The ‘Ess you are one thousand’ – or SU-R1000 (€8499/US$9999) – has been Technics’ flagship integrated amplifier for the past ...

Wrapped in a thick-walled aluminium chassis that registers 23kg on the scales, the SU-R1000 must surely be an old-school beast of a Class A/B amplifier. Nope. Not by a long shot. We get our first ...

A few years ago, though, Blackstar Amplification saw an opportunity for change, with some modern thinking. The St James range ...

In other words, the Spark 2 is the latest example of the "software-ization" of music. Forget the old image of a studio filled ...

The Vacuum tube is a part of the pre-amp of the headphones, and it warms up the signal before it gets sent to your ears. It’s ...

The CanJam New York City headphone show attracted an overflow of audiophiles eager to experience cutting-edge headphone and ...

The electric guitar is a notorious loudmaker, synonymous with the ear-shattering walls of sound propagated by innumerable ...

Guitar notes can be an accurate test of the tonal accuracy and speed of a driver and the CRBN2 proved to be rather adept with both acoustic and electric guitar. Boston’s “Hitch a Ride” features a pick ...

The big change though is that the SRM-400S is an all FET design with dual FETs on the first stage and FETs also on the output ...

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Swap preamp modules in and out and pair them with onboard American-style clean channel for a compact three-channel powerhouse for stage and studio ...