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  1. ketcham

    Low Heat Phonostage

    It is a new unit and like Allnic Korean site and Kevalin Audio - our sites tend to lag in information. This is part of why there is a Allnic supported WBF forum. Speak with Paul, the performance and pricing - I was impressed.
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    Low Heat Phonostage

    Sutherland Engineering (my previous post spelling was in error).
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    Low Heat Phonostage

    Dos Locos by Ron Sutherlund - One of my favorite. Paul Hovenga of ManyMoons Audio is a good dealer for them. paulhovenga@manymoonsaudio.com PM for his phone number if you need it.
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    ALLNIC AUDIO’S H-10000 OTL/OCL SIGNATURE PHONO-STAGE PREAMPLIFIER - ANNOUNCEMENT!

    Announcing another remarkable Allnic achievement! ALLNIC AUDIO’S H-10000 OTL/OCL SIGNATURE PHONO-STAGE PREAMPLIFIER Kevalin Audio is pleased to announce the worldwide availability of the new flagship Allnic H-10000 OTL/OCL Signature Phono-stage. An OTL/OCL (Output Transformer-Less/Output...
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    Welcoming into 2024 is the new Allnic HPA-10,000 OTL/OCL Headphone Amplifier, winning the coveted Audiokeys Reviews DIAMOND AWARD!

    There is now just the L-10,000 'Signature'—an entirely different amplifier than the L-10,000. We will have more about this in an upcoming announcement. The chassis is the same design. Regarding the 'Signature', I know owners in Europe and Asia are already enjoying theirs. Four are being built...
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    Announcing the D-10,000 OTL/OCL DAC - an industry first!

    There are .pdf of HiFi+ 2023 review and a later recap of Allnic D-10,000 otl/ocl dac along with links to all professional reviews of Allnic’s currently manufactured models here: https://www.kevalinaudio.com/allnicreviewcurrentlist Attached is another mention in their 25th anniversary published...
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    Waversa Systems Current Production Line: A Central and Current List of Published Reviews

    A new YouTube evaluation of Waversa HDMI EXT-2 by Texas Audio Club: WBF has an international readership, and Kevalin Audio only sells to the USA. Don't hesitate to contact me for the Canadian dealer for those who reside there. All other dealers worldwide: Waversa Dealers Worldwide
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    Allnic's AUT-8000 Step UP Transformer now with variable impedance loading!

    Here is a recent favorable review of the H-7000 with the Silver wound permalloy SUT, effectively an integrated AUT-8000 https://www.audiokeyreviews.com/the-reviews/allnic-h7000-phonopreamplifier
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    Waversa Systems Current Production Line: A Central and Current List of Published Reviews

    Feb 6th 2024 new review is out from HiFi+ regarding Waversa's multi-component approach to digital streaming. https://hifiplus.com/articles/waversa-systems-a-streaming-solution/?goal=0_ff6dfd0295-6a4bc80bd3-162105521&mc_cid=6a4bc80bd3&mc_eid=9f362dd2af Two points to note from the above...
  10. ketcham

    Anyone seriously audition a phono stage with selectable EQ Curves and decide against it? Anyone not using this feature in theirs?

    RIAA - the contact mechanism is a physical volume switch implemented in a different application. Rotate the dial several times to clear dust and oxidation; the issue should resolve.
  11. ketcham

    Welcoming into 2024 is the new Allnic HPA-10,000 OTL/OCL Headphone Amplifier, winning the coveted Audiokeys Reviews DIAMOND AWARD!

    This piece is very well designed and has quite a powerful HPA at 10W, the same power as the L-10,000 OTL/OCL. All five outputs are active, and the unit has no issue driving amplifiers and simultaneously more than one headphone. Allnic states that all five outputs could be driven...
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    Allnic 2024 Announcements - L-7000 preamp will be discontinued.

    NOTICE! The Allnic FLAGSHIP and, in my opinion, the best-performing piece of equipment KS has ever designed will be discontinued! The H-8000 DHT circuit is dead quiet when optimized and is stunning! Allnic has secured enough tubes to support current owners for the foreseeable future. This...
  13. ketcham

    Welcoming into 2024 is the new Allnic HPA-10,000 OTL/OCL Headphone Amplifier, winning the coveted Audiokeys Reviews DIAMOND AWARD!

    Announcing the new HPA-10,000 OTL/OCL Headphone Amplifier AND linestage preamp! Twice the power as the original OTL/OCL amplifier by Allnic, the HPA-5000xl and featuring the coveted 61-step Constant Impedance Attenuator. Its preservation of soundstage and dynamics across a large volume range...
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    Push-Pull or Single-Ended Triode? YOUR EARS, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR CHOICE!

    They once made a singular tube version of this model - a truely powerful SET! If I were to invest in this design, that is the amp I would purchase. One needs to consider the tube it uses risks becoming extinct.
  15. ketcham

    Push-Pull or Single-Ended Triode? YOUR EARS, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR CHOICE!

    I only know of two sets in N. America. One is often up for sale over the years and is currently for sale on Audiogon. The tube is very very delicate - I have heard of failures from shipping. Is Kron even willing to manufacture the tubes?
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    Push-Pull or Single-Ended Triode? YOUR EARS, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR CHOICE!

    T-1610 tubes are very delicate and expensive. I read a lot about this particular amplifier, but only a handful were made. The delicacy (and I anticipate scarcity) was and remains its Achilles. Does anyone other than KRON manufacture them? The question I asked myself is whether all that...
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    Allnic Audio's newest cable product line - Mu8Rs interconnects and ZL-8000s power cables

    Few manufacturers demonstrate this level of sophistication in design and adept implementation using quality materials. These cables are also beautiful, in my view, from a purely aesthetic perspective and are clearly robust and solid in construction. My listening impressions of the ZL-8000S...
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    Allnic Audio's newest cable product line - Mu8Rs interconnects and ZL-8000s power cables

    ALLNIC ZL-TECHNOLOGY NEW MU-8RS INTERCONNECT CABLES Allnic’s first Interconnect cables to use both solid copper and silver conductors are a MAJOR HIT! The new MU-8RS interconnects have had a terrific reception. Feedback from purchasers has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic, indicating that...
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    Allnic Audio's newest cable product line - Mu8Rs interconnects and ZL-8000s power cables

    Mu-8R PHONO CABLE Allnic has recently released a Mu-8R phono cable. The new phono cable’s debut follows customers’ and professional reviewers’ rave and award netting assessments of Allnic’s ZL-Technology audio cables, both the original Mu-7R and the new Mu-8R series of interconnects, phono...
  20. ketcham

    Introducing ALLNIC AUDIO’S Acclaimed Lineup of PHONO-STAGE PREAMPS and Accessories

    And for 2024! Finally released: the H-10,000 OTL/OCL Phonostage! In general, OTL/OCL means no barrier to high-frequency extension and no apparent limits to low-frequency reproduction. OTL/OCL also demonstrates no loss in mid-ranges—Korean, European, and N. American customers uniformly are...
  21. ketcham

    Introducing ALLNIC AUDIO’S Acclaimed Lineup of PHONO-STAGE PREAMPS and Accessories

    The unique, specialist’s H-8000 Direct-Heated Triode (DHT) LCR MM/MC phono-stage with 300B-based massive, separate power supply The analog specialist’s Allnic flagship H-8000 DHT design features: ? All transformer coupled with the exception of the first gain stage, the HL2K tube. In addition...
  22. ketcham

    Introducing ALLNIC AUDIO’S Acclaimed Lineup of PHONO-STAGE PREAMPS and Accessories

    THE CURRENT ALLNIC LINE-UP: The award-winning H-5500, single-box, CR, multi-input, MM/MC-Phono-stage Reviews and awards: https://www.audiophilia.com/reviews/2021/4/19/o2lovr350rdrcrezahhf8tcdfw3pa6 http://hifiknights.com/reviews/sources/allnic-audio-h-5500-phonostage/...
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    Introducing ALLNIC AUDIO’S Acclaimed Lineup of PHONO-STAGE PREAMPS and Accessories

    TRANSFORMING ANALOG AUDIO Allnic Audio’s Acclaimed Phono Preamps Allnic Audio has become justifiably well-known for all its products, but analog has been a specialty from the beginning. There are specific principles behind the design of the Allnic phono-stages, and they all add up to customer...
  24. ketcham

    Push-Pull or Single-Ended Triode? YOUR EARS, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR CHOICE!

    A-2500 Monoblocks: Single-Ended Triode (SET) with choice of 845 or 211 power tubes The A-2500 possess all the positive, well-loved, sound quality characteristics of the SET amplifier, a 3D and almost tactile soundstage, with a very spacious, airy, detailed, and outstandingly musical and...
  25. ketcham

    Push-Pull or Single-Ended Triode? YOUR EARS, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR CHOICE!

    Push-Pull or Single-Ended Triode? YOUR EARS, YOUR MUSIC, YOUR CHOICE! Our physical characteristics and our preferences, our tastes, determine many important aspects of our lives, affecting our choices in a wide variety of ways. For example, we all hear and listen differently, and we all have...
  26. ketcham

    Allnic Audio's New Parallel Push-Pull KT170 Stereo Power Amplifier

    Announcing Allnic’s newest stereo amplifier Another among recently and soon to be released world-class - and world’s first - audio products ALLNIC AUDIO’S NEW A-2000 MK3 Push-Pull KT170 stereo power amplifier Industry-leading sound quality combined with stately industrial design Like...
  27. ketcham

    M-3000 v3 monoblock parallel push-pull amplifier with a complete circuit redesign around the KT170 tube

    INTRODUCING ALLNIC’S NEW, POWERFUL, REFINED M-3000 MK3 KT170 MONOBLOCKS! Redesigned for the incredible KT170 beam-tetrode power tube, Allnic’s new M-3000 MK3 monoblocks take vacuum tube power and finesse to new heights of excellence. Like the MK2, the MK3 is also a parallel push-pull design...
  28. ketcham

    Allnic 2024 Announcements - L-7000 preamp will be discontinued.

    The Monoblock SET Amplifier model A-2500 with either 211 or 845 tube type - is discontinued. Contact your regional representative for the remaining stock. The A-5000 DHT will be the only single-ended triode monoblock amplifier offered.
  29. ketcham

    Allnic Receives TWO Products of the Year Award from HiFi+ 2023!!!

    We are proud to announce two awards at this year's end! For the original reviews published in 2023, see our Allnic Review Page for all professional print and video reviews for the current production line. This page is updated regularly. July, 2023 Review of D10,000 by HiFi+'s Alan Sircom...
  30. ketcham

    Waversa EXT Reference and Reference PLUS

    THE EXT REFERENCE Larger and heavier than the EXT-1, the EXT Reference series employs more advanced technology than the EXT-1, and the gains it provides are significantly greater. The Reference series has a model for each of LAN ethernet, USB, and three different Coax connections, RCA, BNC and...

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