Expert review and test of the Nagra Classic Preamplifier and Classic Amp  by Australian Hi-Fi Magazine. Free pdf download included.

If your tastes lean to the unusual and the exotic, and you’re in the market for a pre-power combo, you need to investigate Nagra’s ‘Classic’ Series… in particular its Classic Preamp and Classic Power amplifier. They’re a world away from looking mass-produced, because they’re not. They’re hand-built in Switzerland to exacting standards—which you might have guessed simply by looking at the photographs above of them—and they combine the magic of valve sound with the might of solid-state.… Read the full article

Expert review and test of the Nagra CDP CD Player by Australian Hi-Fi Magazine. Free pdf download included.

Nagra’s CDP player is like no other CD player you have seen before, because the front panel display is built into the CD drawer, the front of which does not close flush with the front panel, as with most drawer-style CD mechanisms, but sits proud of it. It’s also small… so small that the face of the remote control is almost larger than the front of the CDP.… Read the full article

Munich release: Nagra’s Classic PSU can be used with up to three Classic or legacy Nagra components.

At CES Nagra showed its HD PREAMP. At Munich it has a power supply upgrade for its Classic line-up, in the new Classic PSU.

During the HD PREAMP design phase, says Nagra, its team ran extensive tests in the field of power supplies. The result is the  new power supply that Nagra says enables the preamplifier to reach new heights in terms of specifications as well as audio performance.… Read the full article

Nagra’s long-awaited HD Preamp was on display at CES 2018, having previously been shown at RMAF 2017, and listed as an honouree in the CES Innovation Awards.

The HD Preamp is a two-chassis affair, with the power supply in a different chassis and the preamplifier circuitry featuring valves. The power supply uses Super Caps and is based on Nagra’s ‘virtual battery’ technology, which the company claims ‘provides superior results compared to a conventional battery without the inconvenience of dealing with charging time and battery life.’

The volume control on the HD Preamp uses a patent pending technology that Nagra says allows perfect level matching, yet has a more transparent sound than if the company had used a potentiometer or even switched resistor technology.… Read the full article