PS Audio BHK Signature 300 monoblock power amplifier $14,998/pair Review
February 17, 2016 Comments Off on PS Audio BHK Signature 300 monoblock power amplifier $14,998/pair Review
” The BHK 300s’ bottom end is nimble, well textured, and rhythmically solid, though there’s still more weight, power, and physicality to be had in the very lowest octaves. But given their cost—high but far from the highest—that’s hardly surprising. (Of course, you’d also need speakers that can express those qualities.) Still, I’d much prefer the nimble rhythmic pacing of the BHK 300s to greater weight that’s more sluggishly presented (footnote 1).”
Red Dragon Audio S500 Stereo Amplifier Reviewed
February 7, 2016 Comments Off on Red Dragon Audio S500 Stereo Amplifier Reviewed
” The Red Dragon S500 stereo amplifier competes against products like the Bel Canto e.One REF500S stereo amplifier. Listing for a bit more at $2,595, the Bel Canto has a slightly more upscale appearance, if aesthetics matter to you. Incorporating a proprietary amp module design, it has similar specs to the Red Dragon but lacks the ability to operate in BTL bridged mode. The CI Audio E200S stereo amplifier delivers a little less power, with a rating of 200/400 wpc into eight/four ohms, respectively, but also costs a bit more at $2,500. Like the Bel Canto, it also lacks the ability to operate in bridged mono mode. If that’s not an important feature for you, I suggest auditioning these amplifiers along with the Red Dragon. If the option of operating in bridged mono mode is an important feature, the choice at this price range is a straightforward one.”
HCAT Model DF-100.2 X10 Mk III Stereo Amplifier Review
February 4, 2016 Comments Off on HCAT Model DF-100.2 X10 Mk III Stereo Amplifier Review
” This was what I was hearing and later listening to live stage performances or symphonic works brought this home to me that this was an attribute of this amp. I also tried this on vinyl and found it even more true there. The amp recreates the full sound stage before me even with massive numbers of musicians or choir members. And they are all located from the extreme left to the extreme right. This is realism at its best.”
Lumïn M1 Streaming Amplifier/Player
February 3, 2016 Comments Off on Lumïn M1 Streaming Amplifier/Player
” Obviously it is relatively inexpensive system so one can’t really expect the same level of performance as from high end system consisting of separate components. But when I listened to it I never really thought about advantages of much more expensive systems. M1 delivers good enough performance to make it truly interesting. It is capable of differentiating different recordings and I think its owners won’t really have any reasons to complain about M1’s performance. Especially considering that in many respects what they will get will be so refined that many even more expensive systems won’t be able to match (in these respects) this level of performance.”
Naim Audio Statement NAC S1 Preamplifier and NAP S1 Mono Amplifiers NAC S1 $88,000 NAP S1 $76,000 each Review
February 2, 2016 Comments Off on Naim Audio Statement NAC S1 Preamplifier and NAP S1 Mono Amplifiers NAC S1 $88,000 NAP S1 $76,000 each Review
” So, incredibly agile, responsive and rhythmically articulate, musically fluid and temporally explicit, what is it that the big Naims don’t do? Their solid-state nature is betrayed in the balance they strike between images and the acoustic as a whole, the dimensionality and the depth of the soundstage. Instrumental spread is excellent, as is layering and height, which creates exceptionally natural perspectives, but there are electronics (especially tube electronics) that deliver a greater sense of the overall acoustic space, more depth, more dimensionality and, partly as a result, more intimacy and immediacy. As remarkable as the bass generated from the Sasha 2s was,”
Dan D’Agostino Progression Mono Amplifier, Momentum M400, Phono Stage, CES 2016 – Video
February 2, 2016 Comments Off on Dan D’Agostino Progression Mono Amplifier, Momentum M400, Phono Stage, CES 2016 – Video
CONSTELLATION AUDIO INSPIRATION PREAMP 1.0 LINE PREAMP AND MONO 1.0 POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
January 29, 2016 Comments Off on CONSTELLATION AUDIO INSPIRATION PREAMP 1.0 LINE PREAMP AND MONO 1.0 POWER AMPLIFIER REVIEW
” There’s an obvious question hanging over the Inspiration range… why pay more? Staying just with the Constellation Audio line-up thanks to that consistency, why would you pay about three times as much for a Performance model or eight times as much for a Reference model? On the surface, it’s a tough question to answer”
CH Precision M1 Mono Amplifier Review
January 27, 2016 Comments Off on CH Precision M1 Mono Amplifier Review
” I’m not one of those reviewers who proclaim “the best I’ve heard” every passing month. But the CH Precision M1 Mono amp had me thinking along those lines from the start. It’s really in a different class.
If the amps that preceded it reside high up in Reference Class, our highest ranking, the M1 is somewhere beyond. Components of this caliber need some other designation. Personally, I call them Exit Components. The CH M1 Mono amp belongs there; so does the CH L1 Preamp.”
Hegel H160 Integrated Amplifier Review
January 25, 2016 Comments Off on Hegel H160 Integrated Amplifier Review
” Timing and perspective from the H160’s high frequencies was excellent. I never found cymbals to be jarring or forward, and yet their characteristics were tightly in focus. Even on heavy tracks like Lamb of God – Walk with Me in Hell, Chris Adler’s remarkable ability to place a perfectly timed cymbal was evident without being harsh through the H160, even at unneighbourly volumes.”
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