Nick Doshi is cautiously reserved when he talks about his amplifiers, preferring to let the products speak for themselves. At every show I’ve heard them at, from Chicago to DC to Munich, they have done exactly that: Every system I’ve heard featuring a Doshi amp has delivered great sound. When I pressed him as to why, he just smiled. So it was with a little trepidation that I asked to review the hybrid Doshi Audio Evolution Stereo Amplifier ($24,995), a pushpull,
hybrid solid state/tube amplifier that operates its first 50Wpc in class-A into 5 ohms, up to 65Wpc in class-AB.
“The Doshi Stereo Amplifier is actually two very different and highly desirable amplifiers in a single, extraordinary product,” the Doshi website states. “While servicing a classic Marantz amplifier, Nick realized that the EL34 tube could be made to exhibit exactly the same electrical characteristics as a 300B.”