Price: $3999
Website: www.anthemav.com
Diego said: What Anthem has created is extraordinary for the price -- a full-featured, transparent-sounding preamplifier-DAC with all the analog and digital inputs and outputs most users could ever need (save for HDMI and a headphone jack), and exceptional input-assignment flexibility.
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The gist: Anthem Room Correction is the cherry on top.
Price: $17,500
Website: www.gryphon-audio.dk
Howard said: It’s one of the most engaging, harmonically flush, and musical components I’ve reviewed.
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The gist: Amazing style to go along with the distinctively Gryphon sound.
Price: $14,000
Website: www.mcintoshlabs.com
Aron said: Designed to be the center of any high-quality audio rig, the C1100 offers myriad analog and control connections, MC and MM phono stages, exemplary build quality, luxurious yet intuitive ergonomics, and a rich, inviting sound.
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The gist: Full-featured and great-sounding preamp from the classic American company.