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Audio Note UK M1 Phono preamp & Empress Silver parallel single-ended triode...
Audio Note UK M1 Phono in Black Acrylic One of my first reviews for Dagogo was back in 2008 when I covered the Audio Note OTO Phono SE single-ended pentode integrated amplifier. I had purchased the...
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Van den Hul The Colibri XGW Master Signature moving coil cartridge & The...
After reviewing the $16,500 Top Wing Suzaku Red Sparrow coreless straight-flux cartridge, I auditioned several other high-end cartridges, including two $10,000+ designs that exhibited unremarkable...
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iFi ZEN Phono Review
My publisher, Constantine Soo, suggested I improve on my NAD PP-1 phono stage with a more updated unit. I have resisted the urge to make changes because, after years of experimenting with different...
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DS Audio Grand Master System launches
The following is a press release from Musical Surroundings, U.S. importer of DS Audio. Introducing the Grand Master system: DS Audio’s flagship optical cartridge and phono stage/equalizer. DS Audio,...
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Audio-Technica Introduces AT-PEQ30 High-Performance Phono Stage
The following is a press release from Audio-Technica. STOW, OH, October 20, 2020 — Audio-Technica today announced the introduction of its AT-PEQ30 phono equalizer, designed to add a phono stage to a...
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iFi ZEN Phono introduced
The following is a press release from iFi ZEN gets groovy with iFi’s new phono stage Adjustable gain? Tick. Subsonic filter? Tick. Class-leading, ultra-low-noise performance? Tick. The iFi ZEN Phono is...
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Schiit Mani phono preamp
An Antenna No More! This past year numerous readers and followers of mine on Twitter and Facebook continually asked me to recommend a budget phono stage, and to this end I had acquired the following...
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Parasound ZPhono, ZPhono XRM, JC3 Jr. Review
Parasound maintains a relatively long history in Hi-Fi. The brand has been around for decades and while still going strong, reliably and dependably, it manages to do so without a great deal of fanfare....
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Boulder launches 2108 phono preamplifier
22 February, 2019: Louisville, Colorado – Boulder Amplifiers is pleased to announce the immediate release and shipment of the 2108 Phono Preamplifier. The 2108 is a part of the 2100 Series and is...
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Destination Audio System Review
Destination Audio 45 monoblock power amplifier Destination Audio is the realization of company founder Sam Wisniewski’s dream of the sound of the directly heated 45 tube in triode mode. From the...
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Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature phono stage Review, Part 2: S9M Step-Up Transformer
Read Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature phono stage Review, Part 1 Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature This is the second of a two-part review on the Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature phono stage. The first article...
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Publisher’s note: Audio Note UK has graciously provided the following article detailing the conceptualization and design of the company’s M9 RIAA Signature phono stage. The article is authored by Andy...
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Audio Note M9 RIAA Signature phono stage Review, Part 1
Introduction About six months after I reviewed and subsequently purchased the Audio Note M10 Special Edition Line Stage, AN asked whether I had any interest in reviewing their top of the line phono...
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PS Audio Sprout100 integrated amplifier Review
If PS Audio’s Sprout100 has all the answers, you can just imagine the questions. I cannot tell you the number of times aspiring audiophiles and existing ones who share my penchant for travel ask me...
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Pass Laboratories Xs Phono Review
The Pass Laboratory Xs Phono arrived after I have wrapped up my review of the Hartvig TT turntable system with the Ikeda IT-345CR1 tonearm and the 9TT moving-coil cartridge. The phono stage at that...
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Pass Laboratories Xs Phono – Technical background by Wayne Colburn, Designer
Publisher’s note: In my upcoming Pass Laboratories Xs Phono preamplifier Review, I provide brief technical description of the unit for readers’ benefit. But no writing by me or any other reviewers can...
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Margules Audio Magenta FZ47DB Phono Amplifier Review
I should start this review with an apology for taking so long to get the review turned in. I had planned to do it when I reviewed the Margules Audio U280-SC 25th Anniversary tube amp and SF220.15 20th...
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Rogers High Fidelity PA-1A Phono Preamp Review
The phono preamp is not the sexiest component in the system, at least as far I’m concerned. A little bit of a front-end component, kind of a middle of the pack component, it suffers from a touch of an...
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Channel D Pure Vinyl Music Server Software and Seta Phono Stage and Lynx Hilo...
In my recent review of the Sanders Sound Model 10c speakers (interested readers may also want to read my interview with Roger Sanders ), I mentioned that the one perceived weakness was a mechanical...
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Zesto Audio Andros PS-1 Phono Stage: Follow-up
By the time this review gets printed, the Zesto Audio Andros PS-1 Phono stage will have been widely publicized, and probably will have won multiple awards from different magazines from around the...
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