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In Reply to: RE: "The Perfect Amp?" posted by E-Stat on August 09, 2015 at 09:00:18
As well as the comments made by the reviewers about the sound?The point is the amps are about as perfect as possible from nearly ALL measurement perspectives, not just distortion levels. They also do this with power, efficiency, small form factor, etc. Not so with the Halcro straw man...
They also happen to sound very good to many who have reviewed them.
Are they the best for everyone? No one has said they are....the reviewers and the second link point out several types of users who would most likely not be happy with them.
While not perfect, no amp is, they clearly are not the substandard, flawed, crap d that some have claimed either. Humans don't all perceive things equally....
try it! you know you want to!
Edits: 08/09/15Follow Ups:
I will, however, quote the conclusion.
"In closing and from an engineering perspective, it really does seem that the Mola Mola Kaluga monos are one example of what a perfect amplifier should be given today's technology. That they're energy efficient to boot and packaged in very smart compact boxes is merely a bonus. That their S/N ratio competes with top D/A converters is one of the most surprising aspects, leading my reviewers Marja & Henk to use 400-watt amplifiers successfully on 109dB hornspeakers. Who woulda thunk it?"
"Will the Kalugas then meet a similar fate like the Halcros? The fact that Ncore technology has already spread to competing products from Acoustic Imagery, Bel Canto/Bel Canto Black, Grimm Audio, Jeff Rowland, Kii Audio, Merrill Audio, NAD and Theta Digital, that seems unlikely. Its install base is quite broad already."
Not bad for a substandard, flawed technology....
try it! you know you want to!
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