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Naim NAC 82/NAP 180 Pre/Power Amps
Its components may work in all-Naim systems, but in this review of the company's latest pre/power Martin Colloms looks at the alternatives too Neither I nor the Editor could remember when HFN last...
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D'Agostino Progression S350 Power Amplifier
Taking inspiration from the industrial design and key circuit features of D'Agostino's Momentum series, this second-gen Progression amplifier may upset its own applecart It struck me, around halfway...
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Exposure 3510 Mono Power Amplifier
Long-awaited, while the monoblock version of Exposure's 3510 amplifier series looks just like its Stereo and Integrated models, in practice it is a new and highly refined amp When Exposure launched its...
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Ferrum Audio Wandla USB DAC/Preamplifier
This Polish tech brand has already made waves with its OOR headphone amp and DAC-equipped ERCO. Now comes its most sophisticated digital offering yet – the Wandla Does the world really need another...
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Conrad-Johnson ART Preamp
Martin Colloms shows some ART appreciation as the US company celebrates 30 years with a statement single-ended line-only preamp Conrad-Johnson's 'Anniversary Reference Triode' has been some time in the...
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Electrocompaniet EC 4.8 MKII/AW 800 M Pre/Power Amplifier
Celebrating a legacy that stretches back 50 years, the Norwegian brand stamps its authority with the heavyweight AW 800 M flagship amplifier – a solid cube of power! There's a classical simplicity...
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iFi Audio iCAN Phantom Headphone Preamp
Purist 'analogue only' headphone amps have a new champion in the form of iFi Audio's flagship iCAN Phantom, designed for in-ears to electrostatics and all 'phones inbetween When you state your...
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A Rising GRAFF
At last, an output transformerless tube amplifier that needn't play second fiddle to transistors, says Ken Kessler, as he hears the GM 200 Given that few people will defend tube/transistor hybrids, how...
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Krell Illusion II/KSA-i400 Pre/Power Amplifiers
Developed to celebrate Krell's 40th anniversary, the KSA-i400 combines all the brand's proprietary circuit ideas in one very powerful amplifier. We partner it with the Illusion II Over time, most hi-fi...
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Hegel H600 Network-Attached Amp
Built into an enhanced H590 chassis but featuring 'sound tuning' from the P30A/H30A pre/power, Hegel's fully-networked flagship integrated gets off to a flying start After an extended period of Covid...
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Naim Audio NSS 333/NAC 332/NAP 350 DAC/Pre/Power System
The second phase of Naim's 'New Classics' launch brings a new streamer, a preamp and monoblock power amps, all in redesigned slender casework. Are they true 'classics'? At times of late, it seems...
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Burmester 077/218 Pre/Power Amplifiers
Taking both aesthetic and design cues from the flagship 159 monoblocks, the 218 power amp is the German marque's newest model, teamed here with the 077 preamp Never accuse Berlin-based Burmester of...
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Tron Nucleus/PX25/300B Amplifiers
Steve Harris on a small British manufacturer making a bid for the high ground with a single-ended amplifier offering a choice of output valves In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the audio underground...
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BAT REX 500 Power Amplifier
Less is very much more in BAT's flagship stereo power amp where its third-generation 'SuperPak+' PSU meets a fully balanced output stage featuring N-channel MOSFETs Here's a fun game to play: look...
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ARC Reference Two
Martin Colloms wonders if this all-tube line preamplifier can re-establish Audio Research's supremacy in the exalted reaches of the high-end As an increasing number of digital source components come...
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