NVO (New Valve Order)
Good news for all you tube and vinyl lovers: Wall of Sound is very pleased to be receiving the first review sample of NVO’s new SPA ONE Special Edition phono preamp. NVO’s export marketing contact,...
View ArticleCharisma Audio’s Reference One Moving Coil Cartridge
The first time I heard Bernard Li’s new Reference One ($1975 USD), it was at the 2014 TAVES show, where Charisma Audio shared a room with one of its’ dealers, Update TV & Stereo. While many (MANY)...
View ArticleNew Valve Order’s SPA One Special Edition Phono Preamp
World Premiere Review by Noam Bronstein New Valve Order (NVO) is a small firm in Cyprus, making world-class tube electronics by hand for the audiophile market. The company is the vision of Andreas...
View ArticleThe $300 Dragon Slayer: Lounge Audio’s LCR Mk.III Phono Stage
Review by Noam Bronstein Many audiophiles glancing at this product will likely assess its low price tag, MM-only gain capability and obscure name brand, and dismiss it with a shrug. That’s a crying...
View ArticleSmall box, Huge sound: Audio Exklusiv’s amazing P0.2 Phono Preamplifier
Review by Noam Bronstein My review of Audio Exklusiv’s P0.2 happened during a busy time, didn’t get off to a great start, and almost got “lost in the shuffle”. I knew (from hearing it at TAVES) that...
View ArticleA Pair Of Peaches: Aric Audio’s Expression Tube Preamp & MM Phono Stage
Review by Noam Bronstein Aric Kimball builds tube audio gear at his home in rural New England. Although Aric Audio is not a household name among audiophiles (yet), Aric told me he has built/sold more...
View ArticleReview: Rothwell Audio’s Rialto MM/MC Phono Stage
by Noam Bronstein “Holy crap, another phono stage review!?!? Really?? Do you guys do anything else there??” Speaking for myself, well…lately, it seems like this is all I do. I have no idea why! It just...
View ArticleSneak peek: Charisma Audio’s upcoming Musiko phono stage
Bernard Li visited us here in Ancaster yesterday, mainly to deliver and set up a slightly different version of Pre-audio’s BT-1301 linear tracking turntable (review coming soon). But he also brought...
View ArticleReview: The Formidable Nagaoka MP-500 Phono Cartridge
Making Friends With A Permalloy Stranger Review by Noam Bronstein I love that moment of anticipation I feel, the first time I lower the stylus of a new phono cartridge into a familiar record groove....
View ArticleLinear Bargain? Pre-audio’s intriguing BT-1301 Turntable
Review by Noam Bronstein Pre-audio’s unique and significant turntables from Poland have finally landed on our shores here in North America, thanks to distributor/dealer/manufacturer extraordinaire...
View ArticleThe Sonic Scale of Bob’s Devices Cinemag Sky 30
Review by Jon Eben Field In his treatise, The Beautiful in Music, Eduard Hanslick, a Bohemian music critic and major proponent of Brahms, famously wrote, “Music means itself.” Here we discover the can...
View ArticleA Dozen Great Gift Ideas for Your Favourite Audiophile
Ho Ho Ho! It’s that time of year again: yup, time to leave your computer screen conspicuously on, displaying that desired “goodie” you’ve been thinking about….and hoping that...
View ArticleSonneteer’s Sedley Sings
A review by Jon Eben Field A sonnet is a beautiful and strict poetic structure (14 lines long) developed in Italy in the 13th century. The form moved through Europe and arrived in England where...
View ArticleThe $300 Dragon Slayer: Lounge Audio’s LCR Mk.III Phono Stage
Review by Noam Bronstein Many audiophiles glancing at this product will likely assess its low price tag, MM-only gain capability and obscure name brand, and dismiss it with a shrug. That’s a crying...
View ArticleSmall box, Huge sound: Audio Exklusiv’s amazing P0.2 Phono Preamplifier
Review by Noam Bronstein My review of Audio Exklusiv’s P0.2 happened during a busy time, didn’t get off to a great start, and almost got “lost in the shuffle”. I knew (from hearing it at TAVES) that...
View ArticleA Pair Of Peaches: Aric Audio’s Expression Tube Preamp & MM Phono Stage
Review by Noam Bronstein Aric Kimball builds tube audio gear at his home in rural New England. Although Aric Audio is not a household name among audiophiles (yet), Aric told me he has built/sold more...
View ArticleReview: Rothwell Audio’s Rialto MM/MC Phono Stage
by Noam Bronstein “Holy crap, another phono stage review!?!? Really?? Do you guys do anything else there??” Speaking for myself, well…lately, it seems like this is all I do. I have no idea why! It just...
View ArticleSneak peek: Charisma Audio’s upcoming Musiko phono stage
Bernard Li visited us here in Ancaster yesterday, mainly to deliver and set up a slightly different version of Pre-audio’s BT-1301 linear tracking turntable (review coming soon). But he also brought...
View ArticleReview: The Formidable Nagaoka MP-500 Phono Cartridge
Making Friends With A Permalloy Stranger Review by Noam Bronstein I love that moment of anticipation I feel, the first time I lower the stylus of a new phono cartridge into a familiar record groove....
View ArticleLinear Bargain? Pre-audio’s intriguing BT-1301 Turntable
Review by Noam Bronstein Pre-audio’s unique and significant turntables from Poland have finally landed on our shores here in North America, thanks to distributor/dealer/manufacturer extraordinaire...
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