Jochen and Dirk Räke – two generations of “Made in Germany”. Although they’ve become a rare breed, it’s still possible...
As I indicated in my first installment on Fairchild, back in Copper # 75, part of the enjoyment of researching...
Or: What Does Wax Actually Sound Like? The early-morning flight arrived right on time. England greeted the FIDELITY team with...
The 2018 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest provided the perfect opportunity for us to make a welcome detour to visit long-time...
The Lyric PS 10 phono preamplifier is handcrafted in Schlüchtern, Hessen. The single-ended Class A circuit concept and meticulous tube...
The eight-kilo Volcano headphone amplifier from ULTRASONE is a fulminant statement, a puristic, masterfully crafted tube device with a massive...
It would be quite forgivable to mistake the two half-width, eight-kilo-monoblocks for Class D power amplifiers. In conjunction with the...
“Amplifiers are musical instruments,” says SPEC mastermind Tsutomu Banno, and they must be made to similar specifications. His power amplifiers...
With his three “songbirds” Michael Plessmann has created a series of thoroughly exceptional loudspeakers. The fact that the Robin is...
What at first glance may seem like a – visually fascinating – makeshift is actually a design that has been...