Extremely well defined bassreproduction. Lets good recordings shine through. Wide and deep soundstage. Stylish, well built. Can handle any speaker combo, easily.

Occasionally harsh before warm up. Very unforgiving when it comes to poor recordings. A bit in your face and less enjoying treble.

Having used this amplifier for more than a year my conclusion is that it is a very capable performer, but not without its quirks. It is a pleasure to use, esthetically pleasing and a wonderful solid feel to it. The remote is... ...lacking but it works. For sheer performance it is a brute; it can drive whatever speakers to very high listening levels without losing its grip. This amp is all about control, I have seldom heard such tight responsove bass reproduction. On my hard to drive spekers (86db/5Ohm) they just press on and on. On very good recordings the Amplifix will pull out details in buckets. On average to poor recordings it will sound less thrilling though; any harshness in recordings are not smoothed over at all. The amplifix runs hot and is best left on / in standby. When switched off it takes quite a while before it gets it right back on track. All in all I have had rgeat pleasure with it but found the occasional harshness not to my liking and have started looking elsewhere for a more "forgiving" amplifier, at least when it comes to the midrange/upper frequencies where the Amplifix can be a bit "in yer face". It handles bass like no other though!

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wery tight bass vert good looking.

hmm the remotes txt are falling off? cant read the text over the buttons some have falling off.

i love it :) i used a Onix A-120 to my canton RC-L before. but wow but this amp realy rox.

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Onix A-120

wery tight bass vert good looking.

hmm the remotes txt are falling off? cant read the text over the buttons some have falling off.

i love it :) i used a Onix A-120 to my canton RC-L before. but wow but this amp realy rox.

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Onix A-120

Clean, natural sound reproduction. A great piece of equipment with awesome built-quality and a nice price tag!

Lacks somewhat in attack and power handling, compared to the best pre-/power amp combos out there.

The S.A.T. Amplifix is a Swedish-made, no-nonsense integrated amplifier with a truly huge performance-to-price ratio. In my system, the Amplifix replaced a combo of some 8 years old Electrocompaniet EC3 and AW100 DMB, and brought in an enormous freshness and “air” to the sound. The music is presented clean and naturally, with fine transparency. Also the machine has an awesome sense of quality and robustness. However, the volume adjustment from the remote could be more precise. Be aware of the rather long burn-in period. It took me a couple of months before the “edge” and roughness to the sound was completely polished away. Please have this in mind, and borrow therefore the well-used item from the dealer. What else is there to ask for? Well, the Amplifix does not get the final word in power handling and “attack“ like you could expect of the heavier gear from giants like Krell or GamuT. But for the price tag on those beauties, you could easily get a decent used car. I consider the Amplifix to be the outstanding candidate for anyone looking for a 2-channel amp in the upper mid-price region. If your budget is limited in some way (millionaires probably have stopped reading already...), you are much better off spending the money on loudspeakers and acoustical treatment of the listening room, than on a hefty pre-/power amplifier combo.

Neutral, detailed, dynamic sound. Build quality.

Function and control of remote. Long burn in time.›

I will not say that Amplifix is the “One” Amp. But it is a very good amp. It may bee a little bright for some systems. But in most systems you will regard the sound as clear and neutral. And neutral is probably the best way to describe the sound of this amp. It does not add anything to the music. It is not romantic as Audio Analogue Puccini SE, it is not smooth as Accuphase 210 it is not aggressive as Arcam FMJ. It just plays the music neutral, detailed, dynamic and true. And is that not what most of us really are looking for? The quality of the amp is good and it has first-rate WBT speaker cable contacts. Matched with the CDfix (also from SAT) the combination performs excellent. You can use the same remote for both parts. The recommended burning in period for the amp is 8 weeks! I think this long burn in time is a big minus. I also think the function and control of the remote is not perfect. An example of this is that you can’t go to the next track on the CD when the remote is set to amp even if this button has no function for the amp. You must point the remote directly to the amp to make it work. But Overall this is a terrific amp. Of course there are more expensive and better amps out there. But if you can’t or don’t want to spend a fortune on your amp you should listen to the SAT Audiofix.performs excellent. You can use the same remote for both parts. The recommended burning in period for the amp is 8 weeks! I think this long burn in time is a big minus. I also think the design and control of the remote is not perfect. An example of this is that you can’t go to the next track on the CD when the remote is set to amp even if this button has no function for the amp. You must point the remote directly to the amp to make it work. But Overall this is a terrific amp. Of course there are more expensive and better amps out there. But if you can’t or don’t want to spend a fortune on your amp you should listen to the SAT Audiofix.›

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Sounds very good in all areas, read in a Swedish audio magazine that the Amp was a little weak in the bass area but i don't agree with that.
And of course the remote is kicking as.
Like my Finnish friend Jani The Muss says, you can kill an elephant with this thing.

I have to upgrade something else and that means my Cd player and my loudspeakers.

I don't say this is the best amp for that price(because it's hard to listen to all amps out there), but if you're planning to buy a new amp in this price range then listen to this one.

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Nad silverline

Fast powerful sound.

May be hash on bad recordings.

I have listened to the amplifier together with a Micromega Stage-3 CD and a pair of B&W Matrix 804 speakers. I listen quite much on dynamic electrical music, like House and hip-hop. For this kind of music the SAT is really a killer.
It has a quick an precise sound. Very detailed. The bass is awesome, extremely quick and deep. Ths first I though about was power - controlled power. It has the capability to get all details out of the CDs and may thus sound hars on bad recordings, but if the recordings are good, it sound just as good as I can ever imagine.

I have compared it to my older Harman Kardon 6350 (from 1994) and a Classe Cap-101 which has the same price as the SAT. The HK sounds OK, but muddy and inprecise in comparison. Not reslly the same power and control, although it has good dynamics. The Classe sounds so cold and flat that is not at a competitor at all.

Through a very good reseller I had the possibility to listen to this amplifier in my home for a weekend. I ended up NOT buying the amplifier, but this was by no means a simple decision....The amplifier that I tested had been used for about 3 weeks (continously) in order to "burn it in".

My setup:
CD - Sony CDP XB920
Speakers - Sonus Faber Grand Piano
Cabling - Supra(low level) & Monster (speaker)

The amplifier is a construction masterpiece. Period. Heavy, solid and with a machined aluminium remote that can control Pioneer, Sony & Philips CD's.

The sound delivered by the amplifier is breathtaking. Detailed, well balanced (maybe with a slight low treble emphasis) and with an abundance of power at tap.
A slight ticking is heard when adjusting the volume (digital gain), but otherwise the amplifier made no unwanted noises. Close to perfect.

So, why didn't I but it? Because it doesn't "rock'n roll". It doesn't make me snap my fingers, tap my feet and shiver all over. All the pieces of the sonic images are there, but they don't move.

The feelings that I got from this amplifier did not make me buy it, but you might feel different. Do make sure that you hear it.

I currently live in germany, so i thought it would be nice to try the new integrated, all-praised amp from Swedish Audio Technology. I managed to borrow a used amp for two months and me and my friends in the hifi-club sat down for a couple of sessions.

The sound from the amp at first sounds explicitly transparent and detailed - air, soundstage, microdetails. Rellay, really nice aquainance i thought!

The sound was generally good. It is said to be detailed and transparent, and it truly is - at least if you define detail and transparency as exposing the upper treble relentlessly. And this is where things start to get nasty. After a while, you feel the listening fatigue setting in. It seems to emphasize or boost the upper treble a bit to much to give an illusion of detail. One thing noticed by all of my friends participating in the sessions was that the treble didn't really seem to belong to the music anymore, it had a tendency to sound overly bright with exessive sibilance on CD:s that does not have that normally. This, i might add, said by people owning pretty revealing systems themselves.

I was puzzeled, especially since the amp had gotten such rave reviews in the press. Over the two months i had the amp i really gave it a chance with many different sources and speakers, cables and all this in my dedicated listening room.

After having auditioned this (througly run in) amp for a couple of months with numerous sources and speakers i cannot really see what's so extraordinary about it. It's not a bad amp. It's a great value performer for it's price, but do not think the Amplifix is a bargain. There are a lot of other amps out there that are just as good, the Primare mentioned below is one example.

Since sweden i pretty small with only one or two hifi-magazines the impact of these mags are huge on the swedish market. Reading the revievs over again i can see that the reviewer touches the shortcomings i was talking about earlier, but seems to speak frankly about them. Reading other articles from the same writer reveals that a lot of the stuff praised in the magazine all commes from the same distributor - which coincidently happens to be one of the largest advertisers in the magazine. Add to this, - by some freak double coincidence An article about the same distirbutor is written by the same guy, actually literally praising each and everyone of their brands in the article! Hmmm, does I smell something? I leave that for you guys to think about, but it makes me wonder about this whole S.A.T hype.

Power, clarity, warmth. The heavy-duty remote and the incredibly sexy volumeknob! ;-)

I keep hearing this ticking noise sometimes when adjusting the volume.. (?)

The minute I saw the Amplifix I got this feeling of exceptionally good design. And the minute I heard it I knew we were ment together. The sound is crystalclear and has a real depth to it. I haven't noticed the listeningfatigue someone down the page was talking about.. The low-end is tight, controlled and neutral (but neutral in a good way).

I auditioned the Arcam FMJ integrated vs. the Amplifix and altho' I'm no expert on the area I'll have to say that the choice was not hard to make. The FMJ sounded excellent until I tried the Amplifix. WHOA! Just when I thought it couldn't get any better.. The incredible depth and 'soul' (in lack of better words) of the Amplifix made the lacks of the FMJ stand out.

And a real ace up the Amplifix's sleeve is the design. The remote is awe-inspiring and has a look of high-quality. And the amp itself is massive and has a simple yet elegant design. Actually a friend of mine characterized it as follows: "It has an aura of high-quality...It looks asthough exclaiming 'I Am!'"

The bad thing is that it's a bit on the pricy side...

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