French Devialet makes amplifiers and speakers like no other. Particularly special are probably the Phantom wireless high-end speakers, which in addition to brutal power from extremely little cabinet also has deeper bass than was thought possible! This is due to a lot of amplifier power and very large woofers (2 x 7 inches) in relation …
With the Evo 150, English Cambridge Audio will take everything in one to a new level. The look is wonderfully modernist, with a large graphics screen. The box comes with two pairs of magnetic side panels. One wave pattern black in recycled richlite, and one in walnut. The latter draws inspiration from Cambridge Audio’s very …
It’s tempting to call Michi a new, high-end sub-brand of Japanese Rotel, although the name first appeared in some high-end products in 1991. In 2019, the Michi name was revived, with the amplifier set P5 and M8, and also stereo power amplifier S5. And now with a couple of new integrated amplifiers, you can finally …
I thought I knew what I was going for. First a physical effort, as always with McIntosh amplifiers, followed by a fast-paced and engaging break-in period. So I had learned after years of easing and testing McIntosh products. But this time I was not prepared. That is, with a weight close to 50 kilos, the …
Few others stock as many amplifiers as McIntosh. Among the power amplifiers alone, we find seven multi-channel amplifiers, four valve amplifiers, eight transistor amplifiers, and a hybrid valve/transistor amplifier. Then it is perhaps not so strange that one of them, MC312, easily disappears in the crowd. The 2 x 300 W powerful transistor amplifier may …
The answers will be different, depending on who you ask. I know, for example, there are many people who claim that the most important component in a system is the speakers. Hi-fi agnostics argue that the room itself is all-important, and then there are those who believe that the sound source – where it all …
The differences are more than subtle, but for many they are not big enough to be worth the extra expense. Because while Yamaha’s integrated A-S2200 is one of the best and most exciting amplifier purchases in its class, the more expensive flagship A-S3200 is in a completely different division. The two amplifiers share the same …
McIntosh, like so many others, started with valve amplifiers, but like most at the time, they eventually made more transistor amplifiers than valve amplifiers. That was not so strange. The new technology that transistors were in the late 60s and early 70s, was easier to implement, did not get as hot and one could build …
The new McIntosh preamplifier is not really brand new. We’ve seen it before, but back then it was called C70, and came dressed in black to fit McIntosh’s 70th anniversary ball in 2019. This version is called the C22 Mark V, and under the hood it is similar to the C70, but here the black …
When NAD launched the premium-class preamplifier C658, we became curious about a test (and the test can be found here). But a power amplifier in the same weight class was missing to complete the set. It has finally arrived, in the form of the C298. The NAD C298 is a power amplifier in a design …
I am not sure if it was Tony Bennett or Diana Krall who made me understand that. Maybe it was just the chorus on Allright, Okay, You Win, that triggered something in the subconscious, but I felt that the new Yamaha A-S2200 was about to get under my skin. It may have been the retro …
Dutch Mola Mola is one of the high-end market’s hidden gems. Just a look at the products tells us that we are dealing with extremely expensive cases. The wavy shaped cabinets in solid aluminum alone require expensive machine tools to mill out, and here the quality extends down to the smallest button. Both inside and …
You do not have to be a record collector or audiophile to see the need for a phono amplifier. Suffice that you have a turntable that may sound flat and boring, or simply that you have nowhere in the system to connect a turntable. Then you need a phono stage. Also called RIAA amplifier. Some …
They are not many, but they exist. The small all-in-one solutions that elegantly combine a small footprint with seriously good sound. And let me add, does not cost a fortune. Many of us will immediately think of Naim Atom, when a compact plant is to be expanded with flow. But there are similar solutions from NAD, Technics, T …
This year marks 110 years since Denon started, something the company celebrates with special models of four popular high-end products with new technology and the best components they have acquired. Among the selected products is the surround amplifier AVC-A110. A real flagship, based on the home theater monster AVC-X8500H, with as many as 13 amplifier …