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Aric Audio's Motherlode II line-stage keep me up all last night
The Stereo Times list of 2020 "MOST WANTED COMPONENTS" has just gone up on the website today. It includes the Motherlode MK-II preamplifier. The full review has been submitted and should be posted in the next few weeks. Congrats to Aric for receiv... 
Review on Coda Technologies 16 Amplifier went live today
The Stereo Times list for 2020's MOST WANTED components has just been posted. The #16.0 is on the list, along with the new CSib integrated amplifier. Great year for Doug and his team, congrats to them for designing and building great gear at reaso... 
Bache Audio - Home audition of Brooklyn made re-designed speakers
Hey Vitas,I have had the pleasure to professionally review two different Bache Audio speaker models and found them to be superlative music makers. I gave both very high ratings. Gregory is a good person and a smart designer of transducers. 
Aric Audio Systems Unlimited Preamp
Hey 1markr,I just submitted my review on the ML MK-II to my editor at Stereo Times. Hope, it will be published in the next couple of weeks.It's a great preamplifier. I purchased the demo piece. 
LSA 20 Signature Loudspeaker / Great Performer & Great $ Bargain until end of the year
Hey jaudio1,No problems driving the 20 Signature speakers with Pass Labs XA-25 amplifier. The XA-25 is one of my favorite amps, I own one, and the match-up is terrific between the speaker and amplifier. The  "beefer" amplifier you use the better t... 
LSA 20 Signature Loudspeaker / Great Performer & Great $ Bargain until end of the year
Hey berner99,I’m assuming that through the mid-range and the high end extension your stand mounts would be very close in performance. Yes, the bigger brother floor-stander will provide the bottom extension lacking in your speakers. Years ago I rev... 
LSA 20 Signature Loudspeaker / Great Performer & Great $ Bargain until end of the year
Hey facten,My take on your question is two-fold:1) The 20 Signature is a small footprint floor-stander, so physically it will fit into a smaller space, then some of the other 4k to 6k speakers I have reviewed. The 20 does have excellent deep and e... 
LSA 20 Signature Loudspeaker / Great Performer & Great $ Bargain until end of the year
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A world class volume control for pennies on the dollar
Hey mitch2,Here's some information that hopefully will be helpful to you;1) The Volume2 does not use the VOLTAiR 120V technology found in the Elector preamplifier. I'll still stick with my statement that Volume2 offers tremendous performance for t... 
Relatively small speaker with a "big" performance: Role Audio Starship SE model
Hey Duke,Thanks for the kind words regarding my review. Yes, you should hear this speaker. This speaker is extremely musical and offers wonderful performance with a very interesting innovative design approach.By the way, I have received numerous E... 
Relatively small speaker with a "big" performance: Role Audio Starship SE model
Hey djones51,My review has some of the measurements you are seeking. However, you could call Role Audio and talk to the designer Erol Ricketts, who would discuss with you the information you are seeking. 
Relatively small speaker with a "big" performance: Role Audio Starship SE model
Hey archguy,Most well designed, reference level two-way monitors have the great ability to create realistic layered sound-stages with great layering of the instruments precisely located on that stage, and then the speakers themselves disappear int... 
Preview: CODA Technologies new generation number#8 Stereo Amplifier
Hey tellefsen,The Coda No.8 is quieter, faster, and has overall more powerful macro-dynamics/control in the bottom end then the X250.8. Both are very silky/smooth and musical.  
Review on the Rockna Audio Wavelight Pre/DAC just went up on Stereo Times
My dear friend and fellow staff reviewer, Micheal Wright, just had his follow-up review on the Wavelight posted on the website Stereo Times tonight. Very well written, and another listener with a very different system, who comes to very positive c... 
Downside to R2R Ladder DACs?
Really! I have two R2R DACs that either are 20 years old or uses DAC chips that are from the era of highly praised chips from Burr Brown and  Phillips that sound "pristine" with no change in their performance at all. So, your sales person is givin...