Arthur from London. Angel-6 + Angel-Pre.
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Driving Kudos 808s
I started by purchasing the absolutely amazing Angel-6 amp. We initially listened with my preamp and then went on to try your Angel-Pre which sounded smoother, more detailed and more musical. I was literally wallowing in amazing sound. Your amps work really well with my streamer and speakers. After pondering for a few days I ordered the Angel-Pre too!
I had an orchestral blast and played Steinberg’s Planets. The clarity and dynamic range was amazing. Basically, I finally have a system that can do orchestral music justice.
I listened to it for 5 hours this morning. Solo piano, Ligeti requiem (showed off dynamic range), Black Sabbath (sounded great).
My system sounds (expletive deleted) amazing. Everything you said about the amps is spot on. The system is so involving. As it passed 10pm I regretfully turned it off and went downstairs. As I stuck the telly on I decided to go back upstairs and played some polyphony and bits of Alice Coote’s Winterreise from Wigmore Hall (I was there!).
I have now listened to quite a few genres and the sound is excellent. It really is incredibly involving. I am finally greatly enjoying playing large scale orchestral and choral/vocal works by the likes of Mahler, Bruckner, Beethoven, Holst, Wagner etc. I put off playing this type of music in the past because my system simply wasn’t up to it, and this is with the Kudos 808s.
Choirs sound amazing. There is no strain to the sound and it is not fatiguing in the slightest. I could listen to it all day. Did I mention very natural instruments (piano, drums, violin, guitar), excellent dynamic range and transparency. Very natural overall sound, and sounds great at all volumes.
The other week I played some jazz classics such as Interstellar Space and Kind of Blue. I was completely lost in the sound world. I replayed the last 3 tracks from Kind of Blue 3 times as I was so absorbed with the interplay between the musicians.
To step down a few notches on the artistic scale I thought I would give Iron Maiden’s first album a go. I have always liked the songs but the production is really hard on the ears. With your amps I enjoyed it! I have actually given it a spin a couple of times. The 70s rock/prog of my youth all sounds great.
I reckon my streamer and amps would beat most set ups that cost 3 times as much. I finally have not got a hifi system. I own a music system.
Brilliant amps!
Cheers!
