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Jul 5, 2023 · 2023 Editors' Choice: Best Preamplifiers $2,000 - $5,000 - The 2023 edition of TAS’ Editors’ Choice Awards is here. Our top equipment recommendations from loudspeakers, DAC's, amplifiers, and more. These are components that we ourselves would buy—or recommend to friends and family. Each recommendation is accompanied by a capsule review, the original reviewer’s name or initials, and the ...
- Audio by Van Alstine FET Valve CFR Preamplifier (starting at $2,299 USD) Starting at a mere $2,299, you get one of Frank Van Alstine’s handmade flagship tube preamplifiers, with a killer headphone amp included, and the option to add an internal MM/MC phono stage for an additional $349.
- Audio By Van Alstine DVA (starting at $2,499 USD) This digital preamplifier is designed to get the most out of your digital sources, which means the five inputs included are only USB, S/PDIF optical and digital coax.
- SPL Elector ($2,599 USD) Despite its compact design–it’s only 11″ wide–the German-made Elector is an all-analog preamplifier with a ton of features such as XLR and RCA inputs, variable and fixed outputs, a tape loop and much more.
- Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL Preamplifier ($4,450 USD) We get a tad giddy whenever we use LTA preamplifiers—these David Berning designs, based on his ZOTL topology, offer such a pure and beautiful window into the music.
Nov 28, 2021 · Because it is. A Reviewer’s Choice award winner. Rotel Michi P5 ($3,999.99 USD) The flagship preamplifier from Rotel in Japan is big and bulky like the rest of the Michi luxury line–50 pounds for a pre!–but it offers a range of functions that’s decidedly “lifestyle” in feel and ease-of-use.
Nov 25, 2023 · Best Preamplifiers: $50,000+ - The 2023 edition of TAS’ Editors’ Choice Awards is here. Our top equipment recommendations from loudspeakers, DAC's, amplifiers, and more. These are components that we ourselves would buy—or recommend to friends and family. Each recommendation is accompanied by a capsule review, the original reviewer’s name or initials, and the issue number the review ...
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Sep 12, 2023 · Schiit Audio Freya+. $849–$1049. The Freya+ is a tube-based preamplifier with three output modes: passive, solid-state, and tube (for that sweet, syrupy tube sound). The tube stage is surprisingly quiet and adds just enough tubey magic. There are five inputs, two balanced and three unbalanced, along with one balanced output and two unbalanced ...
Dec 5, 2020 · BorderPatrol Control Unit EXT-1 ($12,250 USD) . We’ve declared this the “best tubed preamplifier we’ve heard,” and we’ve heard a few. Perhaps that’s because of its super low noise floor, its hefty power supply or even its point-to-point wiring, but let’s face it—this preamp is filled with some of the finest parts money can buy such as Dueland caps and a tube-rectified choke ...
Jan 26, 2024 · Included in the new range of products is the 200 series, comprised of two products: the NAP 250 power amplifier, which I reviewed in the November 2023 issue of Stereophile, and the NSC 222 streaming preamplifier ($8999), which is reviewed here. A third component in the New Classic series, the NPX 300 power supply (also $8999), which is intended ...
