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Product Highlight – Atoll PR200 Stereo Preamp
Atoll PR200 Stereo Preamp, $1500 Before diving into reading about the over performing PR200, please take a moment to read about Atoll’s perspicacious AM200 power amp Product Highlight. PR200 was its mate throughout our testing and is a perfect match. It’s our favorite affordable preamp because it does so much, so well. For many years the snooty audio mags have been complaining…
Atoll Separates
A good percentage of our customers own separate preamps and amps that have been purchased in the last half century. I always have a soft spot in my heart for separates because they allow you to accomplish two things. The first advantage of running separates is that you can get a more gutsy, ferocious power amp – by not including a preamp…
Awesome Cans!
Grado RS1x Headphones, $750 Grado is built in Brooklyn. We make an effort to support N American or Euro suppliers whenever possible. Their new RS1x headphones are great fun! Grado’s new RX 1x headphones offer a host of technological innovations to deliver conspicuously warmer, more musical sound than mass oriented brands. They are distinctly less bright and zingy than highly advertised brands…
Good Reputation, Poor Sound!
We sold some Magnepan MG 1.7i’s recently to a fellow who is building a new system. The 1.7i’s are a beautiful way to start a system with GREAT resolution. He settled on the Maggies quickly. MG 1.7i’s ability to cast a life sized vocal and guitar presentation, for example, is just about as good as it gets! They have excellent resolution and…
Just Add Speakers!
Atoll SDA200 Signature, $4300 (120×2) Atoll’s SDA200 is an amazing, Streamer/Integrated amp. You literally- just add the speakers of your choice. The market is filled with streaming integrateds. Almost all are made in China and have very limited sound quality due to sissy amplifiers. Some of the others are made in the UK. They have decent amps but their streaming sections are…
Kimber Tonik Interconnect Cables
Kimber makes the fabulous, and often overlooked, Tonik interconnect cable. It isn’t expensive so you might not be inclined to take it seriously. I want to take a minute to sing its praises due to a recent discovery I made. I want to be sure to bring it to your attention. Pricing With Outstanding Kimber Ultratike RCA Terminations .5m $96, 1m $108,…
Should I Fix My Old…
We get the call every week. Or more! “I have a Hafler 200 power amp that’s failed. Can you fix it?” You can substitute almost any name in there for Hafler (but not BRYSTON!) If the amp is over about 7 years old, the answer is almost always NO. Why?! First of all, while we’ve all heard the case of the fellow…