Oppo HA-1
Listening to the complex timbre of Joni Mitchell’s voice, it’s hard to believe that the $50,000 hifi system I’m listening to is utilizing the OPPO HA-1 headphone amplifier as its front end. Headphone amp you say? It’s more than a headphone amplifier, but if the HA-1 were only a $1,199 headphone amplifier, it would still be a screaming good deal. Read More >
Bell Carillon Integrated Amplifer
Preview: Woo Audio WA234 Monoblocks
Sixteen very large bills for a pair of very large amplifiers that make up a headphone amplification system. Don’t think of it as crazy money for a headphone amplifier, because the WA234 can drive a pair of efficient speakers when configured with 300B output tubes. Read More >
Issue 67
Features
Personal Fidelity:
HiFiGuy 528’s Faves!
By Mike Liang
995:
Seven Cheap and Cheerful Favorites
By Mark Marcantonio
Old School:
Vintage Favorites
By Sean Brady
Feature Favorites
The SMARTractor
By Richard Mak
Four Favorite Upstarts:
Audeze, ModWright, PrimaLuna, and Coffman Labs
My Nine Favorite Amplifiers
By Jeff Dorgay
Seven From My System
By Rob Johnson
Our Favorite System – The Devialet Ensemble
Read More >
Rega RP10 Turntable
Our publisher has been a Rega fan since the fateful day in the mid-’80s when we happened by our local dealer (Audio Emporium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) to find them opening a shipment of Planar 3 turntables. Read More >
Primary Control Tonearm
If you are lucky enough to have tried bespoke tailoring in Savile Row, you will know that nothing off the rack really comes close to it. The term “bespoke” originates in Savile Row, a street in Mayfair, Central London, famous for prestigious tailoring for the individual customer. Read More >
VPI Classic Two Turntable
VPI’s Classic One set the standard for analog performance at its price a few years ago when introduced and one is still in service at TONEAudio as a reference component, recently revised by Harry Weisfeld to accommodate an Eminent Technologies tonearm. Read More >
MartinLogan Motion 35XT Speakers
MartinLogan continues to expand their phenomenal Motion series of loudspeakers to the new 35XTs you see here, featuring a 6.5” woofer and their incredible folded motion (ribbon) tweeter, all in a solid wood cabinet, available in a variety of colors, including high gloss black. Read More >
Alta Audio FRM-2 Speakers
The arrival of the Alta Audio FRM-2 loudspeakers exposed a certain prejudice or bias of mine against ribbon tweeters. But it’s a valid one, as I’d never heard a ribbon tweeter that was properly integrated with the rest of the drivers in the system, nor had I ever experienced a ribbon tweeter with a natural high end. Read More >
Sonus faber Olympica III Speakers
At TONEAudio, we’ve had the pleasure of testing Sonus faber’s flagship AidaRead More >
A First Look At Tidal’s Music Streaming Service
Along with all the wacky things that happened in the world today, TidalHiFi launched their music streaming service. So the quote goes, “who needs another rock and roll band,” and it might be said with equal weight, “who needs another music streaming service?”
But we do. Read More >
Tidal Music Launches Today!
TIDAL, the first high fidelity lossless music streaming service with HD music videos and curated editorial, today announced the launch and availability of its service in the UK and US. Read More >
Visiting Light Harmonic
Light Harmonic’s business continues to advance, and with that growth comes the need for a bigger production facility. Managing editor Rob Johnson had a chance to visit their new offices near Sacramento, California. Read More >
Balanced Audio Technology VK-3000SE Integrated Amplifier
The VK-3000SE from Delaware’s Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) is a vacuum-tube linestage and a solid-state amplifier rolled into one. The latter offers 150 watts per channel into 8 ohms and twice that into 4 ohms. Read More >
Epic trade in program for Peachtree owners…
Peachtree Audio is proud to announce that for a limited time current Peachtree integrated amp owners can easily Trade Up from their old Nova or Decco series integrated amp to a new and improved novaSE model. Read More >
McIntosh MHA100 Integrated Headphone Amplifier
I can’t believe what I’m hearing from my little pair of Energy satellite speakers, which I think I paid $150 for about a decade ago. Dr. Dre’s 2001 should not be thumping like this through these speakers. Read More >
Van Alstine Vision Phono Preamplifier
Though famous for his tube designs, Frank Van Alstine is no slouch with solid state either. With passive EQ and no coupling capacitors, this American made phonostage offers no frills high performance. Read More >
Simaudio MOON Evolution 610LP phonostage
Bouncing between St. Vincent’s current and last album, I can’t help but be in awe of the staying power of the vinyl record. Thanks to the many manufacturers, like Simaudio, who have not only kept the faith, but continue to innovate and refine their designs, spinning records is better than ever in the year 2014 than it ever was. Read More >
PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium Preamplifier
PrimaLuna and I go way back; back before TONEAudio was even a twinkle in my eye back. The first audio review I wrote for The Absolute Sound happened to be the original EL-34 based ProLogue 1, and was way more exciting than the boring NAD integrated amplifier that Robert Harley was going to have me cover for my first assignment. Read More >
Devialet 120
Everything we loved about the Devialet 110 is here in spades with the new 120, but the addition of a crucial feature makes the 120 more than a simple upgrade. Read More >
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