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True Life Audio SSP-1 Preamplifier and SSA-300 Monoblock Amplifiers | REVIEW

May 2, 2021 // 4 Comments

Before we get to True Life Audio, I would like to tell you a story. Once upon a time there was this handsome young prince doctor busting his cojones working for the local [...]

Review: HiFiMan Susvara headphones, assault on the state of the art

February 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

This is not for the faint of heart, or wallet. If you think headphones have reached overwhelmingly high prices spare your time and don’t read this review. You have been [...]

Metaxas Ikarus integrated amplifier review

January 27, 2018 // 3 Comments

This is an article that first appeared in our new online PDF, downloadable magazine The Occasional last fall in it’s inaugural edition. We’ll be rolling out [...]

Review: Nagra HD DAC; or, Closing the gap between digital and analog

October 30, 2016 // 5 Comments

There is not much to be said about Nagra Audio that has not been said already. The company goes back six decades, when Stefan Kudelski, a young talented engineer born in [...]

Going analog without breaking the bank

August 3, 2016 // 4 Comments

Going analog, without breaking the bank This is what I currently use as front end: A Garrard Classic 401 idler drive turntable, bought new old stock, fitted on a massive [...]

Review: Devialet Expert 200 and 400

November 21, 2015 // 7 Comments

Devialet Expert, a new breed of amplifiers There has not been another single product capable of making such a fuss in the world of high fidelity like the Devialet line of [...]

Review: iFi Audio Micro iPhono and iDSD

May 9, 2015 // 8 Comments

During last summer I was given the opportunity to bring the iFi nano DSD on vacation with me. Despite the moderate size this little DAC-headphone amplifier managed not only [...]

Review: ENIGMAcoustics M1 Mythology speaker and Sopranino super-tweeter

February 1, 2015 // 4 Comments

The Sopranino There are various ways to launch a company. ENIGMAcoustics hit the scene a few years back with a blast an acuto sfogato, the first ever passive planar [...]

Analog Bliss part II: the Ikeda Sound Lab 9 TS Moving Coil cartridge review

July 19, 2014 // 1 Comment

By Dr. Panagiotis Karavitis As recently as a couple of decades ago, just about everyone involved in the audio biz gave the turntable a farewell salute. Sales dropped rapidly [...]