"Clearly, these records are valuable in part because they're rare. But only in part. They're also valuable because they're beautifully cut, well-crafted, and gorgeous. I can live with their business model, even if I don't love it. I'm just glad there's a place in the world for objects like this."
I still am—but I'm also still ambivalent about hyperlimited editions such as those…
In my 2018 review of the original Brooklyn AMP, I wrote that the class-D amplifier exuded "a consistent sense of truthfulness, striking resolution that was never analytical, spacious soundstages, superb dynamics, and some of the 'blackest' backgrounds I've ever heard...with the right recordings." I continued, "The AMP let me revel in its reproduction of the low end, with zero overhang or bloat, and profoundly impressive retrieval…
My first impression of the AMP+, contrasted to the older AMP, aligned with Jurewicz's claims: The new model is "cleaner" with a "bigger soundstage" and "more detail." It's "more precise."
Record after record, using the Brooklyn DAC+'s fine phono stage, I heard more explicit, better-defined images. Placement of vocalists and instruments was more specific within a deeper, wider soundfield. The AMP+'s clarity facilitated better microdynamics, those small dynamic…
Description: Class-D amplifier with bridged-mono mode. Power: 250Wpc into 8 ohms (24dBW), 300Wpc into 4 ohms (21.7dBW), 400Wpc into 2 ohms (20dBW). In bridged mono: 500Wpc into 8 ohms (27dBW), 600Wpc into 4 ohms (24.8dBW). Signal/noise: >121dB. Frequency response: 10Hz–30kHz, –3dB. Total harmonic distortion: <0.001%. Damping factor: >400. DC power on trigger: 12V. Power supply: 100–240V AC 50/60Hz, automatic switching.
Dimensions: 8.5" (216mm) W × 1.74" (44mm) H × 8.8" (225mm) D. Weight: 6lb (2.73kg).
Finishes: Black, Silver.
Serial number…
Analog sources: Kuzma Stabi R turntable & Kuzma 4Point 11" tonearm; Schiit Sol turntable; EMT TSD 015 N MC & Koetsu Rosewood phono cartridges.
Digital sources: Asus laptop,
Mytek Brooklyn DAC+.
Preamplifier:
Mytek Brooklyn DAC+.
Integrated amplifier: Parasound Halo Hint6.
Power amplifier: Shindo Haut-Brion.
Loudspeakers: Klipsch Forte III and RP-600M.
Cables: Interconnect: Shindo Laboratory, Triode Wire Labs Spirit II. Digital: Furutech GT2 Pro USB. Speaker: Auditorium 23. AC: Triode Wire Labs Obsession NFC, manufacturers' own…
Schulz, who seemed to be playing up his outlaw status as a proponent of magnetic cables by wearing a Harley Davidson jacket, tells me that he'll show his own DAC and transport at AXPONA in October. Here, some components were heavily…
Air-walled rooms defeated low bass in this system, but everything above sounded…
As I backed away, a huge bass explosion came at me with a force that caused my eardrums to shudder. Within a minute, one of the people in charge of T.H.E. Show arrived to angrily declare that the blast had shaken glass doors all the way around the corner, and that dB…
Dominating the ear was the heavenly—truly heavenly—interplay of violin and cello on the famous Oistrakh/Rostropovich/Richter LP (released in the US on EMI/Angel) of Beethoven's Triple Concerto.…
There was a bit of pull to the right, apparently…