integrated amplifier

The Millennial Audiophile: A Review of the NAD 316BEE V2 Integrated Amplifier

June 30, 2018 // 4 Comments

The Rightful King of The Audiophile Entry-Level Integrated Amplifiers adds a New Jewel to its Crown. I’ve owned three of the NAD 316BEE integrated amplifiers. They are my [...]

Review: PS Audio Sprout 100 DAC/Integrated Amplifier

June 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

“Dad, why does he always get to do things before I did?” That was my daughter voicing mild complaint over the prospect of her younger brother receiving a Sprout. A [...]

Munich High-End 2018: NAD completes makeover of classic integrated amplifiers with C316BEE V2

May 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

Legendary NAD amplifiers now updated Feature variety of performance features from phono inputs on all models, to integration of BluOs and Chromecast on select models. [...]

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 [...]

RMAF 2017: Zu, Peachtree create club vibe

November 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Each year at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, Peachtree Audio and Zu Audio take a large corner room on the mezzanine level of the Marriott Denver Tech Center. First-time [...]

RMAF 2017: Getting audiophile sound on a budget

November 2, 2017 // 3 Comments

In a hobby where dropping a hundred grand for a system is common, what can you get these days for, say, $1,500 USD? An interconnect, maybe? A cartridge? Tax? Well, how about [...]

RMAF 2017: Neat’s new Xplorer has small footprint, big sound

November 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Iota Xplorer, a new speaker from Neat Acoustics, is only 29-inches high. Still, it towers over its older brother, the Iota Alpha, which stands just 16-inches tall. Both [...]

RMAF 2017: Gryphon Audio delivers the big sound in Denver

October 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Big systems can be difficult to curate components for, especially ones where you have massive, multi-driver speaker arrays with complex crossovers that can soak up a lot of [...]

LA Audio Show 2017: Gene Rubin, Harbeth 30.1 make music, magic

July 15, 2017 // 2 Comments

Attending the three biggest U.S. high-end shows last year, I got to hear a lot of speakers. Many were new, exotic, state-of-the-art designs, driven by megabuck equipment. A [...]

Devialet Air and Roon turn the stream into reality

July 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

Wake up. You’re not dreaming (you’re streaming). The missing link to make Roon, and the Devialet Expert Series speak easy has arrived. Devialet, the French [...]