Audiophilepure

https://pt.audio/2025/03/14/orchard-audio-starkrimson-mono-premium-amplifiers-review/

Maybe times have changed. Perhaps we audio nuts don’t have as much of a bias against “newer” technology such as class D amplification and all of the advantages it can offer. Whatever the case, the Orchard Audio Starkrimson Mono Premium amplifiers never called attention to themselves in such a way that I ever worried about them being class D. In fact, it rarely even crossed my mind. I was just so involved in listening that nothing else really mattered, and that’s about the best one can expect from a really good stereo setup. And the other advantages? Well, moving the Pass Labs X250.8 from one side of my room to the other was a task, not that I really minded. But handling the little Starkrimson amps was nothing- each could be balanced easily in the palm of my hand. I will give the Pass Labs amp points for running a bit warm though, as my listening space tends a tad cool for comfort in the winter. Ask me again next summer, and I’m sure I’ll tell you a different story.

https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/1265-balanced-audio-technology-rex-300-stereo-amplifier

Up top, the REX 300 managed that balancing trick of sounding both detailed and sweet in the highs, with—I hope I’m not boring you here—excellent resolution of textures and harmonics. Flipping over to another Hip album, Road Apples (LP, MCA 3844804), Johnny Fay’s cymbals—both hi-hat and ride—are beautifully recorded. On “Little Bones,” I was drawn into the mix, bouncing off each instrument in turn. Those cymbals were prominent and juicy, and I could fall into them or let them recede back in my focus at will. I could also turn up the system really, really loud without any ear strain. On the contrary, the REX 300’s silky highs, redolent with crisp clarity in the fundamental and burnished richness in the harmonics, seemed to make loud listening sessions—especially to a magnificent album like Road Apples—a true pleasure.

https://www.hifinews.com/content/mbl-cadenza-c41c21-streamerpower-amp

During digital recording, music signals are sampled and then quantised to create the binary code that represents the amplitude of each sample in time. However, if the highest digital values are then normalised close to 0.0dBFs, then it’s entirely possible that a DAC’s oversampling filter will reconstruct signal peaks between samples that notionally exceed 0.0dBFs. It’s important to appreciate that the digital data is not ‘clipped’ but that in the process of upsampling this data, signals are realised that lie above this digital glass ceiling, beyond which is a netherworld of catastrophic clipping and momentary bursts of distortion. Of course, if the interpolator is designed with a few dB of headroom in tow – as is the case with MBL’s ‘True Peak Technology’ – then these peaks, known as ‘intersample overs’, are carried through without clipping.

https://www.audiophilia.com/reviews/2024/12/11/electrocompaniet-eci-6-mkii-integrated-amplifier

Yes, the Electrocompaniet is a Norwegian star component. It is a sexy-looking, fatigue-free integrated that plays well above its $6200 price. Its voicing is admirable and will be loved by those who want accurate instrumental and vocal timbre sounding present in real spaces and compatible with a wide range of loudspeakers. In this, the Tau designers have succeeded admirably and receives my warmest recommendation.