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Preamplifier Test
Accustic Arts Preamp III Review
Higher Goals … but how to hit them? With the new Preamp III, Accustic Arts wants to surpass their previous top model. STEREO tested whether they were…
Floorstanding Speaker Test
Canton Reference 3K Review
Float like a Butterfly – that is the first part of a famous quote by Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay. The quite voluminous Canton…
Phono Cartridge Test
Nagaoka JT-80LB / JT-80BK Review
New Sounds – Nagaoka is one of the traditional analog brands. Now the Japanese have a special surprise for us with the first two pickups from their…
Wireless Active Speaker Test
Q Acoustics Q Active 200 Review
Particularly Smart – Not too long ago, Q Acoustics introduced the new compact active system Q Active 200. With an unusual design, innovative…
Phono-Preamp Test
Hegel V10 Review
Plain and Simple – A high-quality reproduction of music is appreciated throughout Scandinavia. Although the Norwegian manufacturer Hegel has been on…
Integrated Amplifier Test
Arcam SA 30 Review
He's Got It All! – You don't win an EISA award "just like that". You indeed have to offer much more than the competition does – as is the case with…
Service
Everything You Need to Know About Bi-Amping
To Bi Or Not To Bi – Bi-amping is considered one of the "ultimate aspects" of sophisticated high fidelity. In this essay, you'll read what it is…
Integrated Amplifier Test
Rotel Michi X3 Review
Behold the Power – Rotel's new integrated amplifier "X3" is the entry into their high-end "Michi" series. Does it have the perks of the even bigger…
Active Standmount Speaker Test
KEF LS 50 Wireless II Review
An Active Point – KEF's LS 50 was a big hit in the charts of High Fidelity. Now, the Wireless II is simply the best possible way to realize the…
Turntable Test
Linn Majik LP12 Review
The Gateway Drug – The risk of developing an audiophile addiction to Linn's LP12 was always rather considerable. Just now, the recipe of the variant…
Integrated Amp & CD Player Test
Cyrus i9-XR and Cyrus CDi-XR Review
Xtreme Resolution – The British manufacturer Cyrus has a legendary status when it comes to incredible musicality, joy of playing and coherence coming…
Integrated (Streaming-)Amp Test
Cambridge Evo 150 Review
Road To Perfection – Cambridge Audio recently dropped quite a bombshell. Not in the literal sense, of course, but the newly presented Evo 150 simply…
Standmount Speaker Test
JBL L82 Classic Review
The American Fighter — JBL already displayed convincing qualities with the L100 Classic. Now, they send out the smaller sibling L82 to try and…
Streamer & D/A-Converter Test
Waversa WDAC 3C Review
The Perfect Wave? — Various products from the Korean manufacturer Waversa – which translates to "The Wave" – have been available in Germany for about…
All-In-One System Test
Technics Ottava SC-C70 MK2 Review
Ready for Everything and Looking Fancy – In the digital part of our hi-fi world, three years are quite a long time. No manufacturer can afford to take…
Floorstanding Speaker Test
Piega MLS 3 Review
Swiss Delight – The Piega MasterLineSource 3 is the newest addition to the reference class of the Swiss loudspeaker specialist, which was started in…
Phono-Preamp Test
AVM Ovation PH 8.3 Review
You can always get what you want – With the brand new Ovation PH 8.3, AVM launches a phono preamplifier of the highest class, which can also be…
Power Amplifier Test
NAD C 298 Review
Sleeping Beauty has Awakened – For a few years, it seemed as if NAD had lost some of its momentum. Behind the scenes, however, the company evidently…
Floorstanding Speaker Test
DALI Rubicon 6 Black Edition Review
Small Changes make for Big Improvements – Updating both the visuals and the technology of a tried and tested model is not a completely new strategy.…
Tonearm Test
Transrotor TRA 9/2.1 Review
Eagerly Awaited – Transrotor has been building turntables for around 45 years. Now, the analog specialist presented its first tonearm. It was a long…
Integrated Amplifier Test
Accuphase E-800 Review
The Über-Amp – Accuphase crowns its line of integrated amplifiers with a super-sized amp. The E-800 shines with Class A operation and technical…
Floorstanding Speaker Test
Gauder Berlina RC 7 MK II Black Edition Review
Correct Calculations – Speaker by speaker, Gauder Akustik from Renningen, Southern Germany, is in the process of conquering the known world elite of…
Headphone Test
Sennheiser HD 560S Review
Small but Ambitious – Sennheiser, specialist for studio, stage and conference technology, audiology, microphones and headphones, recently celebrated…
Phono-Preamp Test
Vertere Phono-1 MK II Review
Magic Box – A device that comes at a reasonable price and yet is not ordinary, but different from others? Touraj Moghaddam, owner of Vertere Audio,…
Floorstanding Speaker Test
Wilson Audio SabrinaX Review
A New X Factor – Wilson Audio now manufactures its smallest floorstanding speaker entirely from the superior "X-Material". Does the SabrinaX deliver…
Integrated Amplifier Test
Audionet Humboldt Review
The Giant from Berlin – Around a quarter of a century has passed since Audionet came onto the market with the Amp1 power amplifier, which convinced…
Floorstanding Speaker Test
Avantgarde Acoustic Duo XD Review
Blow Up! – With the Duo XD, Avantgarde Acoustic shows what horn technology and a perfectly matched active woofer are able to do to the sound. Fasten…
Integrated Amplifier Test
Marantz Model 30 Review
Marantz DNA – "Luxury You Can Afford" is what Joe Cocker called one of his albums. One might think that this legend of music from Sheffield, England,…
Phono MC Cartridge Test
Hana Umami Red Review
Refined Taste – Since its debut in 2016, the Japanese brand Hana has quickly become a gourmet tip among connoisseurs of analog technology. Now, they…
Standmount Speaker Test
KEF LS50 Meta Review
Meta-Morphosis – After eight years, KEF has thoroughly modernized its best-selling speaker LS50. This all mainly centers around the "MAT" strategy,…
Pre-/Power Amp Test
AVM PA 30.3 and MA 30.3 Review
The Follow-Up – AVM created the outrageously attractive "30" series for the company's 30th anniversary, and now extends it. This is done somewhat…
Preamp and Room processor Test
DSPeaker Anti-Mode X4 Review
Multiple Choice – The X4 preamplifier from Finnish manufacturer DSPeaker is as versatile as it is intuitive and aims to help any system achieve its…
Standmount Speaker Test
JBL L100 Classic Review
Full-bodied, Powerful, Vintage – Manufacturing legend James B. Lansing, "JBL" for short, revives a successful model from 1970. We will answer the…
Integrated Amp Test
Copland CTA408 Review
The Prince of Denmark – Four KT-150 high performance tubes with ultra-linear circuitry are supposed to elevate the new Copland CTA-408 to the top of…
Turntable Test
Thorens TD124DD Review
A Bold Choice – In manufacturing this replica of the famous TD124, Thorens is venturing into perhaps the greatest legend of its glorious analog…
Integrated Amp Test
NAD M33 Review
All Digital, of Course – With the M33, NAD is making the definite step from a classic integrated amplifier towards an ultra-modern and complex…
Headphone Amp Test
T+A HA 200 Review
A Perfect Pair – There is not really a more spectacular or successful way to enter a new segment than T+A did with their Solitaire P headphones – with…
Vinyl Record Cleaning Machine Test
Clearaudio Smart Matrix Silent Review
Cleaning Power on Silent Paws – Clearaudio's Smart Matrix Silent cleans vinyl records and makes hardly any sound in doing so. While testing, we even…
D/A-Converter Test
Krell Vanguard Universal DAC Review
Universal Genius – At first glance, Krell's Vanguard Universal DAC does not appear as universal as the name might suggest. In getting to know it,…
Floorstanding Speaker Test
Burmester B38 Review
The Big Brother – Burmester expands its range of products with the floorstanding loudspeaker B38, entering the highly contested 20,000 Euro price…
Integrated Amp Test
AVM Ovation 6.2 ME Review
Master Class – "Back in Business" could be the title of AVM's integrated amplifier Ovation A 6.2, as its traditional place in the portfolio of the…
Turntable Test
Dual CS 800 Review
Dancer in the Storm – For many years now, Dual has been making turntables deep in Germany´s Black Forest, including the brand new CS 800. STEREO payed…
Standmount Speaker Test
DALI Menuet SE Review
A Special One – In the tradition of the models Royal Menuet and Menuet, Danish loudspeaker specialist DALI launched a visually and acoustically…
D/A-Converter Test
iFi Zen DAC Review
At a radical budget price, iFi delivers its "Zen DAC", which is both incredibly versatile and clever. It certainly made us meditate on questions of…
Essay
Beethoven: a Global Phenomenon
Be Embraced, You Millions! – Ludwig van Beethoven is not only the world's most frequently performed composer, in 2020 he will also be reflected in the…