The McIntosh Labs MC303 Three Channel Power Amplifier is a no holds barred, no apologies given, 155-pound juggernaut of an amplifier from a company that is over 70 years old. It’s big, heavy, and drop-dead gorgeous. And in today’s world, it’s a solid value
Vaughn Loudspeakers is an Indiana-based speaker company that has been building custom loudspeakers since 1999. James Vaughn Jordan, the company’s owner, and founder is especially proud of his aptly named Line Array Major Speakers. It’s an unusual design, and I’m looking forward to putting a pair through their paces.
Parasound’s New Classic 200 Preamplifier blends both old and new with a Burr-Brown DAC, subwoofer crossover, home theater bypass, and support for both phono cartridge types. A slim chassis means you can put it just about anywhere.
The audiophile speaker community has been a diverse one for decades. Over the course of time, various transducer designs have been used such as horns, cones, domes, ribbons, and electrostatic panels.
Martin Logan’s latest endeavor for great sound is the Statement 40XW In-Wall loudspeaker system. I’ve just received a pair for review...
The Heretic Loudspeaker Company is a relatively new player in the world of high-efficiency monitor-style speakers.
The Rogers® High Fidelity KWM-88 Integrated Amplifier is a pure Class-A unit hand built from rugged components and designed for ultimate performance.
The SONUS FABER MAXIMA AMATOR TOWER SPEAKERS deliver much of the performance and technology and all of the fit and finish from Sonus faber’s Reference models for $15,000 per pair.
For almost four decades, Sonus faber has made loudspeakers, like the new Maxima Amator, that are as much art as they are music makers. For their early designs, bookshelf and stand-mounted speakers made of real hardwood (no MDF) were a hallmark of Sonus faber. The visual appeal of the speakers themselves received as much in terms of accolades as did the sound quality.
Cutting the cord, AKA ditching cable TV, is nothing new. Millions of consumers have been doing this for some years now and...
As audiophiles, we’re typically stuck leaving behind our wonderful audio systems when we travel around in our vehicles, forced to settle...
DALI’s OBERON 9 Floor Standing Speaker is a defining example of a superb loudspeaker at a price level that brings full-range performance to the masses.
DALI has been designing and manufacturing loudspeakers for over 35 years.
Starke Sound takes on the mid-priced high-end speaker community with its $4398 per pair IC-H2 floor standing speakers.
The DALI SPEKTOR 2 Bookshelf Loudspeaker is a fine example of an affordable loudspeaker that makes good music. Its design goals were to allow for a v...
Craig Chase intends to become the rebel of our team. (We welcome one more rebel to the SECRETS Team!) He got his start in audio while still in high school in small town Pennsylvania, and took his love of audio to Penn State, where he was a campus rep for Electrovoice, Advent, Altec-Lansing, Pioneer and Technics. This mini career with audio set him on the path to making audio a lifetime passion. After graduating Penn State at the low point of the 1982 recession, a terrible time to start a career, he took a job selling cars at a Ford-Datsun-AMC-Jeep dealership in Erie, Pa. What started off as a job until something better came along turned into a tremendous career, and now Craig has a thriving financial services company and owns a Chrysler-Jeep-Ram-Dodge dealership in the university town of Edinboro, Pa. These companies have allowed Craig to build two things he loves: a 20-year-long stint writing reviews for audio equipment on several forums and helping people and animals in need. Few things are more rewarding to Craig and his family than rescuing a dog, cat or even a horse. The Chase family currently has 11 rescue animals and has helped place hundreds of others. Craig also works with several shelters in northwest Pennsylvania that provide direct aid to people in crisis. It is this love of helping others that has also made his tenure in audio so enjoyable. From the time he installed his first system in a friend's dorm room as a college rep to more recent experiences in the forum world helping someone assemble a system, Craig knows the sense of accomplishment of letting someone in on our SECRET: a music system can make life more enjoyable.
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