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‘Drama’ would be an apt term to describe the sound the REF 330Ms can deliver when partnered with a similarly accomplished system. Loading up the Bergen Philharmonic/Edward Gardner 2020 recording of Britten’s ‘Peter Grimes’ [Chandos CHSA 5250], in which the drama is very much to the fore, there was a warmth and generosity to the sound, but never at the expense of clarity. The sea interludes flowed into the action, with its humour and the sense of unfolding tragedy captured in Stuart Skelton’s impressive Grimes, his voice always seemingly on the point of cracking into despair.

The sound here is about scale and power, and knowing when to strike a balance between tenderness and storm violence, and with the Audio Research amps it’s all handled so deftly, taking the listener into the heart of an atmospheric recording.

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