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2019 High-End Audio Buyer’s Guide: Power Amplifiers $5,000 - $20,000
|McIntosh Labs MC275 VI $5500 The sixth version of this most classic of all McIntosh amplifiers is by far the best, boasting greater tonal neutrality yet without losing the beautifully solid, rounded, dimensional, and natural ...read more -
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2017 Editors’ Choice Awards: Power Amplifiers $6,000 - $10,000
|VTL ST-150 $6000 VTL’s ST-150 is a relatively compact yet powerful stereo power amplifier employing 6550 tubes that are capable of driving a wide range of speaker loads. A classic all-valve push/pull power amp, the ...read more -
2015 Buyer’s Guide: Power Amplifiers $2,000 - $10,000
|AVA FET Valve 600R$3299 Frank Van Alstine’s 300Wpc hybrid amp is based on AVA’s patented forward-transimpedance design. A 12AT7 triode front end is coupled to a fully complementary power MOSFET output stage. The stock JJ ...read more -
MBL 120 Loudspeaker and Corona Line Electronics
|Some of the most noteworthy companies in the high end don’t do it. Magico doesn’t. Neither does Rockport nor Wilson Audio nor Audio Research. But Burmester and TAD do. What I’m refer- ring to are ...read more