This amp is amazing in it’s retrieval of small details that were never sharply defined with other amps. Reproduction of the human voice is spooky real. I’m still getting acclimated to it and am tweaking speaker placement a little.
My initial impression is that this amp nails it with respect to projecting a believable image of the performance, especially with live material. With bad material it is somewhat forgiving and is very listenable With great recordings it is amazing
With great recordings I am hearing subtle things that were masked or glossed over with previous amps My Zesto preamp has this amazing quality with transients , the ability to “start / stop” like the crack of a whip. The two pair well and have that quality along with delivering the ambiance of where it was recorded Decay is very realistic and it has no self noise . Very quiet for any amp never mind a tube amp
This was a big leap of faith for me, to buy an amp blindly , with no ability to listen first. It is generally something I never do. I called Matt a few years ago about one of his lower powered amps He was straight up and said it was not a good match with the speakers I had at the time. He could have said nothing and sold me an amp that day. I called him a few years later and he told me he was building 300b amps . He said this would be my last amp…. He may very well be right
I am going to spend some time with it and follow up after some extensive listening
