Audio Space T-88A vacuum tube CD player http://www.charismaaudio.com/?page_id=1027 http://www.audio-space.com/product/cd-player-dac/t-88a/ $1,840 Review by Tim Smith As an admirer and owner of DACs with vacuum tube output stages I jumped at the opportunity to review the Audio Space T-88-A CD player, itself driven by three 6N11 (6922) tubes. Audio Space is probably Asia’s most reputable audio company. It might be the best known and most trusted East Asian brand in North America, with a quarter-century track record. Headquartered in Hong Kong and owned by Peter Lau, Audio Space makes most of its gear on the mainland. Prices are a bit higher than most Chi-Fi but quality control is much higher and Audio Space’s designs are original, not knock-offs of Euro-designs. With several prize-winning products in its large stable of goods, Audio Space can compete with anything made in Europe, Japan or North America. The icing on the cake? There is a well established distributor in Canada, Charisma Audio of Markham, Ontario. Few Chinese-made products can claim that. Given the choice between buying from the Greater Toronto Area or straight outta Kowloon, most of us would opt for Toronto. The minute I opened the box, I could sense that everything about this product oozed [...]
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