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Description: Two-channel streaming class-AB integrated amplifier with an MC/MM phono stage and an aluminum remote control. Amplifier section: Gain: 30dB. Output power: 200Wpc into 8 ohms (23dBW), 310Wpc into 4 ohms (21.9dBW), at less than 1% THD. Input sensitivity (for 200W output into 8 ohms, both channels driven): 1.2V RMS via RCA, 2.4V RMS via XLR. Preamplifier section: Input impedance: 50k ohms RCA. Output impedance: 120 ohms (RCA). Signal/noise ratio: >110dB. Inputs: two pairs RCA, one pair XLR, one pair phono RCA, two S/PDIF (coaxial), two S/PDIF (…

Analog sources: Dr. Feickert Blackbird turntable, with an EMT 912-HI tonearm with Cardas Clear Beyond cable and My Sonic Lab's Ultra Eminent Ex moving coil, and Sorane SA-1.2 tonearm with AudioQuest Yosemite cable with an Audio Note UK IO II moving coil and AN-S4 step-up transformer, Lab12 Melto2, Kitsuné KTE LCR-1 MK5 phono stages; Denon DL-103, Nagaoka MP-200, and 2M Black LVB 250 phono cartridges.
Digital sources: dCS Lina DAC with Master Clock; HoloAudio Spring 3 KTE, LAiV Harmony µDAC; TEAC VRDS-701T CD transport.
Preamplifier: HoloAudio Serene…

Gellért Szabó's Ideal Orchestra: Vom Willen und Tod (Boomslang)

SORBD: Wild Peacock in Transit (Relative Pitch)

Lakecia Benjamin: We Dream (Artwork)

Ches Smith: The Self (Tzadik)

Skylar Tang: On Ray Orbieto's Slight Accent (Rhythmus Records), tracks 3–6.

Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra: Family (We Jazz)

Team Hegdal: Volume 5 (Particular Recordings Collective)

Francesco Diodati Yellow Squeeds: Flow, Home (Auand)

Kit Downes: Obsidian (ECM)

Oasis Boom: Cactus Bus (Dur et Doux)

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A happy welcome to another winning installment in early music specialist Kristian Bezuidenhout's series of Mozart Piano Concertos with Freiburger Barockorchester. Here, Bezuidenhout moves back in time, from two concertos composed in Mozart's maturity—Piano Concerto 20 (K.466), written in his 29th year, and Concerto 14 (K.449),…

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In the Belgian city of Ghent stands a formidable artifact of military technology: Dulle Griet ("Mad Meg"), a 15th-century cannon that weighs about 12.5 tons. Despite its fearsome appearance, the weapon apparently never fired a shot. But it does lend some historical inspiration to Bombard, a new Belgian loudspeaker company whose first product, the OB1, made its debut at the 2026 Dutch Audio Event. OB1 stands for Open Baffle 1, but if your first thought was of a Star Wars character…same.

Behind Bombard are Loïc De Buck and Stijn Dauwe, two friends whose backgrounds include sound…