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Price Paid:
$200.00
from Item Audio Summary:
Completely uncharacteristic (in a good way!) Tripath amp. Without the dedicated power supply and preamp, it's a sweet enough desktop system, or fine with sensitive speakers at modest volumes, but with the PSU it gains a whole new lease of life: the bottom end fills out and everything is upscaled double. It doesn't have the typical sparkly high end, but it has a much more valve-like smoothness which makes it sound much more expensive! I also have the preamp which is an amazing bargain and lift the T20U to a different level. Everything is just beautifully made by people who really seem to care about what they're doing. I got mine from Item Audio in the UK, who also do modifications like AudioMagus in the US. I did have in mind to replace the OpAmp with a Burson version . . . maybe one day! Strengths:
Price
Looks
Build Quality
Deceptively musical sound
Great upgrade path Weaknesses:
Er . . .
OK, perhaps a bit wimpish without the PSU. Similar Products Used:
Lots of Tripath, Class A and Valve gear . . .
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