Power amplifiers

ELECTROCOMPANIET AW 800 M Mono/Stereo

ELECTROCOMPANIET AW 800 M Mono/Stereo

The AW 800 M is Electrocompaniet’s new flagship power amplifier. Now hold tight: it replaces the AW 600 NEMO power amp, that has held the top-of-the-catalogue position in the company’s catalogue for incredible 25 years. Which other ...

Recommended resellers

HI-FI studio TYKON, Ostrava, tel. +420 723 449 894

Sound
87%
APOLLON AUDIO PET 950

APOLLON AUDIO PET 950

Eigentakt is the current last word in Class D amplifier technology. It marries Class D efficiency and clean output power, low impedance rating, and compact design to vanishingly low harmonic and intermodulation distortion, and ...

Recommended resellers

Apollon Audio direct webshop

Sound
84%
GOLD NOTE PA-1175 MKII

GOLD NOTE PA-1175 MKII

The golden cases are a sort of revelation, in the age of silver aluminum, titanium grey, and carbon black. Like Armani amongst mass-produced clothing. I like that these Italians are not afraid to show-off their style, although – to ...

Recommended resellers

Audio Ranny, Praha, tel. +420 777 003 134

Sound
83%
AUDIO RESEARCH Reference 80S

AUDIO RESEARCH Reference 80S

Audio Research is an amplifier legend. The brand had been expected to get a boost when it was acquired by Fine Sounds Group (now transformed into McIntosh Group), however, the lift off did not happen. Recently the brand has been ...

Recommended resellers

HI-FI studio TYKON, Ostrava, tel. +420 723 449 894

Sound
85%
SIMAUDIO Moon 860A v2

SIMAUDIO Moon 860A v2

The Simaudio Moon 860A v2 is a second-best amplifier in the Simaudio range. The highest pedestal is reserved for the Moon 888 flagship model that makes you short of 70 thousand euro. Compared to this beast the 860A v2 is a budget ...

Recommended resellers

Platan Audio, Hlohovec / Bratislava, tel. +421 905 409 802

Sound
92%
VITUS AUDIO SM-103 monos

VITUS AUDIO SM-103 monos

Vitus Audio SM-103 mono power amplifiers belong to a ´final solution´ product category, provided there is something like a final solution in audio. The owner will need a strong back, ample room, and correspondingly mature speakers. ...

Recommended resellers

Amarock Studio s.r.o., Kopřivnice, tel. +420 777 601 851

Sound
90%
CONSTELLATION AUDIO Pictor/Taurus

CONSTELLATION AUDIO Pictor/Taurus

The funny fact about the Constellation Audio’s Pictor preamplifier and Taurus stereo power amplifier: in the company’s amplifier hierarchy they are a part of Revelation series which is a ‘compact car’ in automotive terminology. The ...

Recommended resellers

No distributor at the time of the review.

Sound
95%
VAN MEDEVOORT PA472

VAN MEDEVOORT PA472

Back in 2013 I was given a CD with Amsterdam Symphony’ s New Year Concert. This recording, on JBR label, was conceived with Van Medevoort electronics and thus it immediately qualified for the amplifier review.  On the selections from ...

Recommended resellers

AudioRanny, Praha, tel. +420 777 003 134

Sound
76%
ROTEL Michi P5/S5

ROTEL Michi P5/S5

The design of the Michi kombo is in a ´Fifty shades of Black´ style and perfectly fits within the contemporary industrial design. The metal and glass elements are precisely matched as if a BMW and Samsung team was behind the creation ...

Recommended resellers

EP Audio, Praha, tel. +420 323 605 088

Jasyko, Brno, +420 541 210 108

Sound
69%
MOLA MOLA Kaluga

MOLA MOLA Kaluga

The Kaluga is a switching power amplifier that uses Hypex Ncore modules designed around multiple feedback loops to suppress higher-order harmonic distortion. The feedback loops are applied across the while audioband not to impair ...

Recommended resellers

RP Audio, Ostrava, +420 737 366 831

Sound
87%
SIMAUDIO Moon Evolution 870A

SIMAUDIO Moon Evolution 870A

Both the 740P and 870A represent great value components – for the price you pay the sound of this combo is unbeatable. Simaudio offers 10 year warranty with their products which also screams of the confidence in their own products. ...

Recommended resellers

Platan Audio, Hlohovec / Bratislava, tel. +421 905 409 802

Sound
91%
AUDIOLAB 8300MB

AUDIOLAB 8300MB

Bass is essential. Music is no fun without good fundaments, unless one prefers listening to flute recitals only. In a recording studio the bass, that is the drums and the bass guitar, are the first thing that has to be gotten right ...

Recommended resellers

Horn Distribution, Praha, +420 272 656 485

Sound
58%
BLOCK AUDIO Mono, Power a Line

BLOCK AUDIO Mono, Power a Line

Searching the archives of Audiodrom brings up the recollections of several  powerful and well designed power amplifiers - to move around the  monuments like the Bryston 28B-SST2, the Musical Fidelity Titan or the Accuphase A-200 ...

Recommended resellers

Blockaudio s.r.o., Olomouc, tel. +420 604 514 282

Sound
94%
LUXMAN C-700u / M-700u

LUXMAN C-700u / M-700u

To conclude I can only reconfirm that Luxman have made a quantum leap with the new generation models. The difference between its top amplifiers is rather the one in sonic character – the M-900u is closer to the previous Luxman’s class ...

Recommended resellers

HTP s.r.o., tel: +420 606 642 175

PP HiFi Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078

Sound
78%
VAN MEDEVOORT PAQs

VAN MEDEVOORT PAQs

The sound of the Van Medevoort combo had two very attractive features that reminded me of Mark Levinsons: the sound was very clean and very controlled. The VM PAQs is a powerful amplifier (2x480W into 4 ohms) and my speakers loved it ...

Recommended resellers

AudioRanny, Praha, tel. +420 777 003 134

Sound
80%
LUXMAN C-900u / M-900u

LUXMAN C-900u / M-900u

My summary could be pretty straightforward: the anniversary Luxman M-900u/C-900u combo is a fantastic piece of audio that signifies a new era for the company. I can say aloud that both amps are first affordable amps, however relative ...

Recommended resellers

HTP s.r.o., tel: +420 606 642 175

PP HiFi Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078

Sound
88%
MCINTOSH MC1.2KW

MCINTOSH MC1.2KW

The McIntosh MC1.2KW is an excellent power amplifier. I cannot image an audio system where the MC1.2KW would be the weakest link. Therefore it is a pity that McIntosh Labs have no CD player or a preamplifier on the same qualitative ...

Recommended resellers

PP HiFi Studio, Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Sound
81%
ASR Emitter II Exclusive Blue

ASR Emitter II Exclusive Blue

When mankind is eliminated by a gigantic volcano eruption, a tsunami or Godzilla, most parts of the Emitter will remain to exist as this amplifier is dustproof, waterproof and heatproof. The ASR's catalogue is far from complicated - ...

Recommended resellers

Audiostudio s.r.o., Olomouc, tel. +420 608 752 475

Sound
68%
MCINTOSH MC501

MCINTOSH MC501

I felt like a heretic always when I was switching off the MC501's meters. As if the amplifier was saying „What! Are you sane? Look, I am a McIntosh, I have to cast the blue light. If you switch it off I will lose a part of of my ...

Recommended resellers

PP HiFi Studio, Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Sound
70%
MUSICAL FIDELITY TITAN

MUSICAL FIDELITY TITAN

Would you mind to have an amplifier with 2kW into 4 ohms? Would you object to have a non-distorting amplifier from 10Hz to 50kHz? Would you enjoy 126dB of its dynamic range? And, finally, can you imagine that all of this and much ...

Sound
89%
BRYSTON 28B-SST2

BRYSTON 28B-SST2

In Bryston they have managed to refine their amplifiers to the degree that can be considered a state-of-the-art for solid-state amplification. I mentioned that lesser amps of Bryston are all bargains and for reasonable money one gets ...

Recommended resellers

Hifi Store, Praha

Sound
82%
ACCUPHASE A-65

ACCUPHASE A-65

The A-65 has a better bottom-end control and though it does not equal to the solidness of, let's say, Bryston or Plinius, the improvement has moved the new amp in the right direction. Overall, the Accuphase A-65 is more refined, ...

Recommended resellers

Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078

Sound
79%
BRYSTON 7B-SST2

BRYSTON 7B-SST2

It is almost a paranormal phenomenon to see 20-year part and labor warranty on an audio component. Throughout the years Bryston earned the reputation of virtually undamageable products, the fact that can be checked on ´used ...

Recommended resellers

Hifi Store, Praha

Sound
66%
SPECTRAL DMA-250

SPECTRAL DMA-250

Though Spectral Audio’s team has the access to the most advanced audio technologies they keep following the rule that in any contest between theory or test bench measurements and what the ear actually hears, the ear ultimately ...

Sound
87%
LUXMAN M-600A

LUXMAN M-600A

The Luxman M-600A (and the C-600f preamp too) are extremely good machines. They have the sonic sophistication of the real high-end plus juicy and lively sound of a pure entertainer. It occupies the place between solid-state and tubes ...

Recommended resellers

HTP s.r.o., tel: +420 606 642 175

PP HiFi Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078

Sound
74%
MARK LEVINSON No.432

MARK LEVINSON No.432

The most apparent fact with the No.432 is that nothing is apparent. In that sense the No.432 asymptotically approaches what I would call ‘neutrality’. The sound is very balanced and the things one tends to expect, like ...

Recommended resellers

Excelia HiFi, Chrudim, tel. +420 724 00 77 44

Absolute Audio, Praha, tel. +420 777 739 377

Sound
74%
PLINIUS SA-Reference

PLINIUS SA-Reference

The SA-Reference very finely handles sensitive musical information and brings the performances on silver discs to life, like choirs in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. You can easily hear the individual voices from the right and ...

Recommended resellers

Audiostudio s.r.o., Olomouc, tel. +420 608 752 475

Sound
81%
BEL CANTO M300 monoblocks

BEL CANTO M300 monoblocks

It was as if the recording venue had new air filters installed and an extra dose of oxygen was pumped in during a performance – the sense of vertigo was very strong and I did not want to return back to the ´dusty´sound of everything ...

Recommended resellers

Hanzel Audio, Komárno, tel. +421 905 400 770

Sound
64%
AUDIOMAT Féstival

AUDIOMAT Féstival

Philosophically speaking, how it is possible that the Audiomat listeners say that the voice of Frank Sinatra in Nice & Easy is perfectly realistic, undistorted and tonally correct? None of them have ever had a chance to hear ...

Recommended resellers

Interaudio SK, Komárno, tel. +421 905 884 677

Sound
78%

ELECTROCOMPANIET AW 800 M Mono/Stereo

The AW 800 M is Electrocompaniet’s new flagship power amplifier. Now hold tight: it replaces the AW 600 NEMO power amp, that has held the top-of-the-catalogue position in the company’s catalogue for incredible 25 years. Which other ...

Recommended resellers

HI-FI studio TYKON, Ostrava, tel. +420 723 449 894

Sound
87%

APOLLON AUDIO PET 950

Eigentakt is the current last word in Class D amplifier technology. It marries Class D efficiency and clean output power, low impedance rating, and compact design to vanishingly low harmonic and intermodulation distortion, and ...

Recommended resellers

Apollon Audio direct webshop

Sound
84%

GOLD NOTE PA-1175 MKII

The golden cases are a sort of revelation, in the age of silver aluminum, titanium grey, and carbon black. Like Armani amongst mass-produced clothing. I like that these Italians are not afraid to show-off their style, although – to ...

Recommended resellers

Audio Ranny, Praha, tel. +420 777 003 134

Sound
83%

AUDIO RESEARCH Reference 80S

Audio Research is an amplifier legend. The brand had been expected to get a boost when it was acquired by Fine Sounds Group (now transformed into McIntosh Group), however, the lift off did not happen. Recently the brand has been ...

Recommended resellers

HI-FI studio TYKON, Ostrava, tel. +420 723 449 894

Sound
85%

SIMAUDIO Moon 860A v2

The Simaudio Moon 860A v2 is a second-best amplifier in the Simaudio range. The highest pedestal is reserved for the Moon 888 flagship model that makes you short of 70 thousand euro. Compared to this beast the 860A v2 is a budget ...

Recommended resellers

Platan Audio, Hlohovec / Bratislava, tel. +421 905 409 802

Sound
92%

VITUS AUDIO SM-103 monos

Vitus Audio SM-103 mono power amplifiers belong to a ´final solution´ product category, provided there is something like a final solution in audio. The owner will need a strong back, ample room, and correspondingly mature speakers. ...

Recommended resellers

Amarock Studio s.r.o., Kopřivnice, tel. +420 777 601 851

Sound
90%

CONSTELLATION AUDIO Pictor/Taurus

The funny fact about the Constellation Audio’s Pictor preamplifier and Taurus stereo power amplifier: in the company’s amplifier hierarchy they are a part of Revelation series which is a ‘compact car’ in automotive terminology. The ...

Recommended resellers

No distributor at the time of the review.

Sound
95%

VAN MEDEVOORT PA472

Back in 2013 I was given a CD with Amsterdam Symphony’ s New Year Concert. This recording, on JBR label, was conceived with Van Medevoort electronics and thus it immediately qualified for the amplifier review.  On the selections from ...

Recommended resellers

AudioRanny, Praha, tel. +420 777 003 134

Sound
76%

ROTEL Michi P5/S5

The design of the Michi kombo is in a ´Fifty shades of Black´ style and perfectly fits within the contemporary industrial design. The metal and glass elements are precisely matched as if a BMW and Samsung team was behind the creation ...

Recommended resellers

EP Audio, Praha, tel. +420 323 605 088

Jasyko, Brno, +420 541 210 108

Sound
69%

MOLA MOLA Kaluga

The Kaluga is a switching power amplifier that uses Hypex Ncore modules designed around multiple feedback loops to suppress higher-order harmonic distortion. The feedback loops are applied across the while audioband not to impair ...

Recommended resellers

RP Audio, Ostrava, +420 737 366 831

Sound
87%

SIMAUDIO Moon Evolution 870A

Both the 740P and 870A represent great value components – for the price you pay the sound of this combo is unbeatable. Simaudio offers 10 year warranty with their products which also screams of the confidence in their own products. ...

Recommended resellers

Platan Audio, Hlohovec / Bratislava, tel. +421 905 409 802

Sound
91%

AUDIOLAB 8300MB

Bass is essential. Music is no fun without good fundaments, unless one prefers listening to flute recitals only. In a recording studio the bass, that is the drums and the bass guitar, are the first thing that has to be gotten right ...

Recommended resellers

Horn Distribution, Praha, +420 272 656 485

Sound
58%

BLOCK AUDIO Mono, Power a Line

Searching the archives of Audiodrom brings up the recollections of several  powerful and well designed power amplifiers - to move around the  monuments like the Bryston 28B-SST2, the Musical Fidelity Titan or the Accuphase A-200 ...

Recommended resellers

Blockaudio s.r.o., Olomouc, tel. +420 604 514 282

Sound
94%

LUXMAN C-700u / M-700u

To conclude I can only reconfirm that Luxman have made a quantum leap with the new generation models. The difference between its top amplifiers is rather the one in sonic character – the M-900u is closer to the previous Luxman’s class ...

Recommended resellers

HTP s.r.o., tel: +420 606 642 175

PP HiFi Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078

Sound
78%

VAN MEDEVOORT PAQs

The sound of the Van Medevoort combo had two very attractive features that reminded me of Mark Levinsons: the sound was very clean and very controlled. The VM PAQs is a powerful amplifier (2x480W into 4 ohms) and my speakers loved it ...

Recommended resellers

AudioRanny, Praha, tel. +420 777 003 134

Sound
80%

LUXMAN C-900u / M-900u

My summary could be pretty straightforward: the anniversary Luxman M-900u/C-900u combo is a fantastic piece of audio that signifies a new era for the company. I can say aloud that both amps are first affordable amps, however relative ...

Recommended resellers

HTP s.r.o., tel: +420 606 642 175

PP HiFi Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078

Sound
88%

MCINTOSH MC1.2KW

The McIntosh MC1.2KW is an excellent power amplifier. I cannot image an audio system where the MC1.2KW would be the weakest link. Therefore it is a pity that McIntosh Labs have no CD player or a preamplifier on the same qualitative ...

Recommended resellers

PP HiFi Studio, Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Sound
81%

ASR Emitter II Exclusive Blue

When mankind is eliminated by a gigantic volcano eruption, a tsunami or Godzilla, most parts of the Emitter will remain to exist as this amplifier is dustproof, waterproof and heatproof. The ASR's catalogue is far from complicated - ...

Recommended resellers

Audiostudio s.r.o., Olomouc, tel. +420 608 752 475

Sound
68%

MCINTOSH MC501

I felt like a heretic always when I was switching off the MC501's meters. As if the amplifier was saying „What! Are you sane? Look, I am a McIntosh, I have to cast the blue light. If you switch it off I will lose a part of of my ...

Recommended resellers

PP HiFi Studio, Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Sound
70%

MUSICAL FIDELITY TITAN

Would you mind to have an amplifier with 2kW into 4 ohms? Would you object to have a non-distorting amplifier from 10Hz to 50kHz? Would you enjoy 126dB of its dynamic range? And, finally, can you imagine that all of this and much ...

Sound
89%

BRYSTON 28B-SST2

In Bryston they have managed to refine their amplifiers to the degree that can be considered a state-of-the-art for solid-state amplification. I mentioned that lesser amps of Bryston are all bargains and for reasonable money one gets ...

Recommended resellers

Hifi Store, Praha

Sound
82%

ACCUPHASE A-65

The A-65 has a better bottom-end control and though it does not equal to the solidness of, let's say, Bryston or Plinius, the improvement has moved the new amp in the right direction. Overall, the Accuphase A-65 is more refined, ...

Recommended resellers

Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078

Sound
79%

BRYSTON 7B-SST2

It is almost a paranormal phenomenon to see 20-year part and labor warranty on an audio component. Throughout the years Bryston earned the reputation of virtually undamageable products, the fact that can be checked on ´used ...

Recommended resellers

Hifi Store, Praha

Sound
66%

SPECTRAL DMA-250

Though Spectral Audio’s team has the access to the most advanced audio technologies they keep following the rule that in any contest between theory or test bench measurements and what the ear actually hears, the ear ultimately ...

Sound
87%

LUXMAN M-600A

The Luxman M-600A (and the C-600f preamp too) are extremely good machines. They have the sonic sophistication of the real high-end plus juicy and lively sound of a pure entertainer. It occupies the place between solid-state and tubes ...

Recommended resellers

HTP s.r.o., tel: +420 606 642 175

PP HiFi Otrokovice, tel. +420 603 581 305

Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078

Sound
74%

MARK LEVINSON No.432

The most apparent fact with the No.432 is that nothing is apparent. In that sense the No.432 asymptotically approaches what I would call ‘neutrality’. The sound is very balanced and the things one tends to expect, like ...

Recommended resellers

Excelia HiFi, Chrudim, tel. +420 724 00 77 44

Absolute Audio, Praha, tel. +420 777 739 377

Sound
74%

PLINIUS SA-Reference

The SA-Reference very finely handles sensitive musical information and brings the performances on silver discs to life, like choirs in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. You can easily hear the individual voices from the right and ...

Recommended resellers

Audiostudio s.r.o., Olomouc, tel. +420 608 752 475

Sound
81%

BEL CANTO M300 monoblocks

It was as if the recording venue had new air filters installed and an extra dose of oxygen was pumped in during a performance – the sense of vertigo was very strong and I did not want to return back to the ´dusty´sound of everything ...

Recommended resellers

Hanzel Audio, Komárno, tel. +421 905 400 770

Sound
64%

AUDIOMAT Féstival

Philosophically speaking, how it is possible that the Audiomat listeners say that the voice of Frank Sinatra in Nice & Easy is perfectly realistic, undistorted and tonally correct? None of them have ever had a chance to hear ...

Recommended resellers

Interaudio SK, Komárno, tel. +421 905 884 677

Sound
78%