Category Archives: Awards – Oscars

And two 2011 Editor’s Choice award go to… Conrad Johnson

Category Power Amplifiers Conrad Johnson LP66S Have your sights set on a romantic tube stereo power amplifier? This 60Wpc design is it! Tonal emphasis is squarely on the lower midrange. Timbres and textures are slightly liquid and warm—highly complimentary to … Lees verder

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And one 2011 Editor’s Choice award goes to… Mystère

Category Preamplifier Mystere CA21 Built like a tank, the CA21 is a fine example of the minimalist approach: a line preamp with an input selector (four line inputs) and a volume control, but no balance control. Stock tubes are Chinese … Lees verder

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And one 2011 Editor’s Choice award goes to … Vienna Acoustics

Category Loudspeakers Vienna acoustics The Music Here’s a full-range, multi-driver unit with ’stat-like coherence due to its remarkable flat midrange driver with coincident tweeter. Equally at home with power music and smallscale works, it has a referencequality ability to reproduce … Lees verder

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And seven 2011 Editor’s Choice awards go to… PrimaLuna

Category Power Amplifier PrimaLuna ProLogue 5 The 36Wpc vacuum tubepowered ProLogue 5 sounds more authoritative than its rating would lead you to expect, and offers a warm, rich sound, yet really does not sound “tubey” in any traditional sense, producing … Lees verder

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