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Pathos Acoustics Twin Towers
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Top Ranked Products from Pathos Acoustics.
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Rating
Reviewed by:
tmasr
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
January 30, 2008Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
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Review 1 of 10
Price Paid:
$0.00 Summary:
This amplifier is very smooth and dynamic. The small details that I did not hear before are now there but in coherent and natural way. Imaging, soundstage, and depth of field are perfect. On all kind of music, jazz, classic, rock the detail of bass and highs are extraordinary, mids are to die for. This is world class amplifier one of the best, period. Strengths:
Beautiful superb build quality. The most natural sound I have heard from an amplifier. Weaknesses:
None Similar Products Used:
Several very expensive amplifiers.
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Rating
Reviewed by:
music
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
January 16, 2008Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5,
3.00 votes
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Review 2 of 10
Price Paid:
$0.00 Summary:
This is review of Pathos T.T. Anniversary. In my 30 years of audio hobby Pathos T.T. Anniversary is the best amplifier I have ever heard. I have tried at home several times more expensive amplifiers than T.T. but nothing comes close when it comes to detail, coherence, soundstage, transparency etc. T.T. was tried with several speakers with difficult load but amplifier drove all of them with aplomb. This is pure class A single-ended design with tubes as input and MOSFET as output. Pathos T.T. Anniversary creates dimensionality and openness with soloists and orchestral sections like nothing I have heard before and I have owned amplifiers several times more expensive than T.T. It extracts bass, midbass, midrange ant treble extension and clarity from the system and by doing this increases the scale of the soundstage as nothing I have heard before. Strengths:
Detail, coherence, soundstage, transparency Weaknesses:
Heavy, 40 kg Similar Products Used:
Classe, Plinius, Goldmund, McIntosh, Wavac, Carry, Krell
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Rating
Reviewed by:
egidius
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
January 26, 2007Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
4.20 of 5,
5.00 votes
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Review 3 of 10
Price Paid:
$4000.00
from retail Summary:
This is a very convincing device, if you use it within its recommended areas, these are speakers above 4 Ohm with not to bad efficiency. I have had superb results with Stella Opus speakers, nominally 89db and 6 Ohm..but also with (surprise) Mangers 109
Compared to a C-J Premier 17/11 combo, this does not fail, even though it has a little less punch, the colors are all there, and how!
And a Krell 300iL, I am sorry, as much as I like the usability of that amp, it does not compare at all, except in speed: The Pathos is not the fastest amplifier, but I only notice this now, after I have changed to a Berning ZH 270, which is probably without par.
Please do not underestimate this seriously wonderful amp, but pair it well! Strengths:
colors, space, and not last: an exceptional design - shame about those towers, because I liked the original name! Weaknesses:
speed? Not really if paired well, you can get superb results
the rating is due to its limited use, but who plans to do a misuse anyway? Similar Products Used:
see above
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Rating
Reviewed by:
egidius(Unregistered User)
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
January 26, 2007Overall Rating
4 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
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Review 4 of 10
Price Paid:
$4000.00
from retail Summary:
This is a very convincing device, if you use it within its recommended areas, these are speakers above 4 Ohm with not to bad efficiency. I have had superb results with Stella Opus speakers, nominally 89db and 6 Ohm..but also with (surprise) Mangers 109
Compared to a C-J Premier 17/11 combo, this does not fail, even though it has a little less punch, the colors are all there, and how!
And a Krell 300iL, I am sorry, as much as I like the usability of that amp, it does not compare at all, except in speed: The Pathos is not the fastest amplifier, but I only notice this now, after I have changed to a Berning ZH 270, which is probably without par.
Please do not underestimate this seriously wonderful amp, but pair it well! Strengths:
colors, space, and not last: an exceptional design - shame about those towers, because I liked the original name! Weaknesses:
speed? Not really if paired well, you can get superb results
the rating is due to its limited use, but who plans to do a misuse anyway? Similar Products Used:
see above
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Rating
Reviewed by:
flex2
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
October 26, 2006Overall Rating
 3 of 5
Value Rating
3 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
2.60 of 5,
10.00 votes
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Review 5 of 10
Price Paid:
$3000.00
from Distributor Summary:
Now I have had this amplifier för 3,5 years and must admit that I don't like it very much. It takes three hours of playing to get a sound that I can enjoy.
Yes, the sound changes very much during warm up, and you really need to play it to get the electrolytic caps that are in series with the output to start releasing some kind of good sound. Just letting the amplifier stand on without playing will not help very much. From start it really sound horrible. Cold etchy and with no soundstage at all. Soundstage is lacking. It's hard to hear the musical event comparing to my other amps. Decay of tones are short and clinical.
I have tried with tube rolling and ended up with Mullard M8137 which sounded slightly better than the original 12AX7 LPS that are standard.
12AX7 LPS actually was one of the better tube that I tried and in this amplifier it beats the famous Telefunken ECC803S.
But even after a day of listening and continuos playing this amplifier will not be very good. Good and acceptable, but I'm not satisfied when so much better sound can be had for the money. And the warmup time are a real pain.
So this amplifier have been serving as amplifier for my TV system for the last years. Strengths:
Clean sounding and great bass impact. Almost at level as my Audio Research VT-150SE. Weaknesses:
Lack of resolution, air and timbre. Short decay of tones.
Doesn't get my into the musical event. Similar Products Used:
Spark 850, Spark 9025D, ARC VS55i, ARC LS1, LS2B, LS22, Ref One, Ref 2 mk2, LS12, CL30, CL60, VT-130SE, VT-150SE, Krell KSA250, FPB600, PS Audio HCA-2, Mark Levinson 27, McCormack DNA-1 DL, Accuphase E-405 etc, etc, etc.
Don't remember all amplifiers that have passed here.
Currently using ARC LS12, Ref One and VT-150SE (Oceans of better sound than Pathos TT)
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