Norma Audio IPA-140 integrated

Great review, @mboldda1. It seems to mirror what hifiplus.com, soundstagehifi.com, and stereo.net.au all said about this integrated.

I now have the impression that it betters the Kinki EX-M1 by having a sound signature similar to a Bakoon integrated. I've read where the designer of the Norma is a fiend for getting the human voice correctly depicted as once you've got that right, the rest falls in line. Not all of us are musicians but we all know how humans sound.

If I had the money, I'd give it a try.

All the best,
Nonoise

they have two lower priced models.
https://www.audiothesis.com/norma
it is quite a bit of coin but in comparison the pass labs 25 watt integrated is $7250.

Super useful review, wish there were more like this one. But the Kinki integrated mentioned is less than 3K delivered, big $ difference, the Norma should show a huge improvement instead of in just one parameter. Hard to beat the Chinese now at the numbers game in manufacturing, an unfortunate reality for our struggling economy.

i didn't have the kinki on hand, only the mastersound.  the norma blows the kinki out the water.