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Soulution vs Boulder vs TAD electronics vs MBL whi

Owning now the Soulutions 700 monos/pre, speakers are the MBL 101 MKII I goes to the Munich 2013 show, and I was hearing many systems, and in my humble opinion, Soulution was a little lean, TAD a little dark and Boulder a little too sweet but at the end better, I recognize that the best system for me was the living voice with Audio note Kondo, but kondo can´t work with my speakers, the second best one was the TAD system and the MBL, I was very disappointed with Constellation with TAD reference one speakers, surprised by how good sounds CH precision electronics with VIVID speakers and with Stenheim speakers(Alumine 2 way) in two different rooms, also Absolare with Altair speakers had very good sound, and in one of my 3 vists to the Magico S5 with Spectral room they also was good, not so in the others 2 visits.

I will be very pleased to know your opinions and advice, based on what did you heard about these electronics(MBL, TAD Boulder perhaps the new series 2100, CH precision, Balabo, never heard.., and sorry and yes the soulutions are for sale and accept yours offers, are 220 located in Europe.
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roxy54
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Wow, you are all over the place!...and then you end your post with a classified ad for your amps. Not good.
Obviously, if you can't decide what you really like, no one will be able to do it for you.
audiooracle
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If you are in Europe you should really check out the Audionet stuff from Germany.

The gear is incredibly advanced, and is reasonably priced for true reference gear. The press on it from anyone who reviews it is usually a rave.

Their ideas are quite different they use very few output devices and the amplifiers were developed with technology derived from a project to increase accuracy in medical measuring equipment.

Their MAX amplifiers are rated for 400 watts 8 ohm load and can deliver 1,100 watts into a 2 ohm load.

These amps are neutral yet musical.

I will be evaluating them in my reference system shortly, everything I have read about them shows these guys really know how to build equipment.

I have heard the Solutions and I have never thought they were musical, it is a hard balancing act to achieve some degree of sonic neutrality without killing the timbre and timing which makes an amplifier sound musical.

I would point out that many of these products are over designed and this complication leads to impressively built components which have robbed the soul of the music, sometimes simplicity and elegance of the circuit serves the purpose better.
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glory
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Soulution was a little lean, TAD a little dark and Boulder a little too sweet but at the end better, "

Dude those are some of the best and you don't like?

Really an ad to sell your amp??
chanson1
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Yeah the ad thing is not cool. Spend a few bucks and post a proper ad. Still, I would take a serious look at CH Precision. They seem to have replaced Goldmund, Soulution and FM Acoustics in the Swiss top tier segment. Apparently they are all ex Goldmund engineers and were behind Orpheus and Anagram. Soulution is very dry and sterile to my ears, Boulder sounds slow while CH Precision is very dynamic, linear and more engaging. I heard AVM and while musical is simply not on this level. I have heard CH Precision with YG Acoustics, Wilson and Zellaton speakers.
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