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David Berning / Hi Fi One SET Reference 20w ZOTL. 4-chassis with external Ypsilon manufactured silver wire wound 45 pound chokes, bespoke umbilical cables and Arya RevOPod feet. Global delivery, Rick Brown personal tube voicing and set up is included.
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Absolute Sound 2025 Special Merit Award Winner
Absolute Sound 2024 Product of the Year and Special Merit Award winner. See the September 2024 Absolute Sound review by Robert Harley
2024 Absolute Sound GOLDEN EAR AWARD WINNER
Carbon fiber, Panzerholz and aluminum chassis construction. The final iteration of the Berning ZOTL circuit utilizing the incomparable Ypsilon pure Swiss silver wire chokes. This amplifier is the answer to the SET conundrum combining extreme midrange linearity and atmospheric density with frequency extension and power deliver that must be experienced. Early deliveries have shown the amplifier fully capable of driving a wide variety of loudspeakers from 88 efficiency convention dynamic driver systems to highly efficient horns speakers systems to the finest ribbon loudspeaker (and my new reference) the Alsyvox Caravaggio XX. A design objective was a very low noise floor. This amplifier is quieter than most solid stage amplifiers and plays at very low levels with full authority. In fact, all listeners have commented they are listening at significantly lower levels and hearing much greater information. See the client pictures tab for installations. See the Absolute Sound Feburary 2024 and read the brilliant Avantgard Trio “sidebar review” by Paul Seydor. Also see the Absolute Sound July 2024 issue and read Robert Harley brief but unequivical experience with the SET on the Alsyvox Caravaggio XX.
Hi Fi One VRE 2 by McCormack Audio Designs “Silver Edition” 2 box remote control line stage. Featuring Duelund CAST silver caps, Lundahl silver wound transformers, IeGO solid silver and rhodium IEC connectors, bespoke umbilicals and Audio Note silver resistors. The chassis is Panzerholz (Tankwood), carbon fiber. This is a bespoke build. The client can call out input/outputs, unity gain or +6 db.
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Hi Fi One AC Nexus by McCormack Audio Design. Power distribution and ground enhancement device with 8 outlets. Featuring Duelund CAST Silver caps, Furutech GTX NCF Rhodium sockets, aluminum pilnth and carbon fiber socket covers, Bocchino SIiver/Teflon Mariner IEC, dampening bases with 1/4-20 threads and Ayra Labs RevOPods feet.
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