Herb Reichert

App-Controlled SE Amp from Rogers
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 12, 2017  |  0 comments
The one that has me the most stoked is the Rogers High Fidelity 65V-1 class-A, single-ended EL34/KT88 integrated amplifier ($3999). Not to mention: I have never seen an amp painted with industrial-black crinkle paint that I didn't love.
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Octave Audio V 80 SE
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 12, 2017  |  0 comments
Both sides of the Atlantic are making tube products that (again) sound at least a little like actual vacuum tubes and less like high-strung solid-state racing cars. Both cultures now want genuine tube sound but demand 21st century tube longevity and reliability—and, of course, a discrete headphone amplifier.
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Emotiva XPA Gen3 Modular Amp
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 12, 2017  |  3 comments
Emotiva looked so direct-sales, street-wise smart—and everybody was talkin’ about how musical Emotiva’s stuff sounds: “It sounds good—and they're givin’ it away!” I couldn’t wait to try one of their products.
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The Micromega M-One
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 11, 2017  |  3 comments
The Micromega M-One has more features than any of those silver-age contraptions, but to my eye, it is the purest, most high-design-beautiful audio machine on the planet. And, of course, it's made in France.
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VTL's TP-2.5i Series II Phono Preamplifier
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 11, 2017  |  5 comments
I visited the VTL room three times, collecting photos and data, and every time Luke was smiling his big Luke-smile: "Herb, how can I help you?" The room was well-lit—and yet I failed to get good pictures.
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Hegel Music Systems Röst
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 11, 2017  |  0 comments
Perhaps because of Bent Holter's recent revision of his "distortion-reducing" SoundEngine technology, the elegant Röst drove the desktop-mounted KEF-LS50s with purity, lust, and musical authority…
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Bel Canto REF600M Monoblocks
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 11, 2017  |  0 comments
It looks pro-school Paul Newman racing-driver cool, especially in black. It puts out 300W into 8 ohms and 600W into 4 ohms, and can deliver a peak output current of 27A. Did I mention each amp weighs only 15.4 pounds? (I could carry both channels home on the subway.)
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MoFi's Much-Discussed System
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 10, 2017  |  0 comments
Up and down the CES hallways, in line for coffee, and at every dinner, people kept asking, "Did you go to the MoFi room?…"
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Rogue Audio's New Headphone Amp
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 10, 2017  |  1 comments
Rogue now introduces their first headphone amp/preamplifier, the RH-5 ($2495), which not only looks sleek and timeless in that oval-windowed Rogue way, it features three line-level RCA inputs and one pair of balanced XLR inputs.
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HRT Stage
CES 2017
Herb Reichert  |  Jan 08, 2017  |  6 comments
Last year I liked these HRT (High Resolution Technologies) Stage loudspeakers ($500/pair, plus $800 for companion Sound Anchor stands), and this year I love them…
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