Any experience with the Aspen Soraya Amplifier?

Crozbo sorry for the delayed reply. I only just saw it. Hugh hangs around some other audio forums, I think mostly audiocircle. It is a bit unfair to compare the Soraya to my Cary CAD-211 amps, but I have heard it in my system. The Soraya has much tighter bass, but the treble extension and detail retrieval isn't quite as good as the Cary. The overall sound tends towards slight warmth, but the amp isn't lacking in drive and rhythm.

Unlike some other amp designers Hugh pays close attention to the harmonic structure of his amps and designs for how well they sound. I have met the guy enough times to know.

Can not comment on Ayre, Modright, Van Alstine, Odyssey as none of them are available in Australia.

Sorry to dig up this old thread, but which version of the Soraya have you heard? Is it the earlier version or the 2009 version? I guess the 2009 version has some improvements. Not sure if those include a better treble extension or detail retrieval.

Hello

I know Hugh and the Soraya 2009 do have very different topology and give a real improvement over the previous Soraya amps.

Hugh explain it a bit there;
http://www.aksaonline.com/products/products_Soraya.html

Here is the link to the Soraya 2009 listening impression by various buyers;

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=71387.0

Bye

Gaetan

That may be, but what we still don't know, is which Soraya Amfibius compared to his Cary's.

Okay, the version that Amfibus heard was the old version. On top of that, Aspen has has a new flagship model coming out, the Maya.