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Review 3 of 4
Price Paid:
$8500.00
from UK Summary:
My Sunlight Cinema Grand was struggling to give me the control over the ProAc Response 2.5's that I had bought. I auditioned several high-end amps: Chord (too clinical, but great control of the lower frequencies), Classe (sweet sound, but not enough control of the bottom end), TAG (as bad as I remember Audiolab being!), and Meridian. Just as I was about to give up and keep my Sunfire, I came across the BAT. Very expensive (most US stuff is in the UK), massively heavy, but beautifully built. Oh, but that sound! It combined everything that I had liked about the Classe and Chord amps, but took it all to a new level. Unbelievably detailed sound, that somehow makes the music come alive..you can actually sense the emotion in well recorded CDs. Soundstaging that almost makes stereo tracks sound like surround sound. Until I heard this amp (and I have also owned Krell and Boulder amps in the past)I did not believe that such an involving experience listening to a CD was possible, but the BAT reveals things in music I have not heard before. Equally on DVD: the Eagles DTS version of Hell Freezes Over is one that I have played to death over the years, and yet playing it through the BAT was a completely different experience, huge soundstage, and incredible detail, but also a quality to Henley's vocals that I had not picked up before - an amazing experience. I am using a Meridian 598, with a Lexicon MC8 PreAmp, Chord Cables throughout (Signature interconnects and Odyssey speakers). I urge anyone in the market for a stereo or multi-channel amp to give this baby a listen..it is truly an awesome piece of kit. Strengths:
Soundstage, bass, unbelievable midrange, retrieval of detail. Build quality. Weaknesses:
Weight, size. Similar Products Used:
Krell, Boulder, Chord, Classe, Meridian.
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