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Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum Integrated Amplifier (TAS 209)
|While it continues to drag on in all but name only, our Great Recession has a good many of us either putting off new audio purchases altogether or setting our upgrade sights at significantly less ...read more -
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The Absolute Sound Buyer's Guide to Integrated Amps (TAS 207)
|The annual Buyer's Guide Issue is packed with our top recommendations in every product category and at every price. We’ve carefully selected the crème de la crème from the vast array of products on the ...read more -
The Absolute Sound/HiFi+ Guide to Integrated Amplifiers
|DOWNLOAD NOW The Absolute Sound/Hi-Fi+ Guide to Integrated Amplifiers is a comprehensive online buyer’s guide that helps audiophiles and music lovers choose among the latest high-performance integrated amplifiers, from modestly priced to cost-no-object models. It ...read more -
Hegel H100 Integrated Amplifier (TAS 206)
|Understated elegance. Quality over quantity. Substance over style. If the underlying sentiments expressed in those phrases appeals to you, an integrated amplifier could be the solution to a straightforward yet beautiful system. The prospect of ...read more -
Cambridge Audio Topaz AM10 Integrated Amplifier & CD10 CD Player (TAS 205)
|Cambridge Audio has engineered some of the most consistently well-reviewed electronics this magazine has covered. Very recently I fell hard for the elite Cambridge Azur separates, the 840E preamp and 840W amplifier [Issue 186]. Editor-in-Chief ...read more -
Musical Fidelity M3i Integrated Amplifier (TAS 205)
|Boxing fans may remember that when former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson entered the ring, there was no satin robe. He wore only black trunks, and black high-tops, no socks. No frills. He was just sending ...read more -
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Audio Research DSi200 Integrated Amplifier (TAS 204)
|When it comes to tube electronics few high-end companies speak as authoritatively and have been as honored as the Audio Research Corporation. On a far more personal note is the memory of a system I ...read more -
Cambridge Audio Azur 550A Integrated Amplifier & Azur 550C Disc Player (TAS 202)
|Cambridge Audio must employ mind readers. I know it’s got my number. I feel as if Cambridge made the new Azur 550A integrated amplifier and the 550C CD player especially for me—took into account my ...read more -
Update: The Audio Research DSi200 integrated amplifier
|At this year’s RMAF I blogged about the first US appearance of Audio Research’s DSi200, a high-power solid-state integrated amp equipped with remote control, three single-ended inputs and a pair of balanced inputs. To recap: ...read more -
Plinius Hiato Integrated Amplifier (TAS 201)
|The Plinius Hiato is a beast of an integrated amplifier. I don’t know how else to put it. It’s big, heavy, and at an indomitable 300Wpc simply outguns most of the competition. Plus it loves ...read more -
Cambridge Audio Azur 550A Integrated Amplifier & 550C CD Player (TAS 200)
|Cambridge Audio must employ mind readers. I know it’s got my number. I feel as if Cambridge made the new Azur 550A integrated amplifier and the 550C CD player especially for me—took into account my ...read more -
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NAD C326BEE Integrated Amplifier and C545BEE CD Player (TAS 199)
|The BEE of NAD’s BEE series of components pays homage to its designer Bjorn Erik Edvardsen, who also designed the storied 3020 integrated amplifier that put the company on the map three decades ago. Introduced ...read more -
Rega Elicit Integrated Amplifier (TAS 198)
|When you think about it, “elicit” is a pretty nifty name for an audio component. After all, the verb not only rolls nicely off the tongue, it describes what we’d like our playback systems to ...read more -
Simaudio Moon i3.3 Integrated Amplifier & CD3.3 CD Player (TAS 198)
|“Wow, this baby’s loaded,” I muttered to myself as I scanned the back panel of the Simaudio Moon i3.3 and its sister, the CD3.3, which was idling nearby. I do my own fair share of ...read more -
Arcam FMJ CD17 CD Player and FMJ A28 Integrated Amplifier (TAS 198)
|Affordable excellence. Funny how sensible, refreshing, and downright sane that phrase seems these days. Don’t get me wrong: For those who can afford it, which more or less excludes most of us, owning the finest ...read more