The 371, which carries a price tag of $6500, gives you everything you need to make music except a streaming subscription, speakers, and speaker cables.
During a presentation at that Boucherville press event, Simaudio execs…
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Simaudio has introduced a streaming network streamer/integrated amplifier, the Moon 371, the first product in a new, more affordable series called Compass. Why Compass? The name evokes the name of the higher-end North series, introduced in 2023. "Compass guides you North," a Simaudio rep said at a press event in Boucherville, across the river from Montreal.
At 1am on September 17, 2025, Adam Wexler’s phone broke through his snores. He silenced the call and rolled over. Four hours later, the insistent ring jolted him awake. “When Ray, an amazing man who oversees the pier and runs everything around here, called me at 1am, I ignored it,” Wexler recalled, “though fire did cross my mind, because this space is entirely timber. Then my employee Robert Kapszewicz called, and I went to the warehouse at 5:30am.”
Starting in the early morning, a five-alarm inferno tore through the historic 19th-century Beard Street Warehouses at 421–499 Van Brunt…
Today, Harman said that it has completed its acquisition of Sound United, adding Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, Classé, Definitive Technology, Polk Audio, and Boston Acoustics to its portfolio.
Sound United will operate as a standalone Strategic Business Unit within Harman’s Lifestyle division. The intent is to preserve each brand’s identity—heritage, engineering approach, and customer base—while giving the group access to Harman’s global scale for manufacturing, distribution, and platform support. The promise: broader reach and added capabilities without collapsing brands into a…
"Larry, I've just come from the Alexis Park." Tom Norton, editor of Ultimate AV button-holed me. "I think the Pioneer speaker is worth a visit. It's one of the only new things I've found over there." Tom's words rung in my ears. Had to see it!
Pioneer's room was downstairs from the very hot $45,000/pair TAD Model-2 loudspeaker. Both speakers were designed by Andrew Jones—Pioneer is TAD's parent company—and under Andrew's leadership, a multi-national team reconfigured the TAD beryllium technology into the 145 lb, three-way, $9000/pair Pioneer S1-EX. Both speakers use the same…
Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Digital sources: MacBook Air running Tidal, Roon, Qobuz. Bricasti M1 Series II DAC, Musical Fidelity M1 CDT, Pro-Ject CD Box RS 2 T CD transports.
Preamplifier: McIntosh C12000.
Power amplifier: McIntosh MC462 Quad Balanced Stereo.
Integrated amplifier: McIntosh MA252.
Loudspeakers: Wilson Audio Specialties The WATT/Puppy, Harbeth P3ESR.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Diamond AES3, Coffee USB; Interconnects: AudioQuest Fire, Sky; Speaker: AudioQuest Firebird, Robin Hood; AC: AudioQuest Dragon.
Accessories: AudioQuest Niagara 7000 power…
These days, listeners the wide world over enjoy hearing their music recreated for them by equipment whose origins are international; trade isolationists might consider the example of PrimaLuna. This Holland-based company's operations span three continents, with designers from Floyd Design and Durob Audio in the Netherlands, manufacturing in China, and input from California-based Harmonia Distribution.
The PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid is a hefty 63.8lb. It's designed to be used as either a stereo amplifier or, in pairs, as a monoblock ($7195 each, $14,390 for a pair). The handsome grayish-blue…
Sidebar 3: Measurements
I used my Audio Precision SYS2722 system to measure one of the PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid amplifiers that had been auditioned by SM. It had the serial number XA994S8721BN. After making sure the six preamplifier tubes were correctly seated and letting the amplifier operate at low power for 30 minutes, I performed a complete set of tests in both Stereo and Mono modes.
The PrimaLuna preserved absolute polarity with both the balanced and single-ended inputs in both Stereo and Mono modes. The balanced input XLR jacks are wired with pin 2 hot, the AES standard. A…
Sidebar 1: Specifications
Description: Hybrid tube input/solid state output, dual-mono class-AB amplifier. Tube complement: six 12AU7s. Analog inputs: 1 pair balanced (XLR), one pair single-ended (RCA). Outputs: Stereo and mono loudspeaker binding posts, 12V Trigger. Frequency response: 10Hz–80kHz ±3dB. Output power (rated at 0.2% THD), stereo: 100Wpc (20dBW) into 8 ohms, 150Wpc (18.75dBW) into 4 ohms. Power output, mono: 220W (23.4dBW) into 8 ohms, 300W (18.75dBW) into 4 ohms. Input impedance, stereo: 32k ohms single-ended, 49k ohms balanced. Input impedance, mono: 18k ohms single-ended…
Audio Vision San Francisco will host a two-day "Experience the Future of Sound" event on Saturday and Sunday, October 18–19, 2025, from 12–6pm at 1628 California Street in San Francisco, with seminars, system demos, and a giveaway drawing.
A large-room "state of the art" system is slated with YG Acoustics loudspeakers, Goldmund electronics, Master Fidelity digital, an Innuos server/streamer, SME analog, Nordost cabling, and Harmonic Resolution Systems isolation. Showroom sessions run both days, plus a headphone room with Audeze electrostatic and planar magnetic headphones and Woo Audio…
Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment
Analog sources: VPI HW-40 turntable, VPI 12" Fatboy tonearm, Lyra Etna λ Lambda cartridge; Pro-Ject Classic EVO turntable (with supplied tonearm), Ortofon Bronze Cadenza, Sumiko Amethyst cartridges.
Digital sources: MacBook Air running Tidal, Roon, Qobuz; Bricasti M1 Series II DAC; Musical Fidelity M1 CDT, Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T transports.
Preamplification: McIntosh C12000.
Power amplifier: McIntosh MC462.
Integrated amplifier: McIntosh MA252.
Loudspeakers: Wilson Audio Specialties The WATT/Puppy, Harbeth P3ESR.
Cables: Digital:…