Margules Audio U280-SC 25th Anniversary Stereo Tube Amplifier – Review
August 14, 2015 Comments Off on Margules Audio U280-SC 25th Anniversary Stereo Tube Amplifier – Review
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“We have to start with the bass. It is incredible that a triode tube amp, much less an amp with no negative feedback, at this price could have this kind of bass. The bass was fast enough to have good pace, rhythm, and timing; it also had good scale and power. I like the bloom it has in triode mode.’
Benchmark AHB2 Power Amplifier $2,995 – Review
August 14, 2015 Comments Off on Benchmark AHB2 Power Amplifier $2,995 – Review
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” The Benchmark AHB2 amplifier and DAC2 preamplifier took complete, unfettered control of the universally acclaimed Revel Ultima2 Salon speakers and never let go. In fact, the AHB2 allowed the Salon2s to achieve pinnacle performance. At $2,995 the AHB2 isn’t cheap; but its build quality, materials, and astonishing sonic performance are a marvel.”
Ayre Acoustics MX-R Twenty monoblock power amplifier – Review
August 11, 2015 Comments Off on Ayre Acoustics MX-R Twenty monoblock power amplifier – Review
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“Classical double bassists were served equally well by the Ayre MX-R Twenty. I used to love the music of Sibelius, but hadn’t played any for too long a time. I reached for Symphony 5, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (ALAC files ripped from CD, EMI Studio CDM 7 69244 2). To underpin the work’s ambiguous tonality, halfway through the finale Sibelius has the double basses, normally used by composers to provide a solid foundation to the harmony taking place above, playing divisi two notes that “fight,” E-flat and F. With regular systems, the listener is aware that there is something “sour” in the apparently muddy sound of the basses at this point”
Elekit’s astounding TU-8300R Review
August 9, 2015 Comments Off on Elekit’s astounding TU-8300R Review
One thing really needs to be highlighted here: the Elekit is dead quiet. It’s so silent that some of my concepts have been turned on their heads as a result. The level of the noise floor (background noise) and self-noise that it does generate is so low that it’s less than most of the solid state amps I’ve used”
JADIS DA88S MKII INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
August 8, 2015 Comments Off on JADIS DA88S MKII INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
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“Another myth that the Jadis helps to dispel, particularly remarkable in light of its fairly low power rating, is that tube amplifiers can’t properly reproduce bass. While the Jadis does not produce the very deepest notes, it excels at delivering prodigious and harmonically rich bass that has a propulsive quality. The sumptuousness of the Jadis, the drive, has to be heard to be believed—and frankly, until now I would have disbelieved anyone who claimed that a 60-watt integrated amplifier could output this kind of power in the nether regions.”
Margules Audio U280-SC 25th Anniversary Stereo Tube Amplifier Review
August 8, 2015 Comments Off on Margules Audio U280-SC 25th Anniversary Stereo Tube Amplifier Review
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“In ultra-linear, the midrange was clear, transparent yet it still had beautiful tonal colors. Midrange notes did not stand out because the presentation was overly warm or romantic but stood out because of how well it was integrated within the musical spectrum. There was nothing over emphasized or over exemplified. There was no hint of roll off in the top-end. Cymbals, for example, had very nice shimmer without any hint of splatter.”
Jeff Rowland Continuum S2 Integrated Amplifier Review
August 7, 2015 Comments Off on Jeff Rowland Continuum S2 Integrated Amplifier Review
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” What about something classical and more dynamic like Herbert von Karajan’s One Hundred Best Classics compilation? When listening to some of the symphonies, the Continuum S2 painted a grand, vastly expansive soundstage that stretched well beyond the boundaries of my room. This amp showed no shortage of reserve power even during the most demanding orchestral crescendos and peaks, playing them with ease, energy and excitement. The dynamics of the Continuum S2 were simply superb. The various sections of the orchestra were accurately placed on the stage, each playing within its own distinct location. Once again, I noticed the vast amount of air and space surrounding the instruments.”
Decware Zen Mystery Amp $5,695 Review
August 5, 2015 Comments Off on Decware Zen Mystery Amp $5,695 Review
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“Regardless of the tracks chosen, subtlety abounds with this amp, and it continually offers little surprises on so many records that I’ve been listening to for years. And listening to new music is equally dreamy. Trent Reznor’s soundtrack for the recent movie Gone Girl is so good it’s scary, constantly reminding me of the tension in the film. Reznor is known for his ability to build a dense and ethereal soundscape—and the ZMA, combined with the GamuT RS5 speakers, envelops me in so much more than what I might call a soundstage with another amplifier. The ZMA creates a hyper-real, three-dimensional sound sphere. While a record like this does not provide the picture of musical accuracy that your favorite Blue Note might, it does have many layers of minute detail—and through a less-capable amplifier, those details just don’t come through in the same dreamy sonic picture that the ZMA paints.”
Moon by Simaudio Evolution 760A Stereo Amplifier Review
August 4, 2015 Comments Off on Moon by Simaudio Evolution 760A Stereo Amplifier Review
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” There were subtle differences, though; the 760A’s slightly warmer, fuller sound consistently translated into images and voices drawn with greater depths of tonal color and naturalness. The Simaudio also painted images with a hint more grandeur, giving me somewhat of a front-row vantage on the sound, as opposed to the Classés’ slightly recessed and drier character. Henley’s kick drum proved a perfect example of this — through the Simaudio, it sounded larger and more organic, while the Classés struggled to balance their punchy authority with the same level of scale”
JEFF ROWLAND MODEL 525 REVIEW
August 4, 2015 Comments Off on JEFF ROWLAND MODEL 525 REVIEW
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“The 525 sounds bolder, and acoustically more convincing than I remember the older model 102 or model 201’s to sound. The 525 doesn’t have the harmonic richness of the more upscale class A/B amplifiers in the Rowland product palette, but its timbre is very natural and there’s no trace of artifice to be found. While the 525 is very clean and articulate, it does not offer the low level resolution or superb soundstage layering that is possible with the dearer amps in the Jeff Rowland assortment. But then, these improvements come at high cost, as the next amplifier up in the current range carries a 4x price tag, and at that level it is only expected that performance is further elevated.”
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