Audio 10/2007

“... high-precision sonic colouring and understated, it performed through the brightly mixed “Magic Fire Music” (Wagner, “The Ride of the Valkyries”, Karajan, DG) with never-pushy trebles, and in so doing combined the precise detailing of a ribbon with the homogeneous performing style of a dome. As a result, it quickly gained the sympathies of AUDIO colleague Bernhard Rietschel, who praised both the impulsively crisp bass and the balance, even with CDs recorded at the limits (Lyn Leon, “Private Pop”). The chassis team mastered the dynamic test “Let there be light” (Haydn, “Creation”, Bernstein) with flying colours, and even in the fortissimo it didn’t lack overview and clarity.

... The quadral is, to the contrary, a surprisingly cultivated speaker despite its wolf’s skin, and thus provided a tireless and balanced performance with precise basses. Anyone not yet a lover of ribbon units will find a potential starting point here . ...”

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