The reviews are starting to come out on the Purity Audio Design linestages;
The first review to be published was in UltraAudio, part of the SoundStage! Network where it received the "Select Component" award.
”The high frequencies were sweet, silky, airy, and delicate -- and, at other times, so revealing of information that my brain had to work hard to take it all in. The Purity Reference’s bass performance was among the best I’ve heard. The bass was deep, tight, detailed, and full, and rendered with lifelike clarity. The midrange was textured and present, with no hint of sounding soft or muffled. The palette of colors and timbres offered by the Reference was broad and rich. The Reference had “see-through” soundstaging in my system that was difficult for me to quantify -- stages seemed to extend past my room’s side and front walls, with images that were clearly delineated, dimensional, and well defined. In fact, the Purity Reference imaged with the best I’ve had in my listening room”
Michael Wright
Contributing Writer
SoundStage! Network
Read full review here: http://www.ultraaudio.com/index.php...plifier&catid=37:full-length-reviews&Itemid=2
Next review is on the Silver Statement linestage in The Absolute Sound magazine. This one you will have to read in full in the September 2011 issue.
"It’s rare in this business to come across a product that distances itself from the competition right out of the box. But that sort of jaw-dropping experience was exactly my first impression. I happened to be listening to David Manley’s Lesley album, a recording I’m very well familiar with, when it hit home that this was the most revealing linestage preamp I’d heard to date. It was without peer in fleshing out individual image outlines with realistic space between them..."
"It is a persuasive musical performer that has earned my highest praise and my passionate vote for linestage preamp of the year...."
Dick Olsher
The Absolute Sound
Issue 215, September 2011
The first review to be published was in UltraAudio, part of the SoundStage! Network where it received the "Select Component" award.
”The high frequencies were sweet, silky, airy, and delicate -- and, at other times, so revealing of information that my brain had to work hard to take it all in. The Purity Reference’s bass performance was among the best I’ve heard. The bass was deep, tight, detailed, and full, and rendered with lifelike clarity. The midrange was textured and present, with no hint of sounding soft or muffled. The palette of colors and timbres offered by the Reference was broad and rich. The Reference had “see-through” soundstaging in my system that was difficult for me to quantify -- stages seemed to extend past my room’s side and front walls, with images that were clearly delineated, dimensional, and well defined. In fact, the Purity Reference imaged with the best I’ve had in my listening room”
Michael Wright
Contributing Writer
SoundStage! Network
Read full review here: http://www.ultraaudio.com/index.php...plifier&catid=37:full-length-reviews&Itemid=2
Next review is on the Silver Statement linestage in The Absolute Sound magazine. This one you will have to read in full in the September 2011 issue.
"It’s rare in this business to come across a product that distances itself from the competition right out of the box. But that sort of jaw-dropping experience was exactly my first impression. I happened to be listening to David Manley’s Lesley album, a recording I’m very well familiar with, when it hit home that this was the most revealing linestage preamp I’d heard to date. It was without peer in fleshing out individual image outlines with realistic space between them..."
"It is a persuasive musical performer that has earned my highest praise and my passionate vote for linestage preamp of the year...."
Dick Olsher
The Absolute Sound
Issue 215, September 2011