Halcro Eclipse Stereo Power Amplifier
The original Halcro amp starred in a recent HFN Vault feature but, some 20 years on, the marque is back in the same iconic shape and with the same high tech claims... Working out the brand behind the...
View ArticleQuad Valves Reinvented!
Ken Kessler brings you an exclusive subjective review of a legend reborn: the Quad ll-forty mono power amplifiers and QC-twentyfour preamp Goodness me! Two Quad scoops in one season! OK, so it's not...
View ArticleHegel P30A/H30A Pre/Power Amplifier
Dubbed 'The Conductor' and 'The Orchestra', respectively, Hegel's replacements for the decade-old P30/H30 pre/power amplifiers are flagships worthy of their names By all accounts Hegel has been very...
View ArticleNaim 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...
View ArticleD'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...
View ArticleExposure 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...
View ArticleFerrum 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...
View ArticleConrad-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...
View ArticleElectrocompaniet 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...
View ArticleiFi 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleKrell 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...
View ArticleHegel 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...
View ArticleNaim 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...
View ArticleBurmester 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...
View ArticleTron 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...
View ArticleBAT 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...
View ArticleARC 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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