It’s been a long time since I’ve reviewed a conrad-johnson component, but back in the seventies and eighties I owned as much c-j gear as I did Audio Research. Indeed, there was a time when ...

Perreaux electronics sightings in North America have been infrequent in recent years. A sign of the times to be sure. But as Dylan sang, the times they are a changin’. Perreaux, based in New Zealand, ...

Over the last few years I’ve reviewed some truly great solid-state amplifiers and preamplifiers from MBL, BAlabo, and Soulution and heard a goodly number of other top contenders from Spectral, Boulder, Krell, Burmester, Pass Labs, ...

Amplifiers with switching output stages have not enjoyed much success in the high end. Although these so-called Class D amplifiers are revolutionizing mainstream audio because of their small size, cool operation, light weight, and high ...

The Octave Jubilee Mono monoblock power amplifiers are an assault on the state of the art by a German firm and its lead designer, Andreas Hoffman. They are tall, superbly styled tube amplifiers that that ...

Dan D'Agostino, the legendary designer who founded Krell, debuted the first product from his new company. The company is simply called "Dan D'Agostino" and the product is the Momentum monoblock power amplifier. The Momentum incorporates ...

The ProLogue Premium Series is the latest collection of tube electronics from PrimaLuna. The lineup includes an integrated amplifier—the subject of this review—also a preamp, a stereo amplifier, and a 70W monoblock. Like all PrimaLuna ...

Contributors include: Peter Breuninger, Neil Gader, Robert E. Greene, Robert Harley, Dick Olsher, Harry Pearson, Paul Seydor, and Jonathan Valin. Peter Breuninger Dynaco ST-70 Along with Avery Fisher’s 500c, David Hafler’s ST-70 put high performance ...

When I turned in my review of the smaller Hegel H100 integrated amp some time ago, I mentioned to Editor-in-Chief Robert Harley how much I also liked the H200. When Robert asked if I would ...

The Vincent Audio PHO-8 is a well finished and appointed dual-chassis phono preamp that belies its entry-level price. Sporting attractive 10mm-thick faceplates, it bears a striking resemblance to Vincent Audio’s Premium Series components. The phono ...

It’s no secret to followers of this hobby that solid-state electronics and Red Book CD players have recently advanced to previously unheard—and for some, perhaps, unimagined—levels of musical performance. Indeed, recent articles in these very ...

Since I plan to compare the MBL 6010 D linestage preamplifier—the big brother to the 5011 that Wayne just extolled—with the best tube preamplifier I’ve heard, the Audio Research Corporation Reference 3 (reviewed in TAS ...

In this age of uncertainty, it’s reassuring to know that certain things remain as stable as the sunrise. And, no, I’m not talking about the Republicans’ conservative agenda, wimpy Democrats, Brett Favre’s endless melodramas, or ...

The ARC Reference 2—William Zane Johnson’s statement phonostage and only the second ARC phono preamp to be designated a “Reference” product in this decade—arrived about three weeks ago, replete with new features never before seen ...

In my book, a new product introduction from the creative mind of David Berning is an event, a happening if you will. His designs are far from being yet another twist on a 1950s circuit, ...