Judging by its name, you would expect Ron Sutherland’s latest battery-powered phonostage—the newest in a long line of highly praised battery-powered units from Sutherland Engineering—to give you a clearer view of the vinyl universe, freed ...

Am I alone in being puzzled or amused by what has long seemed a curious contradiction in high-end audio? On the one hand, components are made for long use, the prominent buzzword when it comes ...

I've been putting off writing about these products for two reasons, neither of which has to do with the incredible sound they are capable of delivering when fully functional. First, at the moment Japanese-made Technical ...

If we are living in the twilight of vinyl, it has to be the longest lasting twilight since mechanical watches and fountain pens.1 LPs and equipment to play them are undoubtedly a niche market, but ...

The BC-1 Mk-II linestage preamplifier and the BP-1 Mk-II 500Wpc stereo amplifier from celebrated Japanese audio engineer Fumio Ohashi of Bridge Audio Laboratory (BAlabo) are the most exquisitely beautiful sounding audio components I’ve yet heard—tube ...

I tend to be cautious in praising a cartridge. I used to do pickup surveys in the era when the LP dominated high-end listening, and it was all too apparent that the best moving coils ...

(Editor's Note: The following press release was just released by Krell Industries. It looks like an already great surround preamp/processor has become even better with the addition of the Krell Automatic Room Equalization System.) Krell ...

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 ...

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: ...

If we are living in the twilight of vinyl, it has to be the longest lasting twilight since mechanical watches and fountain pens. LPs and equipment to play them are undoubtedly a niche market, but ...

Have you ever fallen in love with the sound of a mid-powered amplifier, decided to move up in that manufacturer’s line to a more powerful unit, and found that the sonic magic that originally captivated ...

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 ...

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 ...

For someone who has lived through a decade when tube amplifiers were considered by many to have been obsoleted by transistor designs it was delicious irony to witness the renaissance of tube amplification in the ...

I listen to music almost every day. Which is to say, I hardly ever listen to CDs. Call me a Luddite but I’m married to the sound of vinyl. No, it’s not because I enjoy ...