When the green light came on, I knew music was coming out of the radio. Then the pipes behind the fabric grille were warm and the radio filled the living room with sound. Warm, soft and comfortable sound. My parents’ tube-based radio receiver was later replaced with a Japanese transistor receiver, which, even with two …
Over ten years ago, Sonos came on the scene with user-friendly, wireless speakers that provided sound in every room. It was super easy, and changed the hi-fi market forever. After getting the taste of user-friendly multi-room, it is probably difficult to persuade people to return to traditional stereo. But what if you can get both? …
Let’s just admit it: even for an (experienced) old stereo fan, there is not always time and desire to make a ritual out of listening to music. Sometimes you just want to press a button and move on with what you are doing. The answer to that question is usually a multi-room speaker. Put it …
It is big, powerful and has endless powers. It is perhaps the most useful amplifier they make, regardless of whether you need all the power. For McIntosh’s most powerful stereo power amplifier, it has no flaws whatsoever. Apart from being quite expensive, there is nothing to fault on the McIntosh MC462. Of course, it does …
The reason why Hegel has ranked high with us regarding their amplifiers is due to their understanding of what creates high quality sound. Namely, the absence of noise and distortion. The amplifier’s task is simply to amplify the electrical music signal coming from the audio source, neither more nor less. This is much harder to …
People generally don’t favour a lot of bulky crates for their amp solution, but this doesn’t mean there’s any less interest in the really good stuff. On the contrary! It’s just that the market seems to be gradually moving away from separate solutions with pre and power amps towards a single hefty integrated amplifier. It’s …
American Emotiva is known for its often very large and massive amplifiers at surprisingly affordable prices. Here we have embarked on the Emotiva BasX TA-100, which in terms of weight and power is in the lighter layer of the company’s product line. This is something as rare as a stereo receiver – ie amplifier and …
Little compares to the powerful dynamic control and the bottomless bass that a real power amplifier possesses. Although it borders on overkill for most of us, not to mention most speakers, there is something special about the sound of a powerful, 1200 W amplifier. Just like a super car, you are not prepared for a …
The power amplifier NAD M22 is the natural partner of the preamplifier M12. It has just arrived in a new and updated V2 edition, which was launched at the CES show in Las Vegas in January. And our test copy is one of the first to come to Scandinavia. M22 V2 is a class D …
What happens when engineers, who usually spend their time constructing good sound on a strict budget, get free hands and sit down to do the best they can without the cost hassle? Then you end up with something like NAD’s Masters series. We have recently tested several models from the series. NAD M12 is the …