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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 Jozefína 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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AVM Ovation A 6.2 ME integrated amplifier
During my 100 years on earth, I've owned mostly separate amps and preamps, but only because that is where I startedor I should say, that is where my audio-savvy friends directed me when I began asking...
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Line Magnetic LM-845IA integrated amplifier
If you've ever paused in front of a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, you may have noticed that the canvas seems to glow. Everything in Rubens's paintings celebrates abundance. A golden light bathes his...
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Vincent SV-737 integrated amplifier
Founded in 1995 by Uwe Bartel, Vincent Audio is owned by Sintron Distribution GmbH. Vincent launched its LS-1 preamplifier and D-150 hybrid stereo power amplifier the year the company was founded....
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Boulder 866 integrated amplifier
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "boulder"? I think of a rugged, mountainous landscape with jagged snow-capped peaks. I see images of the last time I drove up from sunny...
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Cambridge Audio EVO 150 streaming integrated amplifier
In 1968, I was a 2-year-old toddler living in Paris, Francemy birthplaceon the 14th floor of a diplomat-occupied apartment complex overlooking the Seine. My dad, a member of the Royal Canadian...
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Sonic Frontiers Anthem Integrated 1 integrated amplifier
When the person on the street hears the term "high-end audio," they usually think of fancy, feature-laden systems that cost more than most houses. The unfortunate phrase evokes images of a lavish...
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Ayre Acoustics EX-8 2.0 Integrated Hub D/A integrated amplifier
In New York City, everything comes at a premium: Housing, groceries, transportation, walking space, living space, sanity spaceconsider our cubbyhole apartments and tenement buildings. Even "air...
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Bryston B1353 integrated amplifier
Out of the blue, a forever friend I hadn't spoken to in years called and asked me to join him at Riverside Church for a concert of William Basinski performing his renowned Disintegration Loops....
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Three FollowUp Reviews
Stereophile often subjects products that have been reviewed to further coverage: sometimes because there was an aspect of performance that needed further investigation; other times because there was a...
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Technics SU-R1000 integrated amplifier
Technics, an arm of the Japanese giant Panasonic Corporation, has long been a major player in the hi-fi world, even if, in some recent decades, it stayed below the radar. In the 1970s, analog-centric...
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