Welcome to the Best Amplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for Summer 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]
“I’m using some big ass mono amps, the Pass Labs XA-200.8. Ya know, the Class A ones.” Whenever I say that, in answer to a question from another audiophile, I get an interesting range of […]
Welcome to the Best Amplifiers section of the Part-Time Audiophile Buyers Guide for 2022. The Guide is more than “We heartily endorse this [fill in the blank ].” This collection represents our enthusiasm. Every product […]
Though I received the Parasound Halo JC 5 Stereo Power Amplifier, designed by John Curl, along with the Parasound P 6 2.1 Channel Halo Preamplifier and DAC, I felt that each product was different enough […]
PICKERING, ONTARIO, CANADA – Today NAD Electronics introduced a real game changer. A massively powerful and predictably fantastic sounding stereo amplifier that uses Purifi Eigentakt amplification. A new day has dawned, and NAD rises early […]
Do you want the hernia or the double hernia? The voice on the phone asking that question was Bryan Stanton, a communications specialist who works with Pass Labs. A few weeks prior, we had begun […]
Stalwart British high-fidelity manufacturer Cambridge Audio has launched a new flagship line of components under the Edge series moniker to help celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary. I’ve only had a few brief flings in a […]
Welcome to something new we’re going to try here on PTA thanks to our friend Wynn Wong of Wynn Audio in Richmond Hill, Ontario. I’m going to be curating a new list every month featuring different categories […]
Power. Who wants it, who needs it, and who has got it? Seems McIntosh Labs is looking to give those power-starved audiophile souls out in the land of bass, and treble a little taste north […]
By John Richardson I miss Sam Tellig. I always read Sam’s column in Stereophile as soon as the newest edition hit my mailbox; I found him to be an entertaining and informative writer. It was great to read […]
There’s no denying that Sonus Faber, and McIntosh Labs make beautiful-looking gear. The craftsmanship, attention to detail, and handmade nature of their speakers, and amplification components scream bespoke. But the reason these two marques of […]
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