Synthesis Soprano LE Integrated Amplifier

[ianlenco]

I've got your number and I'll ring you tomorrow. It might be a good idea if you delete your number in the post above.

[ianlenco]

Final reduction before it goes to ebay. £900 collected or £925 to include insured delivery.

[ianlenco]

Sadly now gone to ebay. A lot cheaper here!

[ianlenco]

Still here. Think of the boxes you could get rid of with this compact all in one machine. Your wife will love you even more

[ianlenco]

Quote from the HiFi Plus review

I’d hesitate to say this is the most neutral amplifier you can buy because the sound it makes is so sublime and satisfying. Any yet, neither does it go for the warm ‘comfort blanket’ sound of over-rich valve amplifiers. In short, it toes just the right balance. In fact, if the Soprano’s harmonically rich and elegant sound, plus its exceptional imaging, represent a deviation from strict neutrality, it’s a deviation that I’m sure many will happily go for. This also means the Soprano covers its tracks well, too, because you are enjoying the sound too much. In other words, it’s a lovely, sweet-sounding amplifier that makes you want to listen to music more… who really cares if that is not strictly accurate?

Perhaps the biggest plus-point for the Soprano LE sound is its ability to ‘scale’ well. Put something fey and small sounding its way [Feist’s ‘Mushaboom’, Let It Die, Polydor] and it will make it seem small, close, and intimate. Then flip over to a huge wall of sound [Muse’s ‘Invincible’, Black Holes & Revelations, Helium-3] and you can almost hear the stadium (or a haunted house ride full of sci-fi skyscrapers and evil pumpkin teddy bears, if you watch Muse’s crazy video). That ability to move from the tonsils of a breathy girl-with-guitar singer to a large orchestral piece, to post-modern progressive rock with a distinctly sci-fi feel is the mark of something really good, and the Soprano LE does it so very, very well.

Try a cheeky offer for this excellent amplifier.

[ianlenco]

I do need to recoup some of the cost of this amp so I will accept £850 collected or £875 delivered.

[Lawrence001]

Did you buy it new? Feels like a big saving on the new price for a relatively new amp.

[ianlenco]

Yes I did and I agree it is a big saving. I bought it from Audio Freaks and did get a discount of a couple of hundred pounds. It was new and not ex-demo. After a mini shoutout with a couple of well regarded EL34 amps with admittedly more power I'm beginning to wonder whether I should hang on to this.

[ianlenco]

Another view. Cute or what!

[struth]

i would keep it if i didnt need money. its a lovely little thing. decent price for nearly new. still on sale at 1440 i think too. glws