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Review: (updated) darTZeel CTH-8550 integrated amplifier (with Siltech)

May 14, 2016

The $25,000 USD gold, and Ferrari-red, solid-state integrated amplifier from Switzerland exuded raw sex appeal as it sat in my listening room oozing quality. With it’s staggeringly addictive color scheme (a point of opinion, and contention I [...]

CES 2014: What’s Up?

January 7, 2014

I’m not going to CES this year. Sorry. Couldn’t do it. It’s not that I didn’t want to go. I did (God help me), and still do! It’s a lot of fun, there’s a ton of new products, and I have a gazillion friends out [...]

More delectable than Swiss chocolate is Swiss audio, or, another visit with darTZeel’s Hervé Delétraz

September 8, 2013

— by Norman Williams My second visit with Hervé Delétraz was a holy crap experience. His demo room has just recently been totally redone and I must have been one of the first guests, if not the first to experience it. Being located in the [...]

Switzerland is more than chocolates and cheese (a darTZeel factory tour)

July 19, 2013

–by Norman Williams This is my first ever tour to a high-end audio manufacturer and I must say it was a very interesting and informative experience. Yes, I had been to the offices of the Swiss-only brand ROWEN, but I only saw their demo rooms, [...]

NYAV12: Sound by Singer presents Kudos, Playback, DarTZeel

April 29, 2012

DarTZeel. For me, the name screams “high-end”. The gear is bespoke in the highest degree — big gold face plate and crimson sides. A honking big knob, some big oh-shit handles, and a sound that is universally praised. The prices are [...]

RMAF 2011: Evolution, darTZeel, Playback, Wave Kinetics, Durand

October 26, 2011

The first thing that struck me as odd when I walked into the Bluelight Audio room was the setup. Here at last are the darling $2.5k Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne speakers sitting on their stands, and there is the semi-mythical $20k darTZeel [...]