Gryphon Colosseum- How good?

Jzach,
Having spoken to Flemming Rassmussen on a couple of occasions, I can tell you that the American Press and he are not kissin' cousins. Somewhere along the way they met a Waterloo...and in my opinion the American press is the poorer.
Gryphon (I owned and auditioned this gear, even sold it back in the day), is remarkably good. It's smooth, sweet, natural and for all the world like Tubes with BALLS.
It's not likely that it will, in the near future be reviewed domestically, but you can bet that it's EXCELLENT.
I recently, (in the last 4 years) owned the integrated, and it was excellent by any standard.
I compared this integrated to Krell separates, Ayre and too many others to name, and it was MY personal favorite of these.
WAAAAY back in 1993 the amps were light on current--but this is ancient history, and now they keep doubling as the resistence goes down. Great designs and great sound.
You can't go wrong.
Also, and I'm sure you already know this, their site offers translations oftentimes.
Good luck and good listening.

Larry

I've listened some Gryphon's products, i'm an owner of Mikado and Callisto 2200.
Sonata Allegro with Antileon Signature is wanderfull, however i've listen Gryphon colosseum only at Top Audio.
I can suggest it, but with Sasha you could try to listen even Viola Cadenza+Bravo.

Disclosure - I'm a former Gryphon dealer and current Gryphon Mirage preamp owner. Among other Gryphon products, I've owned the Antileon Signature stereo and mono amps. I've not owned a Colosseum stereo or monos, but have heard the Collosseum stereo owned by Rockport Technologies on two occasions. The first was four consecutive days with the small Rockport Alyas while sharing a suite with Rockport at CES 2010. The second was more recently at Rockport's facility, through the bi-amped Arrakis system that Robert Harley wrote so favorably about. In both applications, I thought the Colosseum was outstanding. A little less "warm" than the Antileon Signature monos and with tremendous resolution and coherency. Terribly difficult to fault. Although I haven't lived with a Collosseum in my system, I'd say it belongs on anyone's short list of statement amps.

If the cost difference doesn't deter you, you may want to consider the Mirage over the Sonata pre. Both are excellent, but the Mirage is to the Colosseum, as the Sonata is to the Antileon Signature...just another level up the chain.
Ron Lapporte
Blue Smoke Entertainment Systems

Ron,

thanks for your post...few people are as experienced as you in Gryphon amps from the looks of the many different models you've owned/used. How would you highlight the differences between Antileon stereo and mono? I own the original Antileon (non-Sig) and run a pair of Sonus Faber Strads with them. Your thoughts on mono with them are appreciated!! (Was using CJ Act 2 and am expecting to move to balanced with new ARC Ref 5...thoughts welcome here as well!)