Karl Sigman from audiophilia.com Allnic Audio H-5500 Phono Stage Analog, Star Component Award Allnic Audio with their ‘Tube Amp Done Right’ slogan has been on a roll in the last several years with a slew of well received amps, preamps, phono stages, and even phono cartridges. I had the pleasure of reviewing their splendid and well priced Rose MC cartridge about a year ago, and I am happy to report that yet again it is in my possession (on loan once more) but for a different reason: This time to help review the new Allnic Audio H-5500 Phono Stage, all tube.…
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CHRISTIAAN PUNTER from www.hifi-advice.com/ Pylon Audio Jasper 25 Review samples supplied by Hexagon Audio Retail prices in the NL including 21% VAT, per pair: Black or White Lacquer, Matte: € 5.500 Black or White Lacquer, High Gloss: € 6.000 Any RAL color, Matte or High Gloss: +10% One of the benefits of being a reviewer is that relatively unknown brands still have a way of finding me. Of course, it also helps if a given distributor (Hexagon Audio in this case) has an eclectic portfolio. Established in 2011, Pylon Audio currently has a wide range of loudspeakers, of which I will be…
Anthony Kershaw from www.audiophilia.com What an interesting audio component Roon Labs has produced. Ostensibly, its reason for being is to support Roon’s wildly popular music library organization software, now in its 1.8 version and reviewed right next to this one by Audiophilia’s Assistant Editor and Roon Whisperer, Karl Sigman. The Nucleus Plus (NP) ($2559) is an Intel-based computer. But, it’s so much more. The NP uses an Intel i7 processor/NUC board with 8GB of RAM and a 64GB SSD solid-state drive. It has a single gigabit Ethernet port and two USB 3.0 ports that can be used to connect external…
From: www.stereophile.com At the same time, let’s not become too blasé about our more familiar tubular friends: the 12AX7, the KT88, and the EL34—especially the EL34. That classic pentode tube, introduced in 1954 by Mullard Ltd., has been at the heart of some of my favorite amplifiers, most of which commit the equally counterrevolutionary sin of being push-pull instead of single-ended. How I would hate to wind up in a world in which fondness for push-pull EL34 amplifiers is met with the same scorn as love for Elton John records, some of which are actually pretty good. Today I’m enjoying…
Marc Phillips // parttimeaudiophile.com My review of the Merason Frerot DAC is the first time I’ve ever done a formal review of a stand-alone digital-to-analog converter. I do have plenty of experience with DACs over the last few years, but in most cases we’re talking about an inboard DAC or a digital product that includes a DAC because, well, why not? I use DACs to stream Qobuz, and most of the time I’m merely using an AudioQuest DragonFly—the Black, Red and Cobalt models are the only DACs I’ve actually owned or used for longer than a few weeks. Lately I’ve had a hankering to…
One of the luxuries of reviewers is that we get exposed to a lot of new gear, and can occasionally share a new and notable product with our readers. I was first exposed to the Qln Prestige Three loudspeaker at the Capital Audio Fest 2019 where it was sharing a room with the Innuos Statement music server and the Vinnie Rossie L2i SE integrated amplifier (both of which I have reviewed quite favorably). It was one of the show’s better rooms and caught a lot of attention for three reasons. Number one was that it was beautifully simple in its…
Jay Garrett is bowled over by this monster pre/power amplifier combination… £22,500 / £30,000 As much a description as it is a name, Boulder Amplifiers originally hailed from – yes, you’ve guessed it – Boulder, Colorado in the United States of America. Now though, the company is located in nearby Louisville, where it has consolidated its reputation for producing world-class hi-fi in house. Under the leadership of Jeff Nelson, who started his journey building custom boards for recording and broadcast studios in the nineteen seventies, Boulder has consistently turned out top-notch pre, power and phono amplifiers – not to mention an…