Esoteric has launched two new audio products with the N-05XE Network DAC Preamplifier and S-05XE Class A Stereo Power Amplifier, shipping Spring 2026. The N-05XE network DAC preamplifier features next ...

TEAC announces its new HA-507, a Reference 500 Series pure analog headphone amplifier/preamplifier that incorporates TEAC’s premium audio technologies to achieve a crazy level of sound quality.

I'm researching preamp-amp matches and due to lack of information on the Internet am left with a question regarding output/input differences between balanced and unbalanced feeds. The contemplated ...

Does the Mercury/Solis pairing tick all the boxes?

Can Roksan’s $4,500 Caspian 4G Streaming Preamp and $3,750 Power Amp compete with NAD and Naim in this price class? Following the late-2024 launch of the Caspian 4G Integrated and Streaming Amplifiers ...

Measured performance is equally serious. The N-05XE offers a frequency response of 5 Hz to 30 kHz (-3 dB), a signal-to-noise ...

There are obviously things even clever people don't think of when dishing out advice on turntables. Like phono pre-amplifiers, for example, not to mention the delicacy of "phono" inputs. Salespeople ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of our standout stompboxes of NAMM 2018, the Preamp Live can be loaded with 12 independent ...

Tone King has unveiled the Imperial Preamp, a “high-voltage tri-tube” preamp pedal that takes the tones of the Baltimore, Maryland high-end guitar amp brand’s Imperial MKII combo and repackages them ...

The Yamaha C-5000/M-5000 pairing is an impressive, well-engineered performer ...