MF was impressed by this sweet-sounding, handmade-in-England, vacuum tube–based moving magnet phono preamplifier. RIAA EQ is passive, an EF86 pentode tube is used for each channel's input stage, a 6N6P dual-tr
preamp's Flat outputs. (Ver.5 was not yet compatible with macOS 15/Catalina in the fall of 2020.) Channel D's Rob Robinson strongly advises recording at 192kHz—"Pure Vinyl was designed and optimized with that sample rate in mind (back in 2003!)" he told JA—but for monitoring ...
With the second and third features being accompanied by Craig Slowinski’s sessionography, this new issue is quick to be become a collectible, and serve as an insightful glimpse into three decades of Brian Wilson’s fascinating musical career. Pipeline; Reviews; Scheduled Appearances; more. Watch...
This elegant-looking integrated amplifier uses a 12AX7 and a 12AT7 signal tube and a pair of KT88 tubes for each channel. There are two output transformer taps, optimized for 4 or 8 ohm loudspeakers. Specified maximum power is 35Wpc into 4—8 ohms in Ultralinear mode or 18Wpc into 4...