Gold Note IS-1000 Deluxe Network streamer/amplifier

The law of unintended consequence is not always a harsh mistress. Take the Gold Note IS-1000 Deluxe integrated amplifier for example. Meant to be collected after the last review, a series of ‘locational complications’ (the polite term for ‘the courier kept delivering it back to the collection point’ style cock-ups) meant we retained the product long after the original review appeared in print; long enough to benefit from the latest round of software and firmware updates. The Gold Note IS‑1000 Deluxe was a good integrated amplifier when we first met it in Issue 175 and it’s a good integrated amplifier …