ADA Cinema Rhapsody Mach II AV Preamp Reviewed

Audio Design Associates (ADA) is a different sort of company, and may not be one you have heard of before. If you have had a custom home theater built, the ADA name will be very familiar to you. ADA specializes......Read More

Anthem AVM-20 Version 2.0 AV Preamp Reviewed

One of the concerns about upgrading to higher end gear is how long the equipment can stay viable in this day of rapidly changing technology. Buying an amplifier or speakers is usually a pretty safe investment, as those technologies change......Read More

Anthem Statement D1 AV Preamp and P5 Amplifier Reviewed

Anthem is flourishing under the umbrella of Paradigm. After the critical success of the AVM20 processor and its associated amplifiers, Anthem decided to go upmarket as it expanded its line. Typical of Anthem and Paradigm's latest endeavors, they have made......Read More

Arcam FMJ AV8 AV Preamp Reviewed

The category of surround sound processors has simply exploded over the past few years, and the $3,000-$5,000 range has become the sweet spot for excellent performance and features. Not only is this category fast moving because of technological changes, but......Read More

Atlantic Technology P-2000 AV Preamp & A-2000 7-Channel Amplifier Reviewed

These days, entertainment seems entirely driven by fads. On television, we have the overabundance of crime dramas and the nightmare that is "reality" programming. At the movies, we have the sudden explosion of comic book films. Unfortunately, for every X2......Read More

Celestion DLP 600 Processor Preamp Reviewed

Digital equalization: two words guaranteed to set teeth on edge among audiophiles. Unless they happen to be incurable technoids who believe all the crap about digital = perfect. So Celestion's DLP 600 processor, like the Marantz audio computer and just......Read More

Krell HTS 7.1 AV Preamp Reviewed

Over the past several months, I've hadthe opportunity to review a significant number of surround sound processors and I've been on a personal quest to find those processors that are not only feature-rich and technologically up-to-date, but also sonically excellent.......Read More

Krell Showcase AV Preamp and 7 channel Amplifier Reviewed

Upgradeitis (a constant search for better picture and better sound) is afflicting more and more of us as DVD has upped the ante in digital picture and sound, and as DVD-A and SACD are changing our expectations of digital music......Read More

Lexicon DC1 AV Preamp Reviewed

Young it may be, but home cinema already has its hierarchy. And it's no surprise that Lexicon has a firm grip on the surround processor championship title. 1996 marks 25 years of producing state-of-the-art digital hardware for the film and......Read More

Lexicon MC-1 AV Preamp Reviewed

This month, the same faith-restoring event occurred twice. I learned that we need not suffer planned obsolescence. Both the Lexicon MC-1 Home Theatre Controller and the GRAAF pre-amp reviewed elsewhere in this issue are 'sequels' to items which have remained......Read More

Musical Fidelity HTP/HT6000 AV Preamp Reviewed

Depending on whether or not your world view is half-full or half-empty, one could argue that most mainstream British manufacturers have been pretty slow in jumping on the A/V bandwagon. Electronics, that is, not speakers; speakers, after all, mean only......Read More

Outlaw Audio Model 950 Preamp/Processor & Model 770 7-Channel Amplifier Reviewed

Outlaw: "one that is unconventional or rebellious" according to Miriam-Webster Dictionary. I'd say that offering a preamp/processor with all of the latest sound processing modes, together with an enormous matching separate 90 pound, 200 watt per channel power amplifier for......Read More

Parasound Halo C 2 Surround Processor and A 51 Multi-Channel Amplifier Reviewed

Parasound is one of those companies that has been steadily churning out products that have provided intelligent engineering and great value for the money for the better part of two decades. Richard Schram, the owner, enlisted the help of renowned......Read More

Primare SP31.7 AV Preamp Reviewed

Saying good-bye to something many regard as the finest of its type is painful. No, not the Aston-Martin Vanquish, though that did render me lachrymose. I mean the Lexicon MC-12, as fine an A/V processor as I've ever had the......Read More

Roxsan Capsian AV Preamp Reviewed

Once upon a time, manufacturers could bank on a masochistic streak in audiophiles which allowed the proliferation of much minimalist nonsense. It travelled under the guise of purism, a notion that 'less is more', which - while it was true......Read More

Simaudio Moon Stargate AV Preamp and Moon Aurora-5 Amplifier Reviewed

Simaudio is a Canadian company well known to audiophiles for making audio products that are not only excellent sonically, but are also, in many cases, excellent values. They have also been known for being stylistically interesting and even somewhat adventurous.......Read More

Theta Casablaca AV Preamp Reviewed

'Specifications', to me, is a euphemism in audio for 'license to tell whopping great lies'. But one number will tell you more about Theta's Casablanca than all the ad copy the company can muster: 41. That's the number of pages......Read More