Solid State Power Amp Reviews

Sidebar 1: System

The reference-system equipment used with both amplifiers included the Rowland Consonance preamp and the Apogee Stage loudspeakers. Program sources were the Oracle Delphi Mk.IV turntable and Oracle 345 tonearm with the Dynavector XX-1L cartridge and the Sony CDP-X77ES CD player. Other equipment used included the Mirage M-3 loudspeakers and (briefly) the Coda Technologies FET Preamplifier 01. The Threshold SA/12es and Muse 100 amplifiers were pressed into service where needed.

Loudspeaker cables were Symo (for the Stages) and AudioQuest Clear (for the M-3s). Interconnects were Cardas Hexlink (preamp to power amp, balanced) and AudioQuest Lapis (CD player or processor to preamp).—Thomas J. Norton