![]() ![]() It delivered an amazingly huge three-dimensional soundstage and tangible images as clearly the domain of high-quality tube amps. This proved beyond doubt that the Entropy was a genuine valve machine. is one of my favorite recordings when it comes to assessing space & holography. ![]() It is nicely extended and there are no rounded or sharp edges which in the case of a tube amp is quite the achievement. We get an open vibrant detailed treble, just not as rich as the top model's. It's hard to tell if it was done on purpose but the fact is that the sound of Entropy is very consistent. Now the treble was really good but not as brilliant. And it was the treble which showed the biggest difference between the Entropy and De Forest/Trinity set. I did not mean that this set favored that part of the frequency spectrum but that it presented it in a remarkable way still perfectly integrated with the rest. In the summary of my De Forest/Trinity review I'd opined that they offered perhaps the best treble I'd ever heard not only from a tube amplifier but any amplifier, period. They do present the midrange with particular care but the same goes for the treble and bass. Amare Musica amplifiers including the Entropy are more versatile. Whilst the 300B triode even further fine-tunes the midrange, it usually comes at the cost of somewhat curtailed extremes. All that came very close to what I remembered from my session with the top-line Amare separates. In fact each time the Entropy played any acoustic instruments they showed 'tube-like' colors, smoothness, beautiful timbre, tangibility and holography which only high-quality tube decks offer. Satchmo's trumpet showed its magic from sounding smooth and gentle to turning into a sharp even rough demon over a split second. These two voices-so different yet somehow similar in their uniqueness and brilliantly intertwined, tangible, crystal clear, vibrant and powerful -were shown with the same level of precision and thoroughness as Kate Bush's had before. The Amare played all the old recordings I tried in the most amazing fashion, say Ella & Louis. These amps can strike you with power and authority but when necessary charm you with 300B sweetness for a fantastic combination. The fact that the Entropy was able to do it reminded me of the Crossfire again. It is not possible to deliver all that without a wonderful rich smooth saturated midrange. With the Entropy I could beautifully relate to Kate's timbre, tone and texture and visualize her in my room to know how well this amazing amp was doing.Īdd to that the magical ambiance of wuthering heights and mysteriously dark sacred spots with wads of emotions as the most important elements of Kate's music. For me the performance is good when I close my eyes to see Kate dressed in some long robe dancing in the woods like a dryad. Here everything revolved around her extraordinary voice and its presentation actually determined whether the recording sounded good or not. I started with a beautiful Kate Bush recording. Entropy chair driver#Knowing that the loaner wasn't shy on dynamics or driver control, I changed repertoire for music that usually plays well to valves. It gripped the speakers in a way that allowed sufficient energetic recreation, thunderous dynamics and the coarseness that has electric guitars sound right but at the same time also showed quite tube-like mids which made Brian Johnson's vocal clarity better than usual. Here most tubes are sorrily out of their depth. ![]() This kind of music doesn't require sophistication or a smooth rich midrange but rather relies on brute force, dynamics, perfect rhythm and a bit of madness. Only then a particular piece of equipment is doing pretty well. Because if it sounds right it doesn't matter how I feel, what time it is, how shitty my day was. Each time I play it and sit quietly in my chair, I know there's something wrong with the item under review. Hence during my reviews I use this record a lot. It's more about how much kinetic energy transfers from record to listener, how lively the reproduced sound is. It's not really about how loud a system will play sans compression or clipping. It is however possible to scale it down whilst retaining a good feel for what these guys were up to. It is not possible to convey this amount of energy at home no matter how good the system is or how large the speakers might get. These guys are human volcanoes of energy pumping out more and more with every second they're on stage. Another album waiting in the wings was a live concert of Aussie veterans AC/DC. It again confirmed outstanding pace & rhythm with grippy timing. ![]() This review page is supported in part by the sponsors whose ad banners are displayed below ![]()
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