Technology
Stereophile
FOLLOW-UP
CH PRECISION M1.1 POWER AMPLIFIER - At Stereophile, every reviewer takes a different approach to reviewing, and so they inevitably reach varied conclusions.
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March 2024
Stereophile
StormAudio ISP Evo IMMERSIVE SOUND PREAMP/PROCESSOR
One thing that interested me about the StormAudio ISP Evo is that, despite its obvious hi-fi function, it's more like a computer than a typical \"prepro.\"
10+ min |
March 2024
Stereophile
Rogue DragoN: MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER
When Editor Jim Austin asked me to review the new Rogue Audio DragoN monoblock amplifier, my first thought was, \"Isn't that Herb's beat?\"
9 min |
March 2024
Stereophile
Gold Note Mediterraneo X RECORD PLAYER
Though the hotel halls of Capital Audiofest 2023 were not as busy as some exhibitors might have hoped, the event's listening rooms were filled to the brim with choice equipment, practically overflowing. One piece that captured my attention was a turntable that embodies thoughtful design and contemporary Italian style: the Gold Note Mediterraneo X ($12,999). This elegant turntable combines traditional materials with touch-friendly digital technology in arresting fashion.
10 min |
March 2024
Stereophile
Krell KMA-1800 - MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER
Ever since I raved about Krell's K-300i integrated amplifier after it was released in early 2019,¹ I've wanted to review other Krell products. After spending more than a year and a half (since its prerelease announcement) awaiting the opportunity to review Krell's new flagship mono power amplifier, the KMA-1800 ($73,000/pair), the time has come.
10 min |
March 2024
Stereophile
Weiss Engineering Helios D/A PROCESSOR
When standalone digital/analog processors made an appearance a quarter-century ago, they were limited to the CD medium's 16 bits of resolution-at I didn't dance of the diesen it was a best.
9 min |
March 2024
Stereophile
Bowers & Wilkins 801 D4 Signature
Back in August, I received an email from Editor Jim Austin. Subject line: \"Want to do a big review?\" He had my attention. Jim wrote that he had visited Bowers & Wilkins parent company Masimo Consumer in Carlsbad, California, for a demo of the brand-new B&W 801 D4 Signature and 805 D4 Signature loudspeakers. (That visit was chronicled by Jim in the September 2023 Industry Update section.)
10+ min |
March 2024
Stereophile
STEVEN WILSON
A MASTER OF IMMERSIVE MUSIC TALKS ABOUT HIS MUSIC AND THE CRAFT.
10+ min |
March 2024
Stereophile
FOLLOW-UP
I concluded my September 2023 review of this tubed integrated amplifier by writing that the Audio Research I/50 \"is the perfect amplifier for use in a relatively small room with a high quality source and speakers, especially if the latter have a fairly high impedance.
8 min |
February 2024
Stereophile
Focal Bathys
BLUETOOTH + WIRED HEADPHONES
10 min |
February 2024
Stereophile
JMF Audio HQS 7001
MONOBLOCK POWER AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
February 2024
Stereophile
Klipsch The Nines
INTEGRATED LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM
10+ min |
February 2024
Stereophile
Ferrum Wandla
D/A PROCESSOR
10+ min |
February 2024
Stereophile
Luxman L-509Z
When I reviewed Luxman's L-509X flagship integrated amplifier, in May 2018,' that sleek machine shook me to my vitals.
10 min |
February 2024
Stereophile
Wilson Audio Specialties Sasha V
Wilson Audio's new Sasha V loudspeaker (that's \"V\" as in victory, not \"five\") extends the line that began in 2009 with the debut of the Sasha 1 model.
10+ min |
February 2024
Stereophile
BRILLIANT CORNERS
I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
10+ min |
February 2024
Stereophile
SPIN DOCTOR
In 1985, I visited what was then known as Soviet Estonia with my family.
10+ min |
February 2024
Stereophile
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
I always say I can't find what I'm not looking for, which doesn't mean I always know what I'm looking for. And not knowing what I want is unsettling.
10+ min |
February 2024
Stereophile
A Love Supreme: Revinylization
Why is John Coltrane's A Love Supreme still so resonant nearly 60 years after it was recorded? Much to its credit, it's short (just over 30 minutes) and to the point.
4 min |
November 2023
Stereophile
ON THE ROAD AGAIN, A YEAR LATER
A YEAR AFTER HIS FIRST POSTPANDEMIC JAUNT, TOM CONRAD RETURNS TO EUROPE FOR-WHAT ELSE?-JAZZ.
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
Wilson Audio Specialties Lōkė: SUBWOOFER
Piece of cake, thought I. All I needed to do to review Wilson Audio Specialties' smallest active subwoofer, the Löke ($8950 each in standard finish), was describe how low a pair goes in my room and how cleanly they woof.
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
Naim Classic 200 Series NAP 250: POWER AMPLIFIER
For this modular audio component set-a review of the matching NSC 222 streamer preamp with a matching NPX 300 power supply is forthcoming-we first cover the standalone NAP 250 100Wpc stereo power amplifier, a new version of Naim's 200-series amplifier, now so extensively revised that it must be regarded as a new model.
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
Monitor Audio Platinum 300 3G
Loudspeakers from British manufacturer Monitor Audio have consistently received favorable reviews in Stereophile over the past decades.
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
McIntosh C12000: PREAMPLIFIER
As I was talking with an audio-retailer friend recently, he reached for a Rolls-Royce metaphor to describe the McIntosh brand. Expensive? Sure, but not as expensive as some boutique high-end products. Fast? Sure, but there are faster things-also bigger things, smaller things, wackier things, and cheaper things.
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
Focal Maestro Utopia Evo: LOUDSPEAKER
How do you know you're beyond help as a card-carrying audiophile? For me, it happened during a recent trip to Italy.
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
A new P3 on Rega's 50th: SPIN DOCTOR
When I think about landmark years in the history of British hi-fi, 1973 sticks out. Three companies got their start in the first half of that year that went on to become cornerstones of the British audio scene: Linn Products, Naim Audio, and Rega Research. That means they're all celebrating their 50th anniversaries in 2023.
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
A Clean, Good-Sounding Place: BRILLIANT CORNERS
In a scene from The Silence of the Lambs-a film that for all of its camp happens to be nearly perfect-FBI cadet Clarice Starling asks caged psycho-path Hannibal Lecter for help in figuring out a serial killer's motives. \"Do we seek out things to covet?\" Lecter responds, following Starling with his eyes as though she were his next meal. \"No,\" he continues, \"we begin by coveting what we see every day.\"
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
The EMT Experience: GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
If you've read any of my previous Dreams, you no doubt realize that I am an empiricist by trade-that I believe in the value of relaxed, mindful observation, especially if my solitary observances are independently corroborated by others.
10+ min |
November 2023
Stereophile
REVINYLIZATION
Chronic jazz
4 min |
October 2023
Stereophile
AURAL ROBERT
Records for the New Land
3 min |