“Mark Sossa of Well Pleased AV always puts together solid, good-sounding rooms, often featuring Merason DACs and Qln loudspeakers. At this show Sossa’s system, fortified by Alma Music & Audio, reached new levels of transparency, quiet, and soundstaging, wowing and entrancing me.
Gregory Porter’s “Take Me to the Alley” played with plenty of graphic detail, yet it was comfy, cozy, and warm. Fleshy physicality and a low noise floor were the system’s most apparent virtues. Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” was airy, vibrant, and uplifting. Kenny Burrell’s “Chitlins con Carne” featured his guitar in a giant, sweetly textured scrim; “Midnight Blue” was lightning fast and burnished. I wanted further engagement with this silky system, but duty—and more rooms—called.”
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“The crew here at pt.AUDIO have been uniformly enthusiastic about Qln, as a brand (see reviews here and here and here, for example). There just something about them — their airy delicacy, perhaps, seamlessly integrated into a warm, present, and immersive experience, a sound that is never harsh, never aggressive, but also never boring. If I’m not being clear, I can see this brand as being an end-game aspiration for most non-Yacht-core audiophiles, and part of a system that routinely satisfies, routinely engages, and routinely seduces. And these brand new Prestige 3 Generation 2 loudspeakers are just lovely. Fed here by sweet 300b-based goodness (obviously, the best power tube ever made — but we’ve had some curiosity about Qualiton for a while now — see here and here), all I can say is, “Sure, pack it all up — where do I sign?””
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