May 30, 2021

Archetype: QUAD 303 Power Amplifier – The Graceful Aging of Transistors

With modest service requirements needing to be addressed only after decades of use, the 54-year-old QUAD 303 power amplifier and its matching 33 control preamplifier are two of the most elegant hi-fi bargains to ever play music.
February 21, 2023

Vintage Review: McIntosh C28 Preamplifier

Vintage McIntosh preamplifiers and amps – like the C28 preamp here – are imbued of a rarified authenticity for high fidelites akin to the original Grateful Dead lineup of Garcia, Weir, McKernan, Lesh and Kreutzmann with Deadheads: No matter how phenomenal or mediocre their performance, fans worshipping their sound will not be silenced.