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Thoress is like DIY gone pro with their offerings. Seen here is the company's dual-mono design preamplifier (4,600€) with three MC phono inputs. Three MM version is also available.
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Virtually everyone knows of Nelson Pass of legendary Threshold an now Pass Labs fame. Then there is his First Watt brand like the B1 Buffer ($1000) that has no voltage gain. It simply impedance matches with jfet follower type of preamplifier.
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Daealus Audio had their Ulysses three-way large floorstander being driven by Manley Labs 250 monoblock tube amplifiers.
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War Of The World's? No, it is ViV Laboratory evanui signature loudspeakers ($60,000). This is a 'full range' single 3-inch driver unit with a cabinet made from 63 layers of wood.
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Feastrex was showing a prototype of their 811 tubed stereo amplifier that produced 17 watts per channel Degawa bridge rectification, Tango transformers... The top line stuff here folks.
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With the Enjoy the Music.com DIY Magazine comes a warm welcome of Audio Note kits. Not new to the kit realm, yet this is the company's new EL34 stereo amplifier kit ($1500 or thereabouts).
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JoLida will be releasing a new line called the Glass Fx, and here is their first prototype called the JD-10 ($399) stereo integrated amplifier. It uses EL84 tubes for output to produce 10 watts per channel. There are three inputs, two being RCA and the other being 1/8-inch for portable audio players.
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As always, Kimber Kable had a great sounding setup in conjunction with Pas Labs, Sound Las and many others. Their IsoMike recordings are well worth a good listen, so if you have not investigated then do seek them
out.
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Scaena loudspeakers re twelve 4-inch drivers for midrange, a long ribbon for highs and includes a separate cabinet for the 18-inch subwoofer.
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All of the latest dCS goodies were the source components for the Scaena loudspeakers. The dCS Scareatti line easily decodes handles digital media and can upsample for high resolution.
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Ayon had their new Triton integrated amplifier hat uses a quartet of KT88 tubes per channel, plus a selection of 12AU7. There are four inputs plus a direct all via RCA jacks.