SOLITAIRE MONOBLOCK 21
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The Solitaire combines an ultra high-speed power amplifier onto one chassis, to produce over 100 WATTS per channel from DC to well over 500kHz into any known speaker load with absolute stability.
What the critics say...
Listener A "There is not much else to say except that the SOLITAIRE leaves far behind our best references".
Listener B " Let's get straight to the point; MAS electronics are more than surprising, they are a real discovery, a rare find. Rarely have we heard on transistor units such liquidity, such an ease of reproduction where voices once again find melody and softness'
Jean Hirage/Patrick Vercher LA NOUVELLE REVUE DU SON, France.
" The Solitaire is yet another solid state amplifier that I liked from the first time I heard it in my system. It passed very musical and unharsh sounds through to the speakers. Its sound is characterised by exquisite spatial presentations, solid dynamics, great transparency and a tonality that is a little soft sounding in the high frequencies. This amp is lyrical and quick sounding.
A Bascom H. King thumbs up for this one!"
Bascom King, AUDIO USA.
" The conclusion: the sensation is perfect. A power Amplifier for 9000DM can reach without problems to the position of ABSOLUTE SPITZENCLASSE and is immediately equal to competitors that are three times more expensive".
Alexander Strobel, STEREOPLAY, Germany.
" This amplifier, once it stops pouting and stamping its feet, has definition, transparency, clarity and solidity which will charm the pants off anyone who regards imaging and detail retrieval as paramount".
Ken Kessler, HI FI NEWS &RECORD REVIEW, England.
" The Solitaire is more impurtable, more steady, more precise and subsonically more tremendous than any SUMO power station of mulitple power output. Furthermore, the Solitaire isn't picky at all with speaker principles. A complex dynamic 4 way speaker like Infinity Kappa 8, it brings the amp to top performance as do the extremely difficult electrostatic speakers of Putz or the old Martin Logan CLS. The real astonishment is met, however if one connects against all odds, the Metaxas power amp with the brilliant 300DM loudspeaker like the Energy Point 1E. Then the Canadian shoe box sounds immediately like a noble speaker of ten times the price, surprises with bass extension, midrange resolution, transparency and easiness of treble ... "
Ulrich Michalik HI FI EXCLUSIV, Germany.
" A pampered Solitaire will produce a vast soundstage with easily descerned and clearly positioned borders, with the musical event placed solidly in its own, uncompromised space and despite its sledgehammer slam, the Solitaire is capable of separating the brutal from the delicate, preserving the relationship between notes at either end of the dynamic frame".
HI FI CHOICE GUIDE TO HIGH END , England.
"The poweramp specifically had no difficulty driving loads, even of the B&W 801FS and Analysis type (Greek, Apogee clones). In all other aspects the combination is very relaxed, with excellent plasticity and three dimensional body, excellent descriptive ability of the recording location (especially with the Celestion Kingston) and equally good rendering of the air.The performance of various frequencies can, in two words, be described as extremely homogeneous. You will not be able to tell them apart in well recorded material, with able three way transducers. Such a composure exists! The bass is very quick with top grade body and attack, not slowing at all. The mids are very descriptive, with very good detail and purity, soft and extremely sweet. The highs are delicate, with excellent body and special plasticity. The stereo image has excellent dimensions and very good "black" character, and by saying this, I mean the "black" space that separates the instruments and makes them sound as separate entities, with lifelike positioning in space, in well recorded material."
Thanassis Moraitis, SOUND & HI FI ,ATHENS, GREECE
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