Very proud to announce that the LTA Z10e headphone / integrated amp found its way onto Stereophile Magazine's Fall 2020 Recommended Components list with an "A" rating.
The best part is how many of our favorite headphones from ZMF Headphones, Audeze, Focal, and HIFIMAN Electronics are keeping us company on that list.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/recommended-components-fall-2020-edition
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Recommended Components: Fall 2020 Edition
There are some seriously juicy shots of the LTA Z10 Integrated and accompanying gear from LampizatOr / LampizatOr North America, Innuos, ANTICABLES, and Spatial Audio in this review from New Record Day.
As a reminder, you can have this ENTIRE system for your home at a hefty discount. One-stop shopping: https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/spatial-m3-lampizator-amber3-lta-z10-integrated-caf-system
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System: Z10 Integrated Amplifier + Spatial Audio M3 Sapphire Speakers + LampizatOr Amber 3 DAC + FREE Anticables Speaker Wires — Linear Tube Audio
The LCD-XC and LCD-4 from Audeze are wonderful complements to the LTA MZ2 from every angle. 😍🤘😎
With cameos from ANTICABLES and Ryan Speakers LLC in the background.
https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/mz2mz2-s
Music is medicine.
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'Medicating With Music': How One Tiny Desk Contest Entrant Heals Through Song
Mitch Anderson from Black Circle Radio has some advice for you on this #newmusicfriday.
“Be open to buying music you’ve never heard, never seen, and don’t know the names or songs of anything on the record.”
Take this advice with you to your local record store this weekend and buy some new music.
Support musicians, support music, support your local record store, support small business.
Check out the whole video with other tips and advice on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j4cbN8KGa_w
Intimidated by record stores? You shouldn't be.
Watch our latest interview with Black Circle Radio to learn how to get the most out of your visit to a record store and find great, new music.
Come for the tips, stay for the Arlo Guthrie and "this is your brain on drugs" references...
https://youtu.be/j4cbN8KGa_w
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How to find good NEW MUSIC at a RECORD STORE - plus other TIPS from all-vinyl DJ Mitch Anderson
This is an interesting concept. I like anything that supports musicians and brings live music - with high quality sound - to more people.
Thoughts?
https://oda.co/
ODA.CO
Oda - Live Performances in Your Home
A new LTA Ultralinear Integrated amplifier takes center stage in this happy customer’s recently upgraded system. I love seeing the company we keep…
Tannoy DC10A speakers
Rega RP8 TT w/ Apheta 3 cartridge & Aria 3 phono preamp
Schiit Audio Yggdrasil DAC
Audiolab 6000N streamer
Furman Elite 15 PFi power conditioner
Ancient Gaming Consoles
More info on the UL Integrated here: https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/zotl-ultralinear-integrated-amplifier
A year and a day ago The Audio Beatnik published this review of the LTA Z10 Integrated Amplifier.
"The Z10 has a very realistic musical presentation. It plays music with wonderful harmonics and richness but with musically quick transience and exceptional bass control."
https://theaudiobeatnik.com/reviewing-the-lta-z10-integrated-amplifier/
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Reviewing the LTA Z10 Integrated Amplifier
ATTENTION VINYL LOVERS
For a limited time, we are giving away a FREE internal PHONO PREAMP when you purchase one of our integrated amps! Depending on the amp, this is up to a $1250 value.
Details:
Z10 Integrated: Free MM phono preamp
Ultralinear Integrated or Z40 Integrated: Free Level 1 MM/MC phono preamp OR get the Level 2 phono preamp for the price of the Level 1 version
https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/integrated-amplifiers
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Tube Integrated Amplifiers — Linear Tube Audio
It’s probably wise to stay off Facebook for the next couple days, but if you’re here you might as well read something interesting (i.e. anything other than election news).
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/why-music-gives-you-chills/
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Brain study pinpoints why music can literally give you the chills
Surprise review from a happy MZ3 customer in Positive Feedback...
"The MZ3 is very quick and very transparent. The leading edges of transients are precise and finely defined. Start and stop is definitive, as in "on a dime." There is simply no hangover. Micro-dynamics (that which makes reproduced music sound live and real to me) are as finely wrought as in any gear I've listened with."
https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/linear-tube-audios-microzotl-mz3-headphone-amplifier/
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Linear Tube Audio microZOTL MZ3 Headphone Amplifier - Positive Feedback
If you’re in the DC area, we are open for appointment only visits night (during the week) and day (on the weekends). 😷
Call, email, DM us to set something up.
If you're not in DC, check out one of our other demo locations across the globe: https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/lta-amplifiier-demo-locations
Attention MicroZOTL Preamplifier owners, we have something for you...
https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/microzotl-preamplifier-level-2-upgrade
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microZOTL Preamplifier Upgrade Program — Linear Tube Audio
Part-Time Audiophile recently posted a review of the M3 Sapphire open baffle speaker, made by our good friends at Spatial Audio.
Even though this particular reviewer wasn't fortunate enough to have an LTA amp on hand to pair with the M3 Sapphires, we've heard these speakers sound pretty good with our amps...
https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2020/10/25/spatial-audio-lab-m3-sapphire-loudspeaker-review/
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Spatial Audio Lab M3 Sapphire Loudspeaker | REVIEW | Part-Time Audiophile
Customer Quote of the Month (maybe year), regarding the LTA microZOTL Preamplifier:
"Every color in the most complex chords is distinct and vibrant – no mushiness!" ~Mike Winter, Classical Music Critic
https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/microzotl-preamplifier
LINEARTUBEAUDIO.COM
microZOTL Preamplifier - Vacuum Tube Preamp — Linear Tube Audio
Just in case anyone is in the market...
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa66h1-david-berning-845-zotl-hi-fi-one-edition-tube
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David Berning 845 ZOTL Hi Fi One Edition | Tube | Carlsbad, California 92009
Say you have a song idea and you want to work with a music legend on it… How do you make that happen?
Hear how Jai Calloway and Ion Sound got THE Lee Scratch Perry to collaborate with them on their new track, Evolution, in our latest video.
https://youtu.be/nVTLZ_5ng4Y
YOUTUBE.COM
What's it like to make a song with Grammy Award winner Lee Scratch Perry?
I think we can all agree that it’s time to say goodbye to 2020. What better way to do so than with a good buy on an LTA amp? (See what I did there?)
Use the code GOODBUY2020 and get a 10% discount on any LTA amp at the link below.
https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/goodbye-2020-sale
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Goodbye 2020 Sale — Linear Tube Audio
Happy to see our ZOTL40 Reference power amplifier in Part-Time Audiophile's 2021 Buyer's Guide...
https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2020/12/05/the-best-amplifiers-buyers-guide-2021/
PARTTIMEAUDIOPHILE.COM
The Best Amplifiers | Buyers Guide 2021 | Part-Time Audiophile
Beautiful new review of the Z40 Integrated amp in SoundStage!
"If the true mark of great hi-fi gear is how quickly and effectively it transports you from, say, a small inner-city home and into a wood-beamed church on the south bank of the Thames, well, the Z40 is something very special."
https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/998-linear-tube-audio-z40-integrated-amplifier
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Linear Tube Audio Z40 Integrated Amplifier
Lots of good products on this eCoustics guide from our friends at Zu Audio, Omega Speaker Systems, BorderPatrol Audio Electronics, and others. The LTA MZ3 is in good company...
https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/audiophile-system-builder-2/
ECOUSTICS.COM
Linear Tube Audio, Decware, Omega Speaker Systems, Zu Audio: The Audiophile System Builder V2
High-end audio does indeed have a future and we are excited to be a part of it. Delighted to see Fern & Roby featured in this video...
YOUTUBE.COM
Future gazing with a couple next generation high-end/audiophile companies
2020 24 hours to go...
This made my day. We have the best customers!
Simple is good.
Customer system consisting of:
- Linear Tube Audio Ultralinear Integrated amplifier + Level 2 MM/MC phono stage (internal)
- Dynaudio Contour 20 speakers
- Clearaudiohifi Performance DC turntable with Hana ML cartridge
Thanks for sending the photo, Jason! 🙏
More info on the Ultralinear Integrated amplifier here: https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/zotl-ultralinear-integrated-amplifier
"This is another of those rare pieces of gear that can make listening to recorded music a truly emotional experience. This is what it is all about for me." ~ The Audio Beatnik
🙏🤘
The Audio Beatnik
January 13 at 11:02 PM ·
The Linear Tube Audio Ultralinear Integrated may be one of the best bargains in audio that I know of. It was a pleasure to finally get to review this amp. Find out more here https://bit.ly/3bznhW5
Linear Tube Audio, NORTH AMERICAN AUDIOPHILES
How about this stack of microZOTL amps?!
A loyal customer in Singapore just upgraded to an MZ3 after years of happy MZ2 ownership, and he sent us these wonderful photos of all three generations together. So cool. Thanks, Bertrand! 🙏😎
More photos to come...
Looking to put together a mind-blowing system? Here are some ideas from eCoustics to get you thinking... 🤯
https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/open-baffle-and-full-range-loudspeakers/
Spatial Audio Omega Speaker Systems
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The Remote Zombie: Open Baffle and Full Range Driver Loudspeakers that Might F@*# with Your Mind
It's snowing for the second day in a row here at LTA HQ. Perfect chance to dive into this epic review of the Z40 Integrated amplifier. (With bonus coverage of the Ultralinear Integrated...)
"The most striking feature of the Z40 is its overall balanced and musically persuasive presentation... This balanced and invariably persuasive presentation offers one extraordinary and rare virtue. The LTA is convincing on all forms of music. It is among the most honest amplifiers I have experienced."
Read more at: http://enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0221/Linear_Tube_Audio_Z40_Integrated_Amplifier_Review_ZOTL_Ultralinear.htm
ENJOYTHEMUSIC.COM
Linear Tube Audio Z40 Integrated Amplifier Review Plus notes on LTA's ZOTL Ultralinear Integrated Being true to the music. Review Dr. Jules Coleman
Talking records. Talking jazz. Talking records and jazz. Also Bowie, Prince, Tom Petty, and obscure British pop. And records.
With Chris and Grover from Audeze
https://youtu.be/loZCBO_8AF8
YOUTUBE.COM
LTA x Audeze - Jazz is Still Cool
ICYMI: Herb Reichert revisited LTA's Z10e for his Gramophone Dreams column in Stereophile Magazine after we got him a unit with the more powerful dynamic headphone output that’s in production units.
His conclusion:
“Both times Linear Tube Audio's Z10e power amplifier/headphone amp/preamp was in my system, it felt as though, if I weren't a reviewer, this could be the only audio amplification I would ever need. That I could retire happily with it, and maybe only a dozen electrodynamic, electrostatic, and planar-magnetic headphones, and of course, the Klipsch RP-600M, Falcon Loudspeakers LS3/5a, Zu Audio, and DeVore Fidelity loudspeakers—all of which it drives with notable ease. Headphone devotees can rejoice! Linear Tube Audio's Z10e is now a full-service pleasure provider.”
There are not many among us who could get by with “only a dozen” pairs of headphones and four sets of speakers… 😂
Read the full update here: https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-45-ta-solitaire-p-headphones-ha-200-dac-headphone-amplifier-linear-tube
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Gramophone Dreams #45: T+A Solitaire P headphones & HA 200 DAC-headphone amplifier Linear Tube Audio Z10e
We are on record as big fans of simple hifi systems. When you live in NYC, like our customer Ben, simplicity is not just a virtue but also a necessity.
A simple system requires thoughtful curation, and we love the choices Ben has made…
Linear Tube Audio Z10 Integrated Amplifier w/ internal phono stage
VPI Industries Scout w/ Benz Micro Silver cartridge
Schiit Audio Gungnir Multibit DAC
Omega Speaker Systems Super High Output Alnico XRS
All made in America, too!
Also, why am I hungry all of a sudden...? 🤤
Excellent new album of original jazz tunes by Dr. Jared Sims, who you may remember appeared on our YouTube interview series and is also the Director of Jazz Studies at WVU Jazz.
"I have intended for this album to be a bit of a celebration - a wonderful collaboration with talented musicians and a set of compositions that are meant to reflect the positivity that I want to see in the world today. The Analogy of the Sun is the sixth book of Plato's Republic, which in short was his attempt at defining goodness in the world. Defining goodness in the world is the underlying theme of my work here as music serves to express that which cannot be easily expressed by words. Right now we live in a society that is divided by unanswered questions and this ancient philosophy could be the key to understanding and resolving our current conflicts."
Have a great weekend, friends and music lovers.
https://mcgjazz.bandcamp.com/album/analogy-of-the-sun
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Analogy of the Sun, by Jared Sims
Check out this great interview Steve Guttenberg did with our friend Christopher from Fern & Roby.
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Meet Christopher, he makes speakers, turntables, and furniture
Steve Guttenberg's Youtube review of the Z10 Integrated...
"I was listening to some Yo La Tengo, and there’s so much texture and density to the sound of that recording, and the Z10 just revels in opening that up and letting you go deep into it. You can just wander around inside a recording with this amplifier."
YOUTUBE.COM
Finding joy with a 10 watt tube amp on Klipsch and KEF speakers #tubeamps
I've been meaning to recommend The Hifi Podcast for a while. Since they feature a question from an LTA customer and give LTA and the MicroZOTL Preamp a shoutout, I figured now was a good time.
The hosts are two young guys who really know their stuff, and they go DEEP into all sorts of hifi topics from system tweaks to the business of hifi to speaker design... Check it out. Highly recommended.
Enjoy!
PODCASTS.APPLE.COM
The Hifi Podcast with Darren and Duncan: Speakers Speakers Speakers Speakers With Chris Brunhaver on Apple Podcasts
Why not spend an hour with Chris and Grover from Audeze and Nicholas from LTA? Don't answer that, it's a rhetorical question.
This is part two of our discussion on music, vinyl, and not gear.
Enjoy!
YOUTUBE.COM
LTA x Audeze - All (Jazz) Hands on (Record) Deck
Terry London's review of the MHDT Lab Orchid DAC put it on the map. Terry's back to review its sibling, the Balanced Pagoda DAC.
Spoiler alert: "Based on...the Balanced Pagoda's performance and the cost-to-performance ratio, you can see why I bought the review piece and selected this DAC for inclusion on the Stereo Times MOST WANTED COMPONENTS 2020 LIST."
https://v2.stereotimes.com/post/mhdt-labs-balanced-pagoda-dac-by-terry-london/
If you've been wanting to upgrade to a balanced DAC, this may be what you've been waiting for. The Pagoda, and any other MHDT Lab DAC, is available via the LTA website.
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Mhdt Labs Balanced Pagoda DAC by Terry London
Audiophiles... Stop what you're doing and watch this fascinating and inspirational short film about Bob Lichtenberg, a deaf audiophile, and the fate of Art Dudley's Altec Lansing Flamenco speakers.
Thank you to Stereophile Magazine and DeVore Fidelity for this thing of beauty.
https://youtu.be/sNrcb-9Gi8c
YOUTUBE.COM
Listening
#NowPlaying this playlist of new, and not so new (but maybe new to you), tunes to bring you into the weekend.
Enjoy!
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Listening Lately - March 2021 by Linear Tube Audio is on Qobuz.com
