![]() The L2 offered a bit more energy and detail while the Sugden/A23 combo offered more heart and soul. Second place was more or less a tie between my complete rig and the L2 Phono’s MC input, sans A23 step-up. Not so with vinyl, even relatively affordable vinyl replay. With much of the digital replay I’ve heard over the decades, there’s apprehension involved as if you’re waiting to get hurt-perhaps by a little pinch or a even a bigger bite. The kind of listening that digital rarely touches in the sense of imparting on the listener total relaxation. ![]() To my ears, mind, heart, body and soul, the L2 Phono when paired with the Auditorium 23/Denon 103 combo made for deep, deep listening. In comparison, the A23 / Sugden sounded a bit sleepier and a tad duller than the L2 Phono using the same A23 step-up. Here’s how things shook out with that in mind-the winning-est combination was the A23 / L2 Phono pairing as it imparted more energy, punch, vim and vigor than the Sugden A21SE. I am a huge fan of the Denon 103 ($299 note: not the Denon 103R) when paired with the Auditorium 23 because together they make vibrant, luscious work of vinyl replay. Connect up to three tone arms and switch between them via L2 front panel or the remote handset.4-layer PCB with separate ground planes for analog and digital (control circuitry).High accuracy resistors and capacitors used throughout.Design optimization for lowest value thin-film resistors, resulting in the least possible noise.DC Servo keeps output offset negligible.DC coupled from input to output (no dc blocking capacitors added in series to the signal path).Each stage has a nominal gain of 20dB, resulting in higher bandwidth per stage and lower phase shift across the audio band Four low-noise and low distortion gain stages.Belleson Super-Regulated split-supply voltage rails.Adjustable gain jumpers for MM and MC inputs.Cartridge load setting viewable from L2 front panel display Built-in, on the fly MC remote adjustable cartridge loading (10 – 1000 ohms).Inputs: 1 set of Moving Magnet (MM), 2 sets of Moving Coil (MC).I compared my rig going into one of the L2’s analog inputs, the L2 Phono’s Moving Coil (MC) Phono input, as well as the L2 Phono’s Moving Magnet (MM) input being fed by the wonderful A23 Step-Up. Let’s cover first things first-my every day vinyl rig consists of the Well-Tempered Amadeus Turntable, mounted with a Denon 103 cartridge, then out to the wonderful Auditorium 23 MC Step-Up Transformer ($999) into the Sugden A21SE Stage Two Phono preamp ($1095). Here, in Part 2, we’ll focus on the optional L2 DAC and L2 Phonostage modules. In Part 1 of our review of the Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature Preamplifer and L2 Signature Monoblock Amplifiers, we looked at and listened to the pre-power combo using the L2 Signature Preamplifer as just a preamplifier. Review: Fezz Audio Alfa Lupi Integrated Amplifierĭarko.Audio Podcast #46: AXPONA 2023 Review + MQA Goes Into AdministrationĪxpona 2023 Final Thoughts: Extremist Thinking Isn’t Really Thinking At Allĭarko.Audio Podcast #45: Made in China + Why No Negative Reviews?Īlbum of the Week: boygenius | the record In Barn for Review: Cambridge Audio Edge NQ Preamp/Network Player & Edge M Monoblock Power Amplifiers HiFi News: Schadenfreude, Telephone & Interpretation In Barn for Review: Unison Research Simply 845 Integrated Amplifierĭenon Introduces A High(er) End Streamer: the DNP-2000NE Download of the Week: Lucinda Chua | YIAN
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