What Is a Preamp, and Do I Really Need One?

If you’ve wondered what a preamplifier is, what it exactly does, and whether your audio setup is missing one, we’ve got the ...
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Pro-Ject’s New Hi-Fi Component Is an Easy Upgrade for Your Turntable

Pro-Ject is best known for its wide range of turntables, but the Austrian audio company makes numerous other hi-fi components that can work with and elevate its turntables, too. Chief among them, ...
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Nagra’s Compact Phono Stage Offers a “Taste” of the Ultra High-End For Only $4,950

At $4,950, the Nagra Compact Phono is a “lower cost” high-end audio solution for getting the most out of your vinyl record listening experience. A little history might be in order to understand this ...
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Musical Fidelity’s M8x Vinyl is the Swiss Army Knife of Reference Phono Preamplifiers

Musical Fidelity’s new flagship M8x Vinyl Phono Stage is both fully discrete and fully balanced with improved gain stage and more. Pro-Ject Audio Systems CEO, Heinz Lichtenegger, raised a few eyebrows ...