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Give the Sabrina Vs a chill-down with the gentle beats of Azimuth’s ‘Last Summer In Rio’ [Marca Passo; Far Out Recordings download], and they reward with a gorgeously rich and detailed sound. Here the bass and drums were crisp, tight and powerful, with the guitars and keys soaring eloquently above them – ideal listening during the heatwave at the time of writing.

The speedy, extended sound of the Sabrina Vs dovetailed well with the vocals and harmonies of the Eurythmics’ ‘There Must Be An Angel’, from the 2018 edition of Be Yourself Tonight [Sony Music download], where Dave Stewart’s multilayered scoring underpins Annie Lennox’s wonderful voice. And their ability to reveal fine production elevated the ‘Mamunia’/‘No Words’/‘Picasso’s Last Words’ sequence from the 50th Anniversary release of Wings’ Band On The Run album [MPL/Apple/Capitol 5543565].

It’s all wonderfully understated musicianship, and the Sabrina Vs, fed from the high-end dCS and Constellation hardware, made it so effortless and yet captivating right through to the distant reprise of ‘Jet’ and those lush strings.

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https://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/1020/Bayz_Audio_Courante_20_Loudspeaker_Review.htm

These speakers make things easy because they stand out for specific reasons that other speakers don’t. Let’s delve into that a bit…. First and foremost they are omni-directional speakers, so if you have no interest in a non-traditional, non-dynamic, non-right angle cabinet based speaker then you’re not even reading this. If you are looking for a speaker with flexible placement, a wide sweet spot, palatial staging, and accurate image specificity you are a candidate. If you and your life partner are looking for something unique, modern, artistically designed and masterfully crafted, then you are a candidate. If you don’t cringe and laugh when you see $60,000 as the price tag, then you are a candidate. If you want the tonal structure, harmonic complexity, and dynamic impact of a dynamic driver but don’t want a dynamic speaker, then you are a candidate. If you are looking for a seriously sick pair of insanely cool looking speakers, you are without a doubt a candidate.

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The mids perfectly connect to the bass section, with the same amount of body and weight. The mids are nicely airy and spacious and they to me are slower paced but natural.

Same goes for the vocal presentation, which isn’t too forward here. It nicely blends in but it’s not the most energetic (hence the engagement issue for me).

The top-end is very easygoing and safe to the ears, it will never offend. Sure it’s easy to listen to but it doesn’t help to improve the energy and engagement issues I feel there are. The top-end doesn’t really impress me if I can be this honest.

https://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/1224/AGD_Productions_SOLO_Limited_Edition_GaN_Power_Monoblock_Amplifier_Andante_MkII_Preamplifier_DAC_Phonostage_Music_Streamer_Review.htm

The MkII front panel is essentially unchanged, remaining simple and minimalistic, with touch-sensitive keys (no mechanical movement). The option of Apple’s handy remote is also included to manage menu functions. Additionally, the Andante now has a new ‘teaching’ mode that enables the remote with different types of controllers. A home theater bypass is now standard to enable easy integration with HT systems. The back panel configuration retains the same design of the MkI, with 3+1 analog inputs and 3 analog outputs. The third output can be customized as a subwoofer or high-pass filter output with a cut-off frequency at 120Hz (-3dB, at 6dB octave slope). All connectors are Cardas for all single-ended inputs and professional grade Neutrik for the balanced inputs. The Ethernet port has functional LEDs to monitor the communication stream over the network.

As my interests lay largely in vinyl LPs, my Kronos Sparta table remains my primary reference source, with the Esoteric K-03 available for variety. Tidal, Quobuz or sim.streaming portals are not part of my audio diet as-yet, though perhaps someday. Consequently, my primary evaluation of the Antante MkII focused on its phono stage, as well as a portal for the K-03.

As a conduit for digital listening, I ran my Esoteric K-03 both as a single box player and as a transport utilizing the Andante’s internal DAC. In both positions, digital examples retained a silky, yet highly detailed character, with wonderfully articulated transient speed throughout the dynamic spectrum. Used as a DAC, the Andante proved exceptional, demonstrating no over-emphasis of upper frequencies, stridency, or stretch. Transient strings and metallic percussion were strikingly beautiful, consistent across the frequency and dynamic spectra, devoid of any sense of artificial exploitations. There was a tangible, organic presence about the lower frequencies, albeit slightly less so than when the K-03 was used as a single unit player. Nevertheless, firm, well-fleshed, and true to character.