melto2 wins “Platinum Note” award by Hi-Fi Voice
"...The practical breadth of connectivity and various settings will satisfy even the demanding owner of really great turntables and portables, but absolutely everyone will appreciate the reproduction of vinyl records with an amazingly quiet background and carefully controlled, natural-sounding ...
melto2 reviewed by Watt Audio
"The sound quality of the LAB12 melto2 satisfied me in every way in an exceptional way. It provides a neutral and brilliantly clean performance with excellent detail and accurate delivery of the bass band. With its extremely dark sound ...
dac1 reference reviewed by Rognlien
"The basic features of the reproduction from the LAB12 DAC1 Reference are airy, lively, dynamic, with the well-known naturalness in the midrange, which characterizes NOS DACs of the good, old variety..." "It provides a clearly ear-friendly and clear reproduction ...
dac1 reference reviewed by Parttime Audiophile
"The Lab12 DAC1 is a non-oversampling tube DAC. That last part is presumably important, because all my audio buddies keep telling me that I need a tube DAC and then I’ll submit to the joys of streaming forever". "I ...
melto1 reviewed by LowBeats
"...Great in elegance, inflexible in resolution. This is clearly a reference class phono stage...[...] In terms of sound, you are in seventh heaven. The owner can indulge in the intoxication and swim in a sea of fine information…"- Andreas Gunther ...
melto1 wins ‘BEST BUY’ award by Mono & Stereo | BEST OF 2022
"...Melto1 was undoubtedly designed by music lovers for vinyl lovers and it offers the listener the possibility to enjoy the music very easily. It offers a high level of reproduction and sound with all the necessary settings at an ...
melto1 reviewed by fairaudio
"...The Lab12 Melto1 offers exactly what many vinyl fans are looking for: it convinces with rich and differentiated harmonic textures and timbres, with suppleness and a skilful rhythmic flow that connects you directly with the music...." - Ralph Werner ...
dac1 reference reviewed by Stereo i Kolorowo – Underground
"...the Greek LAB12 DAC1 Reference is, in my opinion, a true reference digital-to-analog converter. He plays very passionately and vividly, expresses the colors beautifully and is perfectly selective. It is a thoroughly analog sound, warm, smooth and friendly. Plastic ...
dac1 reference reviewed by HiFi-IFAs
"....The LAB12 DAC1 reference knows how to present music from a single source. Its great strength is the homogeneity of what it sorts and places vividly on the loudspeaker stage. He reveals all the details and subtleties that are in the ...
pre1 and dac1 reference reviewed by Alpha-Audio
"Lab12 is an ‘up and coming’ company from Greece that has been quietly working on its portfolio since 2012 and in the meantime has been winning one award after another..." "The Lab12 pre1 is a class A tube pre-stage, ...
dac1 reference wins ‘Outstanding Product’ award by HiFi Pig
"..I genuinely cannot recommend this DAC highly enough and sincerely considered creating a new “Editors Choice” award for it – it is that good a sounding bit of kit!.." - Stuart Smith read the review ...
melto2 wins Editor’s Choice award by Part-Time Audiophile
"...—twenty years ago we were describing high-end audio components as being either musical or revealing, colored or analytical, warm or cool, neutral or not. With the finest gear, you don’t have to pick one over the other. You can ...
dac1 reference reviewed by hifi.nl
"..The Dac1 Reference presents the music as an organic whole. The entire frequency spectrum is displayed flawlessly, with the exceptionally good reproduction of the midrange and the realistic reproduction of human voices stand out. The sound is neutral with a ...
dac1 SE reviewed by HomeTheaterReview
"..Simply put, the Lab 12 DAC1 SE crushes the price-versus-performance ratio in a totally absurd fashion. It delivers beautiful timbres/tonality, powerful macro-dynamics, an overall analog liquidity, holographic imaging, and tremendous soundstage depth and dimensionality at a price that is ...
melto2 wins ‘BEST BUY’ award by Mono & Stereo
"..This is a product that instantly restores the faith in our beloved industry and into the people/brands that are doing the things in the right way. Melto2 is a 21st-century tube phono preamplifier that is no shy of features; ...
dac1 reference reviewed by HIFISTATEMENT NETMAGAZINE
"..With the Dac 1 Reference, Lab 12 has created an ingeniously coordinated D / A converter for a more than fair price. With it, music can be experienced soulfully, colorfully and authentically. If you are looking for a high quality D ...
melto2 – New reference phono for LowBeats
"..After two days of listening, I was actually in a frenzy. High-end can be so seductive and convincing. I reach for the superlative: This is the best phono preamp that has made a guest appearance in the LowBeats listenning ...
melto2 reviewed by AVMENTOR.net
"..It is clear to me that, in the case of melto2, we are dealing with a well-balanced design, one which ideally blends the advantages of high quality, tube-based, circuit, with good connectivity and great attention to the details. These, ...
melto2 wins Hifi Pig’s ”Outstanding Product” award
"...Sonically this is the easiest to get on with phonostage I’ve heard in our system. It is quiet to the point of silent in operation, allowing me to really get into a recording’s detail, but at the same time ...