AV Pre Amps

About 10 or 15 years ago, the world of AV gear was much simpler. When I say simpler, I mean that there was a lot of stability in formats. On …

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Digital equalization: two words guaranteed to set teeth on edge among audiophiles. Unless they happen to be incurable technoids who believe all the crap about digital = perfect. So Celestion’s …

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Saying good-bye to something many regard as the finest of its type is painful. No, not the Aston-Martin Vanquish, though that did render me lachrymose. I mean the Lexicon MC-12, …

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In a world where the best-sounding audio material is copy-protected via HDMI, audiophiles have become so frustrated with the complexities of home theater (AV) preamps and Blu-ray systems that many …

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It used to be you were only a true audio enthusiast if you had separate components that required a second mortgage on your house or recklessly jeopardized your kid’s future. …

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While most of us run full 7.1 home theater systems, I know few who forget the fact that all good home theater systems are built on the basics of two-channel …

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Initially I had intended for this review of Integra‘s newest no-holds-barred AV preamp to be part of an AV preamp comparison, one that would include reviews of the Marantz AV7005, …

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In weighing the relative merits of AV receivers vs. AV separates, I think even the most staunch supporters of the latter (yours truly included) have to concede that AV preamp/processors …

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For consumers, one of the best trends in the specialty audio-video business is the fact that the good stuff keeps getting less and less expensive. Glaring proof of that is …

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