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Gryphon Audio Antileon Signature Stereo
Gryphon Audio Antileon Signature Stereo
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Reviewed by:

mauvillavicencio

(Audio Enthusiast)

Review Date
October 26, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

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Review 1 of 2

Price Paid:  $22000.00 from private seller

Summary:
En mi concepto uno de los mejores amplificadores crados en la historia del high end. Desempeña a la perfección cualquier clase denbocinas, la extraordinaria calidad de los materiales con que está elaborado demuestra que es una verdadera obra de arte.

Strengths:
Calidez del sonido, perfecta estabilidad en la entrega de poder, desempeña a la perfección cualesquier clase de bocinas, diseño minimalista y perfección en los detalles de sus acabados, calidad insuperable en los cableados internos. Inisisto, una obra de arte.

Weaknesses:
Demasiado pesado, como es normal en estos equipos emite una cantidad inmesa de calor derivada de los altos consumos de energía que requiere para trabajar.

Similar Products Used:
Krell monoblock, Mark Levinson


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Reviewed by:

SCHWINNINDIA

(AudioPhile)

Review Date
November 3, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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3.80 of 5, 5.00 votes

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Review 2 of 2

Price Paid:  $22000.00 from Mumbai - Bombay - IN

Summary:
One of the Best Power Amplifiers ever made in the history of High End Audio - Gryphon Audio Designs - Antilion Singature
This is the best way I could begin to describe the Gryphon Power Amplifier.

It is powerful & yet gentle.
Can drive 'any speaker' under the sun. Any impedence - Any sensitivity
Plays perfectly with its own pre amplifier - Sonata Allegro.

Music used for evaluation :-

- M.A. Recordings - Begona Olavide / Mudejar MA042A
· Water Lily Acoustics - Tabula Rasa WLA-CS-44-CD
· ECM Records – Making Music / Zakir Hussain ECM – 1349
· Moment Records – Ustad Sultan Khan MRCD – 1006
· Reference Recordings – TUTTI ! RR-906CD
· Telarc – A tribute to Oscar Peterson CD – 83401
· Chesky Records – The Raven / Rebecca Pidgeon JD 115
· Mercury – Essential / Yello 512 390 – 2
- Mary Black - Looking Back - Graprewine
- Sheffield Labs - Drum Test Disc - FIM Records
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Strengths:
Power - quality & quantity
Unaffected by speaker load - any impedence is OK for it.
Build Quality - will last for 2 generations
Is right up there with the Pass Labs + Accuphase + Spectral + Karan and the likes.
The only amplifier that will better the Gryphon will be [IMHO] Goldmund.

Weaknesses:
Needs a lot of Power [Wall Socket should be in a position to deliver]
Set up is difficult - weight & heat sinks
Disapates a lot of heat [it is like a heater in a room]
I need 3 tons of airconditioning in a small 200 sq. ft. room to keep the temperature ambiant.
Needs 2 Power Cords - expensive & occupies a lot of space
Cost - the amplifier is too expensive @ 25 K US $'s

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SIMAUDIO P-5 PRE AMPLIFIER [Serial Number A-081291-PRE]
ELECTROCOMPANIET EMC-1 24/192 CD PLAYER [Serial Number 01334]
AUDIOMECA MEPHISTO II CD TRANSPORT [Serial Number 2001045]
AUDIOMECA ENKIANTUS 24/192 DAC [Serial Number 2001073]
METRONOME T1A MK II TRANSPORT + UP SAMPLER
METRONOME C1A MK III TUBE 24/192 DAC
WADIA 861-B CD PLAYER [Serial # 086 130 0343]
BRYSTON BP-25 PRE AMPLIFIER [Serial Number 251744]
BRYSTON 7B ST POWER AMPLIFIER [Serial Number 773775 & 773793]
PASS LABS X-1 PRE AMPLIFIER [Serial Number 010388]
DYNAUDIO CONFIDENCE 5 SPEAKERS [Serial Number 729879 & 729990]
XAVIAN - XN360 SPEAKERS [SERIAL # 31 & 32] - CZECH REPUBLIC
TANNOY - STUDIO MONITOR - ELLIPSE 8 - 230V - GREY - [SERIAL NUMBER 418321 & 418327]
PENAUDIO - CHARISMA MONITOR [Serial Number 0352 & 0328]
PENAUDIO - CHARA SUBWOOFER [Serial Number - 0341 & 0345]
VdH THE SECOND BALANCED INTERCONNECTS 1M
VdH THE FIRST ULTIMATE UNBALANCED INTERCONNECTS 1M
VdH THE REVELATION SPEAKER CABLE 3M
VdH THE MAINSTREAM HYBRID POWER CABLE 2M
XLO ELECTRIC TYPE 4.1B AES/EBU DIGITAL INTERCONNECT CABLE 1M
THE GRYPHON ADAGIO CD PLAYER [Serial # 0401111]
THE GRYPHON SONATA ALLEGRO PRE AMPLIFIER [Serial # 8890099]
THE GRYPHON ANTILION STEREO SIGNATURE POWER AMPLIFIER [Serial # 118]
CAMELOT TECHNOLOGY MERLIN PRO CD TRANSPORT [Serial # 301209]
CAMELOT TECHNOLOGY DRAGON 5.1 PLUS JITTER REDUCER [Serial # 103584]
CAMELOT TECHNOLOGY UTHER D/A CONVERTOR v2 Mk5 [Serial # 501202]
THE GRYPHON GUIDELINE REFERENCE BALANCED INTERCONNECT 1M
THE GRYPHON PSC REFERENCE SPEAKER CABLE 2M
THE ARGENTO VDM MASTER REFERENCE XLR BALANCED INTERCONNECT 1M & 1.5M
THE ARGENTO VDM REFERENCE SPEAKER CABLE 3M
WIREWORLD SUPER ECLIPSE 5 XLR BALANCED & RCA UNBALANCED INTERCONNECT - 1M
JORMA DESIGN JPC 2.5 POWER CABLE - SWEDEN - 2M - ALL ELECTRONICS
DC-CABLE TAIWAN POWER CABLES - CUSTOM TERMINATION [Front End Electronics - Digital]




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