Reviews from renowned specialist magazines on Rike Audio products
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In the RIKE AUDIO SHOWROOM we present our amplifier models .
sixmoons
ROMY 20SE
» Despite the Masonic seal on the transformer cage, Romy 20SE knows no secret handshakes. More complex speakers of 88dB sensitivity still fall right within its purview of gain and control. It's easy to agree that the good book on this class of amplifiers has just gained an interesting new chapter. And there we thought its final pages had long since been written. Rike Audio beg to differ... «
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ROMY 20SE
» ..that I don't know of any tube amplifier in this price range and well beyond, which combines dynamics, control as well as accuracy so excellently and is able to conjure them out of the hat so full-bodied with a lot of fine spirit and triode charm, so to speak. This thoroughbred amplifier is truly a treasure! No, I don't want to belittle the Romy. It doesn't deserve that. Some dealers will realise this at the latest when the faces of the buyers contort into Gollum-like grimaces, greedily leering out: "Romy, my Schaaaaatz ...!" «
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LowBeats
NATALIJA-MM/MC 2
» Natalija MM/MC 2 by Rike Audio is a top-quality, top-featured and top-sounding tube phono preamplifier of genuine world-class format. In its price class, it occupies something of a unique position, and musically it enters spheres that have so far been which until now have been the exclusive domain of the highest price segment. The fact that it has proven itself to be absolutely stable, reliable and reliable and unpretentious, is the icing on the cake of a shining star in the analogue sky. «
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Hifi & Musik Journal
NATALIJA-MM/MC 2
» There is no question that Rike Audio is one of the world's leading addresses for exquisite audio capacitors. It is also no secret that Georg Arsin and his team also know how to build amplifiers. But the fact that one of the finest phono preamplifiers has seen the light of day in the Franconian town of Fürth is a veritable sensation. Not only because Natalija, as she is called, sounds phenomenally good, but also because she is by far the cheapest among the best. «
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NATALIJA-PRE 2
» A tube phono preamplifier that plays far above its price range - damn far, in fact! The best components from our own manufacture, the best workmanship. Rarely, very rarely, have I held an audio component in my hands that was so dramatically above its asking price. A very deep bow to Georg Arsin and his team, who have a real hammer in their programme. «
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Mint Magazin
NATALIJA-PHONO 2
» The dynamic door that Natalija opens to music is huge. Much bigger, actually, than LPs should ever need. And yet it is impossible not to hear how the analogue vibrations leave Natalija proud, upright and strong. The music lover intuitively wants to return to this lively, full, dewy sound again and again. The device is outstanding - but actually also made for advanced hi-fi listeners who already have the appropriate equipment at home. «
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