The small Danish ‘Audiophile’ company, Aavik Acoustics has recently released The Aavik U-150 integrated Amplifier ! Danish “Audiophile”company Aavik is now owned by audio entrepreneur Lars Kristensen, who’s resume includes alliances with several top-tier audio brands including Nordost and Riadho. He now oversees … Read more
T-Bone Burnett, “T-Bone Burnett” —When our editor, Howard Milstein asked me to write about 3 best sounding records (irrespective of genre) of audiophile quality, this understated countryish disc was the first one I thought of. Recorded live to analog two-track tape, this all-acoustic … Read more
The Boulder 2108 Phono Preamplifier is the second generation of 2000-level phono preamplifier and is shipping now! Boulder Amplifiers has just announced the release and shipment of the 2108 Phono Preamplifier. The 2108 is a part of the 2100 Series and is … Read more
Howard Milstein appraises the Stager Silver Solids interconnects Some people (myself included) can feel dismayed by both sides of the speaker cable/interconnect argument. There are publications that belligerently insist that speaker cables make no difference. And on the other side, you can find … Read more
The new ATC INTEGRATED AMP AND CD PLAYER , SIA2-100 2-channel integrated Amp/DAC and CD2 CD player have been designed to work together driving a high-quality passive loudspeaker pair, or individually to upgrade existing sources or amplifiers. They join a formidable range of … Read more
The Wyred4sound mINT integrated amplifier is a Goliath in David’s clothes! The word is permeating profusely so all you ‘hi-fi ‘die-hards’ should take note: Class D power amplification is here to stay, and there will definitely be a surge of expanded usage … Read more
Despite various pronouncements of the death of the CD, Exposure Electronics has added a new CD player to its award- winning compact XM series. As always, the Exposure design team is always clearly informed by what customers actually want, rather than by the … Read more
An update to the Nagra HD Dac – The Nagra DAC X update at CES is one of the MOST esteemed audiophile DAC’s currently made! I have experienced the NAGRA HD DAC only once a few years back at the AXPONA, and not … Read more
The new Mark Levinson 5805 and 5802 ashould whet the appetites of many audiophiles when they will be introduced at this year’s CES as well as the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest in September of this year. Based on the 5000 series, the new … Read more
The Townshend Audio Enigma preamplifier promises to bring the outstanding Allegri + to its most propitious heights! In case you may not be aware that the Townshend Allegri passive Autotransformer preamplifier is one of the few extraordinary sounding passive preamps available, in fact, … Read more
Ken Johnson revisits some Giant music favorites; and a surprise discovery ! Joan Armatrading, “Not Too Far Away”— On her earlier, major label discs, JA was badly served by her producers, who mucked up her big, expressive voice and sharp tunes with gratuitous … Read more
Keep us on your radar for some exciting Sound Advocate 2019 New Year Attractions as we will be delightfully taking on some informative and eye opening reviews and commentary early on this year! Our January- February posts will include some equipment reviews that … Read more
The highly acclaimed Mojo Audio Mystique v3 DAC is being discontinued and replaced with a newer model in early 2019. I spoke the other day to owner Ben Zwickel about the newest upgrades below: THE ESSENTIALS The Sound Advocate has learned that the … Read more