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Best Bang For Your Buck Integrated Amp
Atoll IN200, $2900 (120×2) Which integrated amp is the best buy of them all? *It has to be built well so that it’s reliable. That means it can’t be built in China. *It needs to sound warm/full/smooth- not thin/harsh. *It has to be able to drive modest to fabulous speakers well so you don’t outgrow it quickly. *It needs to be flexible…
Planning Your Hi-Fi System
Let’s start this discussion from square one. You own NO audio gear but you’re excited to build a system. Where do you start? The first step is to search within your own cavernous brain to understand what will please YOU. Let’s work on that. For me, music is all about singers and acoustic instruments. Since I’m a classical piano hound, the piano…
Dave’s Faves – Atohm Sirocco 1.24 Speakers
Atohm Sirocco 1.24 Speakers, $2400 Per Pair {13.6h, 7.09w, 10.25d, 88 dB, 6 ohms, 25-200w/ch, Walnut, Black, Light Oak, White} Atohm’s new Sirocco 1.24 is a marvelous, intimate TOOL- that will allow you to appreciate exquisite nuances within your recordings. Further, Athom’s aesthetic panache is a pleasure to add to your room. Not all of us care to blast our brains out…
Dave’s Faves-Atohm Sirocco 2.24 Speakers
Atohm Sirocco 2.24 Speakers, $3800 Per Pair {39h, 8.66w, 10.25d, 88dB, 6 ohms, 25-250w/ch, Walnut, Black, Light Oak, White} Atohm’s new Sirocco line of speakers is blowing us away. How so? To cut to the chase, the definition and imaging of the Siroccos is just about as good as it gets- at any price. That’s right. The Siroccos, even at their modest…
One Box Comparison
The ONE BOX solution can be appealing. That would be… a streaming integrated amp. Let’s take a look at the best candidates. We recommend Atoll from France. These boys deliver much more hearty sound than their wattage ratings would indicate due to massive DUAL transformers and high value power supply caps. The sound is super smooth due to MATCHED output transistors. You…
Dave’s Faves – Atoll SDA300 Streaming Integrated Amp (150×2)
Atoll SDA300 Streaming Integrated Amp $5500 (150×2) (3.75h, 17.32w, 12d, 42 lbs) Made in France! With 3 Year Warranty Our best selling integrated amp in 2024 is a no contest, slam dunk winner- Atoll IN300. It runs $4500, has an on board DAC and competes head to head with Macs, Brystons and other top brands for double the price. SDA300 is exactly…
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…