integrated amplifier

Marantz MODEL 30 Integrated and SACD 30n Network Audio Streamer & SACD Player

September 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

VISTA, CA (PTA) — Marantz introduces two new forward thinking components this week. Starting with the new MODEL 30 Integrated Amplifier, followed by the SACD 30n Network [...]

Technics SU-R1000 Integrated Amplifier

September 3, 2020 // 2 Comments

OSAKA, JAPAN (PTA) — Technics launches the Reference Class SU-R1000 integrated amplifier. Since 2014 the Technics brand has been focused on developing digital amplifier [...]

Pass Labs INT-250 Integrated Amplifier | REVIEW

February 9, 2020 // 2 Comments

In the quirky (to put it kindly) universe of high-end audio, the epithet “Lifestyle Product” is a bit of a put-down — even for an amplifier as imposing as [...]

Sparkler Audio Spiral, Ether | Review

August 11, 2019 // 8 Comments

A Box of Sparklers My introduction to the wares of Sparkler Audio (website) was through the 2017 and 2018 Capital Audiofest shows. There, I’d made note of Sparker’s [...]

Ayre 8 Series | High End 2019

May 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

Ayre (website) was one of the earliest to market with a good USB DAC. That’s how I remember seeing and interacting with them. The QB-9 did one thing (USB) and did that [...]

Rogers High Fidelity KWM-88 “CORONA” | AXPONA 2019

March 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

Something new from Rogers High Fidelity — a bit of old-world/new world. On the one hand, you have a completely hand-wired amp with a massive toroidal power supply [...]

Peachtree Audio Nova300 | REVIEW

November 24, 2018 // 2 Comments

Words and Photos by Eric Franklin Shook Another amplifier is aiming right at the balls of the established order of high-end consumer electronics. Out of the gate that last [...]

Emotiva TA-100 Integrated | REVIEW

September 2, 2018 // 5 Comments

Emotiva's TA-100 aims to dominate the entry-level integrated category by offering a little more of everything [...]

NAD 316BEE V2 | REVIEW

June 30, 2018 // 4 Comments

The rightful king of the audiophile entry-level integrated amplifiers adds a jewel to its crown I’ve owned three of the NAD 316BEE integrated amplifiers (website here). [...]

Review: PS Audio Sprout 100 DAC/Integrated Amplifier

June 22, 2018 // 5 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 [...]