![]() ![]() Regardless of buyer preference, one also gets these three inlays which attach by magnet. Not only do all fascias in this range (plus those of many studio models) come in red, black or silver-anodized aluminium. A special accessorizing feature are the hot-swappin' frontal inlays. It's why SPL add a 12V trigger which allows a matching preamp for example to wake up the amp. They asked whether I'd rather (cough!) mess up their beautifully clean front with a mundane rocker switch. My mild complaint-of finding the rear-mounted power mains a bit impractical-was quickly put in its place. The power amp counters with Scandinavian sobriety. The midi-sized head amps, DACs and preamps of the Pro-Fi range romance the eye with neat switches, knobs and two round back-lit VU meters. My fun started with the industrial design where I'm clearly not the only admirer. Roman Groß starting to wire up a Performer s1200. As I was told, the most important question always asked is, "did you have fun?" I barely exaggerate when I say that pretty much anyone from cleaner to boss can take prototypes home to play with then critique. Each employee wears multiple caps regardless of official job title. Despite an unusually deep product portfolio, the company itself is quite compact. I happened to visit the factory whilst first amplifier prototypes roamed their hallways. R&D began with a lean such circuit then tweaked it for reference sonics. Which wasn't much of a stretch when SPL's trademark 120-Volt discrete opamps aka VoltAir modules are potent enough to work as drivers for output transistors. SPL's power amps were thus developed for us homies and our passive boxes. Power amps diverge because recording professionals rely on active monitors with integral electronics. Headamps, preamps or digital converters are all categories common to home and studio. Instead of RCA jacks one sees ¼" plugs which our kind only knows from headphones. The pro kit gets more i/o and the connectors conform to studio standards. The key changes are really the number and types of sockets. Obviously here too the firm stay true to their studio DNA. SPL tickled their interest with new models and the last few years have seen them roll out numerous Pro-Fi machines destined for domesticated rigs. If you missed that, here's the nutshell version: originally minted for professional mixing/mastering engineers, audiophile headfiers discovered the deck and applauded its brilliants sonics, unusual adjustment facilities and cool design. How the firm came about and why these studio experts from Niederkrüchten on the Lower Rhine river serve audiophiles with their 'Professional Fidelity' range I've gone into at length in my review of their Phonitor headfi amp. Today is about their newest, the Sound Performance Lab Performer s1200 stereo. There's my RMA DAC, Bryston power amp, my old EAR Yoshino preamp and its SPL Elektor replacement. What do I see? Plenty of kit from pro-audio brands. Other: Harmonix RFA-7800 room tuning devices, Highendnovum PMRĬlean rack attack. Rack: Lovan Sovereign, Tiglon TMB-10E platform Power delivery: Audioplan FineFilter S, PowerStar S bar, PowerPlant S filter, PowerCord cabling Loudspeakers: Spendor D 9.2, Genelec 8020Ĭables: Cardas Clear Light loom, AudioQuest Coffee Ed.Īnalog sources: stst Motus 2 turntable with stst Vertex arm and Zyx Yatra cartridgeĭigital sources: Antelope Zodiac+, North Star Design Supremo CDP and CDT, Antipodes S40 server By request of the manufacturer and permission of the author, it is hereby syndicated from the German original to reach a broader English audience. This review first appeared in March 2022 on. ![]()
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