It has just occurred to me that the products we reviewed in February were, refreshingly, relatively affordable.
Here are the products we reviewed in February, either in a column, follow-up, or complete equipment report:
Acoustical Systems SMARTractor cartridge-alignment tool: $650
ATC SCM v.3: $1499/pair
Audience Au24 SE: $1190/1m pair
Audio Art IC-3: $130/1m pair
Audio Art SC-5: $240/10ft pair
Auralic Vega: $3499
Bel Canto e.One DAC3.5 VBS: $4985
Benchmark ADC1 USB: $1795
Benchmark DAC2 HGC: $1995
Epos Elan 10: $1000/pair
Hagerman Audio Labs Trumpet Reference: $7200
iLive IAB13: $24.88
Lepai LP7498E: $199.99
NAD M51 Direct Digital: $1999
PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium: $3199
Shindo D’Yquem monoblock: $24,995/pair
Stirling Broadcast SB-88: $3450/pair
That's 17 products with an average price of approximately $3415. If we remove the high- (Shindo D’Yquem monoblock: $24,995/pair) and low-priced (iLive IAB13: $24.88) outliers, we get an average price of approximately $2202—still a lot of money by most standards, but not the incredibly high cost for which we are often criticized.
Just saying. See? We're not always crazy.
It has just occurred to me that the products we reviewed in February were, refreshingly, relatively affordable.
Here are the products we reviewed in February, either in a column, follow-up, or complete equipment report:
Acoustical Systems SMARTractor cartridge-alignment tool: $650
ATC SCM v.3: $1499/pair
Audience Au24 SE: $1190/1m pair
Audio Art IC-3: $130/1m pair
Audio Art SC-5: $240/10ft pair
Auralic Vega: $3499
Bel Canto e.One DAC3.5 VBS: $4985
Benchmark ADC1 USB: $1795
Benchmark DAC2 HGC: $1995
Epos Elan 10: $1000/pair
Hagerman Audio Labs Trumpet Reference: $7200
iLive IAB13: $24.88
Lepai LP7498E: $199.99
NAD M51 Direct Digital: $1999
PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium: $3199
Shindo D’Yquem monoblock: $24,995/pair
Stirling Broadcast SB-88: $3450/pair
That's 17 products with an average price of approximately $3415. If we remove the high- (Shindo D’Yquem monoblock: $24,995/pair) and low-priced (iLive IAB13: $24.88) outliers, we get an average price of approximately $2202—still a lot of money by most standards, but not the incredibly high cost for which we are often criticized.
Just saying. See? We're not always crazy.