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The Audionet thrust coefficient is something else! Second, dynamic range is staggering: not only do big macros give no hint of compression, they travel to places previously unheard at Nack Labs.

First, the treble is not rolled off and is allowed to roam freely. Abetting the impact is a dark-hued tonal balance that doesn’t skimp on the lower frequencies and packs oodles of weight and heft.īeyond the sheer power, there are two more things to note about that transient onslaught.

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Full orchestral blasts exert maximum pugilistic verve. Indeed, with one of the highest slew rates in the industry, the specs clearly reflect what I am hearing. The transient hits hard, with blazing speed and a sharp edge. From the very first note – you’re going to be caught off guard. In this regard, Audionet is in a class by itself. The speed, the force, the aggression of a single cymbal strike is outrageous. If you’ve ever been in close proximity to a live drum set, you’ll know what the issue is. Over the years, I’ve heard many audiophiles talk about the seeming impossibility of reproducing realistic transients. Now let’s talk about what I did take note of. As you’ll see, this will be the major theme of this review. It means that here was a pair of mid-level, relatively affordable, components able to scale up in these areas into the neighborhood of the Big Boys – to the highest level. Tonal balance, frequency response, signal purity, noise level – all of these weren’t rumbling around inside my cranium. Information retrieval, for one, was not on my mind. “It occurs to me the best narrative line to take in describing the sound of the Audionet components is to tell you what I wasn’t thinking about. And since they’re scientists, they much prefer to leave the singing of praise to other professionals: These same scientists are still running the company, after 20 years. To see what cutting edge science could come up with in terms of audible wonder.

Where it was decided to attack all questions of high end musical reproduction at the deepest possible level. Only it was the subterranean car park of famous German Bochum University. Who first convened in a garage, of all places. Audionet is the brain child of scientists and veritable German engineers. You know, unlike most companies on this planet in pursuit of the perfect tone, ours is not run by finance guys or marketing people. And feel honoured to be apparently loved back.

David Robinson said this, on, and we feel obliged to say we love the man. If you are operating in this budget range, then you simply must not purchase anything else until you listen to the STERN and HEISENBERGs in operation.Īnd that, amigos, is the name of that tune….” This is the high-end audio mountaintop…for here, for now. If you’ve been reading my evaluations over the decades, you’ll know how rare (almost unknown) it is for me to say anything like this. ”To this point in time, the Audionet STERN and HEISENBERG reference designs are the very best that I’ve ever heard in my listening room, top-to-bottom, front-to-back, and side-to-side.įurthermore, if you take the STERN and go with two pairs of HEISENBERGs, four monoblocks, total, I can be categorical: That configuration is the best preamp/amplification that I’ve ever heard anywhere, anywhen, to this point in time, period.