Quad Vena II
Value Of Vena An affordable amplifier with a quality digital section, Bluetooth and LP. Noel Keywood looks and listens. Quad’s Vena II is purposed to give you Quad traditional quality at a price...
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MING-DA MC805 SINGLE ENDED CLASS A VALVE AMPLIFIER Da truth The Ming Da MC805-A Single-Ended valve amplifier delivers a truthful sound, Noel Keywood finds. If there’s an amplifier that is...
View ArticleSeparation
WHAT IT TELLS US This is a measure of separation between the signal channels, with stereo, two of them. Ideally signal will not leak from one channel into the other. If it did to the extent that the...
View ArticleFurutech ADL Esprit preamp, DAC and ADC
FURUTECH ADL ESPRIT DIGITAL PREAMP Alpha Design Laboratories have released a new headphone amplifier/DAC combo within a familiar chassis. Paul Rigby and Noel Keywood review the Esprit. A quick...
View ArticleQuad II/80
From Hi-Fi World - June 2008 issue READ ONLINE BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability) Seeing Double In yet another update of the original Quad II, Quad have doubled the power of...
View ArticleSensitivity
WHAT IT TELLS US Sensitivity is a measure of the magnitude of input signal need for the amplifier to produce full output, at maximum volume. This tells us what signal sources the amplifier can handle,...
View ArticleLeema Tucana Vs Stello Ai500
From Hi-Fi World - November 2009 issue READ ONLINE BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability) Poles Apart One comes from South Korea, the other from North Wales, so April Music’s Stello...
View ArticleAudio Research Vsi60
From Hi-Fi World - September 2009 issue READ ONLINE BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability) Deja View Audio Research Corporation’s new VSi60 integrated valve amplifier is highly...
View ArticleDamping factor
This typical example gets the issue of Damping Factor into perspective. Amplifiers commonly have an output impedance of 0.1 Ohms. Loudspeaker cables will add 0.3 Ohms or so, and the low pas bass...
View ArticleEAR 868/890
From Hi-Fi World - March 2009 issue READ ONLINE BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability) Golden EARs Noel Keywood basks in the glow of EAR Yoshino's new 868 balanced input preamplifier,...
View ArticleQuad Vena II
Value Of Vena An affordable amplifier with a quality digital section, Bluetooth and LP. Noel Keywood looks and listens. Quad’s Vena II is purposed to give you Quad traditional quality at a price...
View ArticleFurutech ADL Esprit preamp, DAC and ADC
FURUTECH ADL ESPRIT DIGITAL PREAMP Alpha Design Laboratories have released a new headphone amplifier/DAC combo within a familiar chassis. Paul Rigby and Noel Keywood review the Esprit. A quick...
View ArticleMing Da MC805-A review
MING-DA MC805 SINGLE ENDED CLASS A VALVE AMPLIFIER Da truth The Ming Da MC805-A Single-Ended valve amplifier delivers a truthful sound, Noel Keywood finds. If there’s an amplifier that is...
View ArticleSeparation
WHAT IT TELLS US This is a measure of separation between the signal channels, with stereo, two of them. Ideally signal will not leak from one channel into the other. If it did to the extent that the...
View ArticleQuad II/80
From Hi-Fi World - June 2008 issue READ ONLINE BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability) Seeing Double In yet another update of the original Quad II, Quad have doubled the power of...
View ArticleSensitivity
WHAT IT TELLS US Sensitivity is a measure of the magnitude of input signal need for the amplifier to produce full output, at maximum volume. This tells us what signal sources the amplifier can handle,...
View ArticleLeema Tucana Vs Stello Ai500
From Hi-Fi World - November 2009 issue READ ONLINE BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability) Poles Apart One comes from South Korea, the other from North Wales, so April Music’s Stello...
View ArticleAudio Research Vsi60
From Hi-Fi World - September 2009 issue READ ONLINE BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability) Deja View Audio Research Corporation’s new VSi60 integrated valve amplifier is highly...
View ArticleDamping factor
This typical example gets the issue of Damping Factor into perspective. Amplifiers commonly have an output impedance of 0.1 Ohms. Loudspeaker cables will add 0.3 Ohms or so, and the low pas bass...
View ArticleEAR 868/890
From Hi-Fi World - March 2009 issue READ ONLINE BUY THE MAGAZINE (back issues subject to availability) Golden EARs Noel Keywood basks in the glow of EAR Yoshino's new 868 balanced input preamplifier,...
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