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Review 2 of 3
Price Paid:
$350.00
from Ebay Summary:
I have two of thee brutes powering Acoustats and could not be happier. Mine are not MOSFETS. They have enough clean power to fill my huge room and are as clean and quick as about anything short of Nelson Pass or John Curl designed Class A amps. In fact, the designer of this amp does have Class A products which easily surpass the others. On my electrostatics, these amps are about perfect. On my B&Ws, the Class A amps might have an imaging advantage. This is not an issue with six foot tall planar speakers. Instruments and voices on all Audire products are distinct from each other, unlike the Adcom, NAD, Carver or Bongiorno designed amps I've used which play loud and clean, but smear the various voices into one.
I have owned Audire products for 25 years. I see no reason to spend more money for anything else. Strengths:
Gargantuan bass, terribly sweet and detailed mids and highs, extreme reliability. Total separation of the various voices. Runs very cool, even in cabinet with four amps. Clipping indicators allow the sound to be adjusted to maximum without distortion, and save speaker cones. Customer service! Weaknesses:
Ugly. Balanced inputs are on sides, requiring a lot of space. Not all are like this. This amp was made for 20 plus years. Julius won't release schematics. Similar Products Used:
Adcom, Classe, Phase Linear, Ampzilla, NAD, Audio Research.
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