D’Agostino – the man becomes a brand

Geplaatst op 25/09/2012 door hermanvandendungen

Recently we have been showing here some pictures and information about Dan D’Agostino’s products. Rhapsody in Hilversum had a show with the Momentum Stereo amplifier involved. TOP Audio in Milan saw the first appearance of the Momentum Preamplifier (with tone-controls) and New Music in Bruxelles is eagerly waiting for their pair of Momentum mono amplifiers.

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D’Agostino MOMENTUM stereo preamplifier

Geplaatst op 24/09/2012 door hermanvandendungen

For us it is really the month of top level preamplifiers. We just had an excellent review by René van Es on the Audia Strumento No. 1. He thought it was so good, that he refused to let it go back to us. Audio Research just announced their new REF10 preamplifier. For sure also top level performance. Rhapsody just did a show with the Dartzeel NHB-18NS preamplifier in combination with the D’Agostino Momentum stereo poweramplifier. If you have seen the report from Werner Ero on our blog, you know already the Sonus faber AIDA was singing and also why she was singing. Not to forget the Krell’s Phantom preamplifier which “walked through our listening room” and already found a new owner.

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There is a new ARC kid in town: Audio Research Reference 10

Geplaatst op 21/09/2012 door hermanvandendungen

Audio Research has announced the arrival of a new Reference preamplifier, the REF10.

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Audia Strumento N° 1 – The Italian preamp statement brought home

Geplaatst op 19/09/2012 door beheerder

Although the Italian audio company Audia has been in business since the last century, it took till 2011 that I had the opportunity to listen to one of their class A power amps, the Audia Flight 50. It was just what I was looking for at the time and I bought one to use in my main system. This year (2012) I met the Audia guys on the High End Show in Munich to take a look at their top range named Strumento, consisting of just one power amp and a separate preamplifier. With a little help of the Benelux distributor Durob we soon agreed to review the pair. Unfortunately I live in an apartment on the third floor, without an elevator, and to bring up a 90 kilo Strumento Nr.4 over seven stairs promised a mission impossible. We therefore agreed to use my own Flight 50 in combination with the Strumento N° 1 preamp, with additional an Audia Flight CD One M player and some Yter balanced interlinks. Unfamiliar with Audia preamps and very happy with my own beloved tube line stage, I was in for a surprise as soon as I switched on the Strumento.

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