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Pass Labs X600.8 600 Watt Monoblock Power Amplifier Review
Pass Labs X600.8 600 Watt Monoblock Power Amplifier Review Highlights Pass Labs manufactures preamplifiers and power amplifiers. They all have massive build quality, especially the Xs-300 Pure Class A...
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Yamaha AVENTAGE MX-A5000 Eleven-Channel Power Amplifier Review
Yamaha AVENTAGE MX-A5000 Eleven-Channel Amplifier Review Highlights I had a chance to take a look at Yamaha’s top of the line multi-channel amplifier, the AVENTAGE MX-A5000. I enjoyed my time with the...
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Lyngdorf Audio TDAI-2170 Fully-Digital Integrated Amplifier Review
Lyngdorf Audio TDAI-2170 Fully-Digital Integrated Amplifier Review Highlights Integrated amplifiers have never enjoyed the same respect audiophiles pay to separate components. Similarly, Class D...
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Parasound Halo JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier Review
Parasound Halo JC 3+ Phono Preamplifier Review Highlights Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has long been a leader in reviews of all categories of home theater and audio gear. This review...
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NAD C 510 Direct Digital Preamp DAC Review
NAD C 510 Direct Digital Preamp DAC Review Highlights Is your trusty old stereo setup looking for a minor makeover? Are you wanting to play more of those high resolution audio files from your computer...
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NAD Masters Series M12 Preamplifier and M22 Stereo Power Amplifier Review
NAD Masters Series M12 Preamplifier and M22 Stereo Power Amplifier Review Highlights NAD calls their best electronics the “Masters Series”. The preamp and amp under review here are in this class of...
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Raven Audio Nighthawk MK2 Integrated Amplifier Review
The 20wpc Nighthawk Integrated is Raven Audio’s entry-level amplifier, your taste of tubes on a budget. It handles digital and analog with a wideband, smooth, detailed, and accurate sound. The...
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Mark Levinson No585 Integrated Amplifier Review
The Mark Levinson No585 integrated amp is a luxury product in every sense of the word. It’s very well put together, generates plenty of power and features a high resolution DAC section. Its sound is...
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Rotel RC1590 Preamplifier and RB1590 Power Amplifier Review
The Rotel RC-1590 preamplifier offers a built in 32 bit, 768 kHz DAC capable of DSD and DOP decoding, 6 digital inputs, 2 USB inputs (one with iOS device capability), balanced and single ended analog...
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Lyngdorf SDA-2400 Amplifier Review
The versatile SDA-2400 digital stereo power amplifier features both analog and digital inputs and optional rack mounts, as well as a range of novel features to deliver outstanding performance in a wide...
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Mark Levinson No 52 Stereo Preamplifier Review
Mark Levinson No52 Stereo Preamplifier Review Highlights Mark Levinson, one of the most respected names in audio, has just released their latest stereo preamplifier design, the No52. Its looks,...
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Audio by Van Alstine FET Valve CF Vacuum Tube Preamplifier Review
Audio by Van Alstine FET Valve CF Vacuum Tube Preamplifier Review Highlights The FET Valve CF Vacuum Tube Preamp is a highly flexible little component. The base unit has six analog inputs, a tape loop,...
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Emotiva XPS-1 Phono Preamplifier Review
Emotiva XPS-1 Phono Preamplilfier Review Highlights With the resurgence of vinyl over the last few years, more and more enthusiasts are looking to get in the game to see what all the buzz is about. Now...
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ATI AT6002 Multi-Channel Power Amplifier Review
ATI AT6002 Multi-channel Power Amplifier Review Highlights The ATI AT6002 is a fully balanced amplifier that produces 300 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 450 watts into 4 ohms. The fully balanced...
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Emotiva XPA-1 Gen 2 Monoblock Power Amplifier Review
Emotiva XPA-1 Gen 2 Monoblock Power Amplifier Review Highlights Emotiva made their name by producing high power, affordable amplifiers. Perhaps no amplifier personified that more than the XPA-1. The...
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conrad-johnson ET3 Tube Stereo Preamplifier Review
The vast majority of online reviews cover the SE or Special Edition version of conrad-johnson’s ET3 preamplifier. However since it retails for $4000 without a phono stage ($5500 with), and the base ET3...
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Parasound Halo 2.1 Channel Integrated Amplifier Review
Nearest to perfect piece of audio gear, the Parasound Halo Integrated Amplifier will make you forget you need separates! A complete audio manager, the Halo Integrated offers analog and digital inputs...
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Pass Labs XA30.8 Class A Stereo Power Amplifier Review
The Pass XA30.8 delivers 60 W per channel into a 4 ohm load (30 into an 8 ohm load) in full Class A operation. At that point, it transitions into class AB operation like a normal amplifier and keeps...
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Rotel RA-1592 Integrated Amplifier Review
While it wasn’t too long ago that even combining the amplifier and preamplifier in the same box was seen as somewhat of a compromise, a new generation of integrated amplifiers throws in the proverbial...
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Cary Audio SI-300.2D Integrated Amplifier Review
Cary Audio has always been known for exceptional engineering and build quality. The new SI-300.2d integrated amplifier is their attempt to provide state-of-the-art sound in a combined DAC +...
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