Jason Victor Serinus got the scoop on Mistral, represented in the US by California’s Napa Acoustic, at the AXPONA show earlier this year. I was just as impressed by the looks of the little 40Wpc Mistral MM-4 SE integrated amplifier ($699). It reminded me a lot of the Shanling MC-30 Music Center.

They were playing disco in this room. My notes remind me: “If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby.” And now I’ve got that song stuck in my head again.

Next to the MM-4 is Mistral’s DT-307C CD player ($399). Speakers were Mistral’s BOW A2 ($2299/pair).