We are very happy to announce that we had 6 products featured in this year’s Part-Time Audiophile Buyer’s Guide!
Innuos ZENith MKIII - $4,250
“A new and improved power supply, which includes Mundorf caps, gives the Zenith music server a leap in performance that places it closer to the company’s top offerings and way over the offerings of most every other audio server on the market. The sound is incredibly neutral, and many of the new features make the Mk. III incredibly easy to use. CD ripper is built-in.”
Qualiton APX 200 - $5,000
“Vacuum tubes how I love thee, let me count the ways,” we exclaimed after using this Hungarian amp. We found that it was an “imaging Godzilla” but what we loved the most was its value–you get 100wpc from tubes, with the short signal paths, high parts quality and plenty of useful features.”
Merason DAC1 - $5,400
“We felt that while there are many excellent $5000 DACs out there, the Merason is one of the best DACs we’ve heard at any price–so much so that we would still be impressed with it if it was much more expensive. Sonically, it can go toe-to-toe with plenty of the big boy DACs. “What you get is a product that seems to be built for the audiophile that is primarily interested in performance and doesn’t require a lot of fancy features or gold-plated-with-a-screen visuals.”
QLN Prestige 3 - $10,000 (Editor’s Choice Winner)
“We’ve been drooling over the Swedish-built Qln Prestige Threes, especially with Vinnie Rossi amplification, for a few years now. Once we tested these floorstanding speakers, we didn’t want to give them back. So we bought them. The Qlns throw up a huge sound, warm and yet crystalline, and you’ll stare in disbelief when you hear these very petite towers in action. We felt they did so many things exceptionally well, that we suggested that many different types of listeners will find them to be “all they need.” An Editor’s Choice winner.”
Vinnie Rossi L2i - $13,995 (Editor’s Choice Winner)
“This isn’t the L2i-SE that’s becoming legendary for its extraordinary sound at hi-fi shows when mated with Qln loudspeakers, but the only real difference in the more affordable L2i is in the line stage–everything else, including the exquisite optional phono and DAC modules ($3450 each) and the use of the amazing Belleson regulators, are the same. Listen to the hype–the entire Vinnie Rossi L2 amplification line is superb at three-dimensionality and imaging, and its shadow looms large in the world of the best integrated amplifiers. An Editors Choice award winner.”
Innuos Statement - $13,750 (Editor’s Choice Winner)
“This two-box server plays all file formats and offers stupendous sound quality as long as connect with USB, which is the only option. Every system we “dropped it into, no matter how good, sounded better with the Statement at the front of the chain. Given what we currently know, the Innuos Statement is the best server there is.” An Editor’s Choice winner.”
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