, and great value. The Hegel V10 Phono Preamp resembles these remarks in the best possible ways.
HiFi News
Luxman’s New D-07X Digital Player: Discs and a DAC
Luxman’s yummy new D-07X Digital Player plays CDs, SACDs, MQA CDs, 32-bit/768 kHz PCM, and 22.4 MHz DSD files via its USB input. Discs and a DAC.
Analog Reviews
Review: Aurorasound VIDA Prima Phono Stage
Take one look at the Aurorasound VIDA Prima, take another look at the Leben CS600X I call my own, and you have the beginning of a story.
In Barn for Review
In Barn for Review: BAT VK-80i Integrated Amplifier
Holy 6C33C-B! BAT-man!
HiFi News
NAD’s New $349 CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer
Interested in easily adding streaming to your hifi without breaking the bank?
HiFi News
The New Meitner PRE Preamplifier: Pure Class A Power
Ed Meitner believes that “an analog preamp acts as the heart of every music system“. Who am I to argue with Ed Meitner over matters of the heart?
HiFi News
Darko.Audio Podcast #44: Room Acoustics + dCS, Schiit, Wharfedale & Campfire
Imagine you just bought the latest greatest 83″ OLED TV and installed it in your kitchen cupboard that’s 74″ wide and 36″ deep.
Analog Reviews
Review: MoFi StudioPhono Phono Stage
There are any number of reasons to be interested in and/or buy a piece of hifi gear. One of the beautiful things about hifi is every reason is a good reason, or if you prefer, no reason is a bad reason. That’s simply the way […]
HiFi News
Silent Angel’s Rhein Z1 Server Gets The Plus Treatment
The new Silent Angel Rhein Z1 Plus Server improves on the original with a number of upgrads while offering the ability to simultaneously supply up to 10 audio outputs.
Road Tours
Road Tour: GTT Audio/Vivid Audio Speakers
Last Friday morn’, I took a short drive over a river and through the woods to the home of GTT Audio, the Long Valley, NJ-based dealer/distributor, to hear a bunch of Vivid (Audio) Speakers.
Analog Reviews
Review: Schiit Mani 2 MM/MC Phono Preamp
I can remember when being a kid with a pocketful of change offered a world of adventures.