Gryphon would do everyone a favor by replacing these little wafers with surface protectors with more substance. Recoiling in pain, I toppled to the floor, managing to avoid knocking over an Alexia 2 or destroying the amp. When my husband and I were lifting one of the monoblocks, one foot stuck to an adhesive wafer, and before we could put the amp down, the shelf lifted up at a perilous angle and gashed my leg as it fell to the floor. Worse, because I thought that the two-sided adhesive would stop the felt-tipped stock feet from sliding, I left the wafers on the shelves when I restored the polymer feet. I declined O'Hanlon's offer to send Artesiana wafers to place under the spikes-I didn't want to risk adding anything that would alter the Essence's sound and skew my report-but then I figured out the motivation behind the offer: The sharp BlackSpikes pierced those thin adhesive wafers, leaving holes in the bamboo shelves. Power consumption, high bias: Roon Nucleus+>dCS Rossini DAC/Clock. Output power (at 1% THD+N, class-A): 55W into 8 ohms, 110W into 4 ohms, 220W into 2 ohms (all 17.4dBW). Input impedance, balanced (20Hz20kHz): 10k ohm. Output: 2 pair custom, gold-plated binding posts. To my surprise, I found the Ethos an "open, marvelously detailed, and fresh-sounding unit that makes listening an absolute joy." I had not expected my experience to be so positive.īaggy for kitty Why was I surprised? Because the sound I encounteredĭescription Solid-state, mono power amplifier. I reported on that player in the January 2020 issue of Stereophile. Package, Jim Austin was able to arrange for me to review the Gryphon Ethos CD playerD/A processor ($39,000). While at first they seemed available for review only as a complete I had been aware of Denmark-based Gryphon Audio since the advent of the Gryphon Exorcist, a now-discontinued demagnetizer that cost far more than your average break-in CD, but I only began to encounter Gryphon electronics at audio shows a few years ago. Oh goody!" thought self, to self: "Another Gryphon component to review." As eloquent and revelatory as that statement may be, there's an even more illuminating backstory. TASTY TUBES FROM EAT SIGNATURE SOUND FROM B&W File Info : application/pdf, 8 Pages, 5.73MB Document Document STRP 4312 GRYPHON Essence Mono ?fbclid=IwAR2zjoXn8x93bnLVdP6-5iukXetXkETNK0wtFj5xCzydVLw2zWQtK9mAGww SPECIAL 2020's MOST
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