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Plinius Inspire 980 Integrated Amplifier Review

March 7, 2015 Comments Off on Plinius Inspire 980 Integrated Amplifier Review

“The Inspire 980 costs $4,450, which is not chump change. But given the quality of all the elements within—amp, preamp, DAC and phonostage—it’s actually something of a value-oriented purchase. Yes, you can get greater realism and refinement from more expensive standalone equipment, like Plinius’s own reference-level products. ”

Benchmark AHB2 Power Amplifier Review

March 6, 2015 Comments Off on Benchmark AHB2 Power Amplifier Review

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“I was curious to hear how Benchmark’s design ethos of compact products would translate into designing a power amp. A couple years ago, the Devialet shattered my bias that amplifiers had to be massive to sound good, and so today I find myself much more open-minded to smaller amps like the Benchmark.”

B.M.C. AUDIO CS2 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW

March 6, 2015 Comments Off on B.M.C. AUDIO CS2 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER REVIEW

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” You aren’t listening for the detail or defining the soundstage. You are listening to music, as a complete and contiguous whole. It’s like it manages to combine the grace of a good valve amp with the power of good solid state. That combination of effortless power and a lot of respect for the music makes the CS2 the perfect foil for some of the larger, more demanding, and great sounding loudspeakers out there. They brought my Wilson Duette Series 2 to life (but that’s not really difficult), they brought Avalon Transcendents to life (a much harder proposition, especially in a small room), and practically everything you could put on the end of this amplifier sounded like it should.

Chords CPM 2800 Gets MkII Status

March 5, 2015 Comments Off on Chords CPM 2800 Gets MkII Status

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“he Hugo/2Qute DAC stage within the CPM 2800 MkII offers support for up to 32- bit/384kHz audio via BNC coax and USB, and 24-bit/192kHz over optical. DSD64 is supported on all inputs and DSD128 is supported via coax or USB (all via DoP). The amp features a Class 2 USB input which has been galvanically isolated for greater sonic performance”

Electra-Fidelity A3-500 300B monoblock amplifiers Review

March 5, 2015 Comments Off on Electra-Fidelity A3-500 300B monoblock amplifiers Review

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” So often memories make things sound better than they actually were, but I was delighted to find that it sounded even more beautiful than I remembered. I was very impressed with how these amps and my Teresonic let the beauty and tone of this recording come through. Both the violin and the piano sounded very natural and the right portion of sound one to the other. You could hear the space in and around the instruments nicely and the decay and attack were spot on.”

SILK MC-100B Tube Integrated Amp Review

March 4, 2015 Comments Off on SILK MC-100B Tube Integrated Amp Review

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“All in all, the Silk MC-100B integrated amp is a well balanced sounding amp that is very versatile in it’s use since it can be an integrated or power amp. I had so much fun listening to and playing with this amp and considering the price vs. performance this is a no brainer for someone looking to get into tubes or taking your system right up to high end status. Think of it; for the price of a lower mid-fi solid-state amp from Best Buy or such, here you have a true entry level high-end amp that will run circles around any mid-fi amp”

VTL amplifiers Vacuum Tube Logic – Video

March 4, 2015 Comments Off on VTL amplifiers Vacuum Tube Logic – Video

Merrill Audio Veritas Power Amplifiers Review

March 3, 2015 Comments Off on Merrill Audio Veritas Power Amplifiers Review

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“This is Class D technology and I am well aware that it has its detractors, but what Bruno Putzey (the designer of the Hypex modules) has done with the NC1200 is take the Class D technology of the UcD circuit developed in 2001 and transformed it into a truly audiophile component. What Merrill have then done is implement this technology in a pair of amplifiers that make the most of what the modules can do. ”

CONSTELLATION AUDIO INSPIRATION SERIES PREAMP 1.0 LINESTAGE, STEREO 1.0 STEREO AMPLIFIER, AND MONO 1.0 MONOBLOCK AMPLIFIERS $20,000-per-pair

March 2, 2015 Comments Off on CONSTELLATION AUDIO INSPIRATION SERIES PREAMP 1.0 LINESTAGE, STEREO 1.0 STEREO AMPLIFIER, AND MONO 1.0 MONOBLOCK AMPLIFIERS $20,000-per-pair

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“This combination of transparency and resolution without etch that defines the brand was readily apparent in all three Inspiration products. I have so much experience with Constellation that there was no mistaking the Inspiration’s crystalline transparency and openness for anything else. This see-through quality didn’t just allow me to hear instruments in the back of the hall or deep into a multitrack mix; it also conveyed an impression of immediacy, of the air in which the instruments exist being “charged” with the life and vitality of the hall or studio.