“At last year’s RMAF and Toronto, I heard many integrated amplifiers, some with MSRPs approaching $50,000. They looked incredible with hovering sycophants delivering superlatives and showing off the latest gleaming resin statuette from this or that outlet. Yet, most left me cold, at least under show conditions and playing digital. That’s why I kept returning to the Vinnie Rossi/WellPleased A/V room. A musical respite.
The sound I experienced in my listening room was much of the same as RMAF. Those folks loving their powerful monoblocks need not fear inhibited dynamics or power drain. For example, the finale of the Dorati/Mercury/LSO vinyl reissue The Firebird was massive, awe-inspiring. In fact, it was at that moment on Boxing Day when my twin brother, getting the royal demo treatment, said: ‘Anthony, I’ve never heard your system sound better’. He’s heard most of my systems in London, Montreal, Toronto, and Victoria over the past 40 years. Thus, they’ll be no compromises in sound, dynamics or power delivery with this one chassis solution. ”
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