It's a more streamlined, more affordable version of the brand's $6,000 flagship.

S, a tube preamplifier that marks the debut of a new product family called Series II. The company positions this range between its existing Classic and HD lines, describing it as “reference-inspired ...

At $50K, the Momentum C4 preamplifier gets a new remote and works seamlessly with optional digital streaming module for another $10K. Did Krell high-end audio components ever look this good? Dan ...

Esoteric has launched two new audio products with the N-05XE Network DAC Preamplifier and S-05XE Class A Stereo Power Amplifier, shipping Spring 2026. The N-05XE network DAC preamplifier features next ...

Priced at $950, the two-channel Parasound Halo P 5 isn't your average preamplifier, in that it has a feature set beyond a handful of analog inputs. Nice aesthetic, good price; is it for you? Input ...

Measured performance is equally serious. The N-05XE offers a frequency response of 5 Hz to 30 kHz (-3 dB), a signal-to-noise ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. McIntosh Laboratory, Inc., possibly one of the oldest and ...

Parasound, a San Francisco-based manufacturer of high-end audio components, has announced that it is now shipping the first production samples of its much-anticipated John Curl designed Halo JC 3 ...

Swiss hi-fi brand Nagra is introducing a brand new preamplifier to the world, and with it, an entirely new product range. The new Preamp II-S acts as the flagbearer for Nagra's all-new Series II, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. America’s venerable audio brand McIntosh has just announced ...

The circuit was based on a single operational amplifier integrated circuit that is made to produce a modular preamplifier which functions in the Class A operation Preamplifier (pre-amp) – a device ...

As the capacity of hard-disk drives continues to increase, the burden on the system to reliably access data on the media also increases. For read accesses in particular, this challenge is creating the ...