Unison Rsearch SINFONIA, it is just out and has kicked out the Audiomat opera from my system. It has a level of refinement that is mind blowing, after all it is a single ended design with 27 watts of power.
I have had the Oera and Roland Concerto in my system and have heard the Musical Fidelity in a similar system.
The SINFONIA has bettered everything but even much pricier separates i have had in my system as well.
It has just been awarded the reference status from the French magazine HAUTE FIDELITE, that gives a warning to the OPERA in that review, and they are right.
I have only one source and it is vinyl. Michell ORbe, Graham 2.2, Benz Ruby 3, Aesthetix Rhea.
It IS unbelivable to think this integrated can bring out all the differences that source can bring and it only costs a little more than my cartridge and tonearm cable.
It's price does not represent the quality of the sound you get and in my case it has saved me some hard earned money by putting some back in my pocket.
Only one thing to keep in mind and that is to change the tubes when you will get it because i think Unison was really smart with putting some inexpensive tubes in it and let you change them for the ones you like, the reason is to save you money i believe by selling it cheaper. For example if they had spent more money on the tubes then the distributor and the retail store would have added a profit on top and for about 300$ 0r 400$ you could spend on tubes it could have cost you 1000$ to 1500$ for the same ones in the Sinfonia if it was delivered with them.
PS: i am not a dealer and i do not have one for sale, in fact i am waiting for mine and i have the demo from the store until mine gets here.
