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T+A Power Plant integrated amplifier

Jon Iverson Aug 15, 2009 First Published: Aug 15, 2009

With the Music">http://www.stereophile.com/mediaservers/ta_music_player_media_streamer"… Player, T+A also sent along the Power Plant integrated amplifier ($2700). The Power Plant (PP) looks almost identical to the MP, and the two comprise a handsome, fully functional audio system in a single modest stack. To make this even easier, you connect the two at their rear panels with a supplied RJ-12 cable (T+A calls this the E Link), which coordinates their functions and allows the MP and PP to be operated with a single remote control.

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Listening #78

Art Dudley Jun 19, 2009 First Published: Jun 19, 2009

A new integrated amplifier called the Lars Type 1, which made its debut at the 2009">http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2009/lars_by_lars">2009 Consumer Electronics Show, has given my notion of a dichotomy between mainstream audio and alternative audio a severe beating. In that sense, the Lars Type 1 has been a life-changing product, although the change took longer than expected for me to digest.

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Vincent TubeLine SV-236MK integrated amplifier

Michael Fremer Apr 16, 2009 First Published: Apr 16, 2009

If you ever find yourself in an audiophile-type argument and need proof that, in the 21st century, manufacturing high-performance audio gear to sell for a reasonable retail price is becoming an impossibility, point to Vincent T.A.C.'s TubeLine SV-236MK integrated amplifier, designed in Germany and built in China.

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Boulder 865 integrated amplifier

Wes Phillips Apr 13, 2009 First Published: Apr 13, 2009

After Fred">http://www.stereophile.com/solidpreamps/1207bo">Fred Kaplan reviewed Boulder Amplifiers' 810 line preamplifier and 860 power amplifier for the December 2007 Stereophile, John Atkinson requested that I listen to the 860 in my own system for a while. Never having reviewed any Boulder kit, I was curious.

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The Fifth Element #52

John Marks Feb 24, 2009 First Published: Feb 24, 2009

I've been chipping away for some time at the task of trying to put together a music lover's stereo system for about half the money of my last such effort: $2500 to $3750 now, vs around $7500 back in 2005. My timing was good: CD and DVD receivers are a hot product category, with several attractive new entries at various prices.

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Sugden A21ai Series 2 integrated amplifier

Art Dudley Feb 18, 2009 First Published: Feb 18, 2009

Winter has returned to Cherry Valley, New York, and I'm reminded of a bad habit that I used to conceal: On cold mornings I started my car well before driving off, then actually weighted down the accelerator pedal—with the heavy socket tray from my toolbox—in an effort to keep the idle high, and thus more quickly warm the windshield and the interior. Whether my lazy trick had the desired effect is a matter of some debate, but I wish now that I hadn't been so wasteful and so casually fouled the air.

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NuForce Icon USB-input integrated amplifier

Wes Phillips Jan 25, 2009 First Published: Jan 25, 2009

In a world of me-too products, NuForce distinguishes itself from all those other components whose names begin with i by actually using a capital I. Actually, that statement is unkind, even unfair—unlike the myriads of products designed to capitalize on the Apple iPod's current sexiness, the NuForce Icon isn't designed to be portable (although NuForce does offer an Icon Mobile). What the Icon unquestionably is is a fine little piece of audio engineering, which most of those other i components are not.

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Simaudio Moon i-1 integrated amplifier

Robert J. Reina Dec 19, 2008 First Published: Dec 19, 2008

Fearless leader called me and asked if I'd be interested in reviewing the Simaudio Moon i-1 ($1500), the entry-level integrated amplifier in Simaudio's Classic line. Hmmm. I'd been very impressed by all of the more expensive Simaudio products I'd heard at Stereophile's Home Entertainment shows over the years, and the 50Wpc Moon i-1 would be an interesting match for the affordable speakers I've had in-house lately. Send it on, JA!

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Acurus DIA 100 integrated amplifier

Corey Greenberg Jul 13, 2008 First Published: Nov 13, 1993

Stereophile should start a "Personals" section in the back of the mag—maybe stick 'em in with the classifieds:

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Bel Canto e.One S300iu integrated amplifier

Wes Phillips Jun 28, 2008 First Published: Jun 28, 2008

After using Bel">http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/1107bc">Bel Canto's e.One DAC3 with the McIntosh">http://www.stereophile.com/mediaservers/108mac">McIntosh Laboratory MS750 music server, I was so impressed that I wanted to hear Bel Canto's CD transports as well. But willing as Bel Canto president and CEO John Stronczer was to supply me with a CD-2, he suggested I audition the S300iu ($2195, footnote 1).