Mastersound Compact 845 Tuesday, March 15, 2022 integrated valve amplifier Richard Barclay Cesare Sanavio founded Mastersound in 1994 with his two sons, Lorenzo and Luciano, channelling five decades’ experience building output transformers for other companies into the design of his own tube amplifiers. With Luciano Sanavio now at the helm, Read more
Derek was demoing with the rather unassuming looking vacuum tube based integrated from MastersounD called the BoX Integrated Amplifier ($3,500 with MM phono section, no less), a North Star Design Supremo DSD DAC, the North Star Design Magnifico DSD Transport and a pair of Rosso Fiorentino Certaldo loudspeakers. All are Italian Read more
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THE GOLD NOTE A3 EVO II SPEAKERS The Italian audio manufacturer Gold Note has been known for designing and manufacturing beautiful looking and sounding home playback gear since 2012. We have friends and colleagues who rave about the sonics and the craftsmanship. Until now though, we had had little experience Read more