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Pass Labs INT-25 integrated amplifier
In my personal life I prefer the minimalist, one-box architecture of integrated amplifiers. Always have. Before I started writing for Stereophile, my only audio system consisted of a pair of 15 ohm...
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Schiit Audio Ragnarok 2 integrated amplifier
In Herb Reichert's review of the original Schiit Audio Ragnarok integrated amplifier, he wrote, "Schiit Audio's Ragnarok [is] the first amplifier of my experience that plays earth and sky, mind and...
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Quad Artera Solus integrated amplifier/CD player
The Quad Electroacoustics Ltd. Artera Solus is a multifunction audio component that was designed to look smart on top of a bureau in a living room or office. It comes with a thick, removable...
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Jadis Orchestra Black integrated amplifier
I am the world's worst consumer. Not only have I made more than my share of disastrous purchase decisions, I'm also inexplicably luckless: If there's one defective sample or repack in an inventory, it...
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Gramophone Dreams #36: Linear Tube Audio Z10e integrated amplifier
I hope you can tell how grateful I am to be writing a column every month. A column makes me feel like a reporter or raconteur, both of which I aspire to become. In a column, I can be more me. I can...
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Aavik Acoustics U-380 integrated amplifier
Finally—a way to get a handle on the sound of Aavik Acoustics electronics. I'd heard the Danish-made components many times at shows, but always in the context of Ansuz Acoustics cables and Børresen...
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Rogue Sphinx V3 integrated amplifier
I am proud of the fact that my first review for Stereophile was of a modestly priced integrated amplifier called the Rogue Audio Sphinx. Specified at 100Wpc into 8 ohms, 200Wpc into 4 ohms (footnote...
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Yamaha A-S3200 integrated amplifier
Yamaha: The name evokes memories of my youth when those much-coveted receivers were out of financial reach, leading me to rely upon entry-level Kenwoods and Pioneers and others that sounded worse....
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NAD Masters Series M33 streaming integrated amplifier
On the cold and sunny morning of February 19, 2020, a dozen or so audio critics and writers gathered at Gilmore's Sound Advice on New York's far West Side to see some new NAD and DALI products that had...
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Musical Fidelity M8xi integrated amplifier
Once upon a time, reviews of Musical Fidelity components frequently filled pages in Stereophile. But in all my years covering audio shows, I can't recall blogging about any of the company's products,...
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Two November Issue FollowUps
Two of the followup reviews that were published in the November 2020 issue of Stereophile have been posted to the magazine's website: Herb Reichert on the Yamaha A-S3200 integrated amplifier and the...
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Grandinote Shinai integrated amplifier
I was doing my press beat for Stereophile in the hallway of Montreal's 2019 Audiofest when I glimpsed something that stopped me in my tracks. It was a marketing slogan, across the room on...
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E.A.T. E-Glo I integrated amplifier
The story behind European Audio Team (E.A.T.) is that of one woman, company owner and CEO JozefÃna Lichtenegger. While studying for her MBA at the University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia,...
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Marantz Model 30 integrated amplifier
DeKalb, Illinois, 1971: When I was in college, my anthropology professor would invite me and a few of his other favored students to his house for fondue parties. We sat on shag carpet around a...
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Cambridge Audio CXA81 integrated amplifier
During my tenure as a Stereophile writer, I've reviewed a lot of integrated amplifiers. The mostly moderately priced integrated machines I've reviewed have included the Heed Audio Elixir ($1195),...
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McIntosh MAC7200 stereo receiver
Recently, I received an email from Editor Jim Austin. "Larry, do you still use your Day Sequerra FM Reference tuner1 to listen to FM radio?" he asked. "Jim, yes, I still listen to FM classical music...
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Moonriver 404 Reference integrated amplifier
Joy. It's all about the joy. Joy manifests during those moments when the critical mind suspends, the lens clears, and only union between you and your experience exists. When joy arises, time stands...
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VAC Sigma 170i IQ integrated amplifier
All my earliest hi-fi memories involve tube amplification: as a young girl, staring at the tubes' glowing filaments and listening to music with my audiophile father. I was mesmerized by the glow of...
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T+A PA3100 HV integrated amplifier
"I want to redo that painting," the spouse declared. "It's too dark.""What's wrong with dark?" I responded. "Rembrandt's portraits are often dark. So are the paintings of Courbet and Hobbema. Your...
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Two Recent FollowUp Reviews
Stereophile has reviewed two somewhat controversial products in recent issues. The Italian Grandinote Shinai integrated amplifier, which Robert Schryer wrote about in November 2020 is a solid-state...
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