Stereo Amps

While many companies have jumped on the personal audio bandwagon with “me too” products, a few have risen above the fray with products that truly stand out for their engineering …

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High-end credibility is an elusive quality, endowed because of a variety of qualifications. The most obvious? Sadly, it’s price, and there’s a long list of components deemed esoteric solely because …

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Since the Austerity has ensured that the High End must be regarded as ‘politically incorrect’, is it any surprise that there’s a fresh flood of mid-level products? Heretofore best thought …

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Minimalism, audiophile credibility, low prices — these I understand. But remote control? What is going on in the high end? As recently as seven or eight years ago, the mere …

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Reissue, replica, reincarnation — call it what you will. Just thank the audio gods that somebody at McIntosh has a sense of history. Unlike other makers who have squandered their …

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Given that few people will defend tube/transistor hybrids, how do you go about satisfying the valve-oriented consumer who wants his or her amp to have everything under one cage? And …

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I’ve always been a fan of integrated amplifiers and it was quite a shock when I glanced over some of my recent integrated amp reviews that I’ve failed to review …

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Halcro, a relatively new name to American audiophiles, first became known through their reference series of amplifiers. The dm38 at $20,000 is the lowest price amplifier in the series. The …

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For some years, Musical Fidelity’s Antony Michaelson has been banging on about the need for more power than has been considered necessary by the audio community. It wasn’t just the …

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Motoring journalists, recently faced with the possibility of low-priced BMWs and Mercs, are torn between two types of conditioning. The forthcoming ‘budget’ Benzes and Bimmers (budget = VW Golf money) …

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