Riddle me this, what can drive any loudspeaker to any volume, sounds huge, grips like a hawk and can produce bass like an earthquake while at the same time letting you hear the belt stretch when a certain Italion tennor sings. Its almost theft proof due to the substantial build quality weighing 240 pounds each?
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"The all-Boulder system—we're looking at something just over $130,000 for amps, preamp, and converter—proved to be a total, glorious sonic knockout. " - Stereophile Jonathan Scull, September, 1998 |
Boulder Details The Boulder 2050 has an uncanny ability to keep any speaker load under full control while accurately rendering subtle detail, thus opening new possibilities for the creation of ultimate music reproduction systems.Innovative automatic load-sensing class A biasing provides ultra-low distortion at all listening levels.The fully balanced input circuit uses a pair of Boulder 993s to provide noise-free input buffering and most of the voltage gain. The output stage uses eighty output transistors and forty-eight power supply filter capacitors per chassis to assure stable, high current output into any load.Heat sinks are machined from solid aluminum, providing both optimum heat dissipation and higher instantaneous peak power without distortion. "For those Masters of the Universe, my advice would be to go for Boulder hook, line, and sinker. Taken as a system, the three elements that make up the 2000 Series are about as perfect as they come." |
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Kharma Exquisite MP 350 amplifierIt does not sound like solid state, nor like tubes, nor like anything else; is in its own class. If it would have to be placed is a class it would be the one of reality. In combination with any Exquisite loudspeaker the MP350 is a guarantee for experiencing sheer joy. |
Wavac HE-833v1.3 Mono block AmplifierNo lower-powered SET has ever been able to handle these recordings in full range and with full dynamics, in my experience. At absolutely no point did the v1.3s ever run out of juice…the top-to-bottom performance was without any flaw that I spotted. Furthermore, there was no SET-like Bell Curve clustered around the midrange; the v1.3s behaved like a very powerful solid-state amplifier when it come to delivering all frequency ranges with aplomb. And yet it did not sound like solid state. The roundness of the presentation and imaging was like SET, but it had a greater authority than any SET I've ever heard |
Zanden 9500 Mono-block Amplifier"What is most impressive, an extension of separation these amps achieve, is the extent to which each instrument or voice maintains its individual energy level and harmonic identity, irrespective of the intensity or level of the whole." Roy Gregory, Issue 43 HiFi + |
Wavac HE-833 MK II Mono block AmplifierThis is an extravagant amplifier, an ultimate statement of amplifier construction. Pure, yet rich sound. Dynamic, powerful and unintimidated. Persuasive and beautiful sound. I honestly doubt if there is anything else like it in the entire world as their way of design and construction is almost scary! You find your mouth gaping open and hear your own loud sigh. Such a sensation is quite enjoyable by itself, I would say! The sound is very pure indeed, but it never fails to give the impression of something warm and organic. While listening to vocals, I couldn't help feeling that a living human being was singing there.(Component of the Year, 1996-1997)
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