The latest addition to the brand’s amplifier range, the Advance Paris A12 Classic builds on the hybrid concept of the A10 Classic to bring even more power and finesse to the brand’s signature sound. With a tube preamplification stage and transistor amplification, the A12 delivers a very comfortable 190 watts per channel into 8 ohms, and above all offers a plethora of connections to integrate into all environments and possible uses.
Engstrom has set itself the mission of rediscovering the softness and serenity of the best tube amplifiers. To achieve this, the small Swedish family business set up in 2008 drew its inspiration from radio cabinets and the electronics that went into them in the 1960s and 1970s. This specificity gives this tube amplifier a rather surprising and spectacular design, which immediately sets it apart from the competition – just like its behaviour. What’s more, the Engstrom Arne will delight fans of the famous 300B tube and the exceptional musicality for which it is renowned.
Introduced a year after the E5000 amplifier, the Accuphase E4000 replaces the E480, taking what appears to be the new digital code for the brand’s class A/B integrated amplifiers. Modified using the latest technologies, including those of the recent P7500 stereo block, the E4000 sees its noise reduced still further and its damping factor considerably increased, for unfailingly quiet operation, supported by a still very comfortable power output of 2 x 180 W at 8 ohms, available to fill almost any loudspeaker on the market.
At the time of writing, the prestigious Jadis company will be celebrating its 40th anniversary. Like all the brand’s products, the Jadis I300 is aimed at audiophiles who love the warmth of tube sound ‘à la Jadis’, a unique taste in sound. In keeping with the convictions of the most purist of audiophiles, this amplifier represents a real return to our roots. It’s a choice that argues for simplicity in tube systems using one of the most iconic tubes, the famous 300B power triode. To equip its amplifier, Jadis chose the 300Bs produced by Electro Harmonix for the quality of the sound they produce and their reliability.
Previewed at High End 2022 in Munich, the brand’s all-in-one Atoll SDA300 Signature simply combines in a single device an integrated amplifier similar to the IN300 and a network player-converter based on the ST200 & ST300 Signature. Identical to the SDA200 Signature in terms of the front panel and rear panel connections, the newcomer really evolves on the inside, mainly in the amplifier section, with the aim of rediscovering the sound characteristics and vigour of the 300 series!
With the latest energy standards, the legendary Japanese brand Luxman was in danger of no longer seeing its Class A amplifiers pass the test benches. So it went ahead and redesigned the architecture of its Class AB products, to get as close as possible to the sound...
A young South Korean brand discovered through its network servers, HiFi ROSE is launching its HIFI ROSE RA180 integrated amplifier, whose two main features - using class AD and enabling bi-amplification - provide real added value, as well as delivering considerable...
It took five years of research to bring Neodio's only integrated amplifier from Bordeaux into evo mode. The changes mainly concern two points, which improve the Origine A2, already noted for its balance and purity, the hobbyhorses of a manufacturer whose specificity...
Asserting its reign over the British hi-fi scene once again, dCS continues to expand its catalogue, this time tackling a whole new world: headphone listening. And while the Bartok - an incredible all-in-one DAC/pre-amp/network player - summed up all the brand's...
