Tag: preamplifiers

Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) is a decades old company specializing in, you guessed it, balanced audio components. They have produced a long line of vacuum tube and solid-state preamplifiers and amplifiers, phono preamplifiers and, more recently, digital converters. The BAT

NAD Electronics is well known for offering products that defy the expected price/performance ratio. For a relatively small sum, the owner of an NAD product gets superior performance, many features, and modest but attractive appearance. The C 165BEE stereo preamplifier

Three and half years have transpired since I reviewed the Audio Horizons TP 2.1RnB stereo vacuum tube preamplifier. That model carried the “RnB” options: remote control, noise suppression, and input and output transformers to accommodate balanced connections. The new TP 2.3SvB

We will not be talking about the ability of these popular preamplifiers to transport you to musical bliss or to bring musicians into your listening room. This survey is not about the musical performances of these components and how the

I had a good idea last year. I may have had another good idea in 2006 than the one, but I don’t remember it. The good idea was about music listeners, like you and me. In my review of the PS

By Paul Basinski The preamplifier. Such a simple yet critical device in a good audio system. After all, it merely has to amplify to line level the signal from your source and send it on to your power amp, also

The Dodd Battery-Powered Preamplifier is a revolutionary component for two reasons: 1. It absolutely redefines the level of preamplifier performance that audiophiles should expect for under $10,000. The list price is $3300. 2. It sets new standards for tube preamplifier

Finally...sigh...a component that does exactly what the manufacturer says it does and nothing more. This is the first component in my experience that has so little identifiable character as to be, in the most exact meaning of the word, transparent. But

There is no control design in the world of high-end audio that is better than the user interface of products by Balanced Audio Technology. The remote control of volume – even when the output is muted – is a great

The Audio Electronic Supply AE-3 DJH preamplifier was a surprise, as you will read below. The list price with remote is $1700. The little preamplifier could be lifted and moved with one hand. The unit’s build quality was very good

There are several definitions of “value”, but one that applies most to you, as a reader of audio reviews, is equipment that provides a proportional amount of enjoyment from the money you spent. In other works, pay a little –

POSTED 03/31/2002 This review is much more than the result of a number of listening sessions over a two year period. It is really the story of one person’s quest for the attainment of the goal of having exceptional music reproduction