The Mytek Liberty THX AAA Headphone Amplifier is the most transparent, character-free headphone amplifier I have ever listened to. It may be the most transparent analog audio component I’ve spent time with full stop.
The Vincent PHO-701 phono preamp delivers a lot for its very reasonable asking price. It packs a tube output stage, a two-box chassis with a separate power supply, and an exceptional level of cartridge loading tunability. On top of that, it sounds great.
Jelco, short for the Ichikawa Jewel Company LTD, is probably the largest, oldest, and most accomplished tonearm manufacturer you’ve never heard of.
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The Chord Mojo is one of the most well-regarded portable DACs around right now. It can decode just about anything, DSD included. It also uses a custom...
The Prism Sound Callia brings professional engineering to HiFi in a big way. The Callia has a solid set of features, bulletproof build quality and exceptional sound.
The HIFIMAN RE-800 IEMs are some of the best headphones I’ve ever listened to. They have the laser sharp focus, detail and resolution only a single driver headphone can deliver, but has bass performance that shames many multi driver IEMs.
HiFiMan has become one of the most well regarded makers of headphones around. Their products, designed by Dr. Fan Bian, are sold both manufacturer direct and by resellers around the world.
The Rogue RP-1 is a superb value, providing everything you need in a stereo preamplifier and nothing you don’t. This is a superbly designed, excellent sounding preamplifier that doesn’t have a thing wrong with it.
Chris Groppi is a radio astronomer and electrical engineer working as an assistant professor at Arizona State University. He received his Bachelor's degree in astronomy from Cornell University in 1997, and his Ph.D. in astronomy with a concentration in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona in 2003. He studies how stars and planets form, and designs and builds millimeter-wave and terahertz receivers for radio telescopes. He became interested in HiFi during high school the first time he listened to a real high-end system (B&W 801s with Mark Levinson electronics). His first system in college was a Headroom headphone amplifier powering Sennheiser HD 580s, and graduated to a real HiFi system in graduate school. His first love has always been 2-channel audio, although his current system has added home theater capability.