11.2020

11.2020

October 31, 2020 | Comments Off on 11.2020

NAD M-33 $5000: 200×2 Integrated Amp With Built In Streamer NAD has been touting its new M-33 Integrated Amp. It’s now here and I can tell you it DOES live up to NAD’s BODACIOUS claims! M-33 can be the heart of an elaborate system, it can also be a “just add speakers” system- because of its on board streamer. The streamer is a higher end version of NAD’s Bluesound platform. It has full MQA decoding! M-33 features NAD’s version of the new Eigentakt amplifier design. In short, Eigentakt is impedance invariant and the lowest distortion amplifying design you can measure.
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10.2020

10.2020

October 1, 2020 | No Comments

NAD C-298 Power Amp: $2000 (185×2 or 620w monoblock) NAD has launched a new power amp with updated technology. NAD’s Hybrid Digital amps have been better than other D designs for a host of reasons, not the least of which is its use of an analog power supply. C-298 is a cut above in that it will use NAD’s new Purifi Eigentakt amp technology. Purifi is a company in Denmark that has brought on a host of engineering talent to revisit all aspects of amplifier design. Purifi has created a new D module technology it has dubbed “Eigentakt.” NAD has
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09.2020

09.2020

September 1, 2020 | Comments Off on 09.2020

Hegel H95 Integrated Amp $2000 (60×2) (3.94h, 16.93w, 13.78d) Hegel Music Systems will be shipping its new entry level integrated any day. Employing Hegel’s SoundEngine 2 circuitry, H95 will be able to drive the vast majority of speakers out there. While I haven’t heard H95 yet, the amp section is an upgrade to H90, its predecessor. That means H95 will be a conspicuously fine mate for Wharfedale Lintons, GoldenEars, Magnepans & Brystons. For those of you with keen perception, yep, H95 is plenty stable to drive not just one pair of Lintons, but will even run DOUBLE Lintons! H95 has
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08.2020

08.2020

August 1, 2020 | No Comments

Wharfedale Elysian 4 Speakers $9995 Per Pair Luscious Walnut, Piano Black, Piano White (46.8h, 15.8w, 17d, 100 lbs ea, 92 dB SPL) Wharfedale is about to ship its stunningly gorgeous flagship speaker- Elysian 4. Elysian means blissful. It’s gotta be great- right?! E-4 is a beautiful BATTLESHIP that provides an enormously lifelike size & quality image. Built like a musical instrument instead of a speaker, E-4 is the whole package for your home. E-4’s veneer is comprised by a sandwich of different woods. The veneer is then finished by 6 layers of hand crafted piano lacquer. The front edges are
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07.2020

07.2020

June 30, 2020 | No Comments

Wharfedale Diamond 11.4 Promo $1000 Per Pair, Black Regular Price $1200 Per Pair (39.4h, 8.84w, 12.8d, 54 lbs ea, 91 dB SPL) Wharfedale has just shipped its fanny kicking, affordable tower. With promo price of $1000 per pair, Diamond 11.4 offers more than just thunder. For openers, D 11.4 is a legit 3-way. There are sneaky guys out there who shove three drivers in a box, that are NOT full 3-ways. Some are 2, or 2.5 ways. Some drivers are passive and look like they’re active. There are no such shenanigans with Wharfedale. D 11.4 IS the real deal. D
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06.2020

06.2020

May 30, 2020 | No Comments

Hegel H-590 Integrated Amp $11,000 (301×2) (6.75h, 17w, 17.6d, 50 lbs) Good gravy, is this integrated a STAR or what?! Rated at 301×2 into 8 ohms, double into 4, and double that into 2, H-590 has a frighteningly fine & powerful amplifier section. 300/600/1200! You also get a state of the art DAC and preamp in the same box. It has Ethernet in for streaming options. H-590 started as a power amp project. Designer Bent Holter went innovative as he dove in and decided he could put these 3 components on one chassis- and save a bundle compared to doing
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