What a fantastic shortlist. I have not heard the others so can’t comment other than to say the Antileon EVO is amazing. I would guess that it will be better than the Essence monos. But I don’t know. One thing about the AE - it is very warm and rich, and IMO doesn’t play hard rock/grunge as...
Thanks for your thoughts, Philip. I think the Pandora + AE combination is wonderful. I also like the transparency, coherence and detail retrieval of the Magicos. Allows the richness and musicality of the Gryphon combo to really come through. The Pantheons are on my list too. A long term...
I have not listened to Boulder nor the Mephisto, but can I suggest you try the Antileon EVO? Not sure what your price point is and of course the Mephisto will beat the AE, but it might be worthwhile to try it out. I absolutely love mine. I would love a Mephisto but I ruled it out partly...
Congratulations! I love my Antileon Evo, although I have not listened to the Colosseum or the Mephisto. I especially love the detail, richness and the huge soundstage it presents. It drives my Magic S3 mk2s with little effort and I can only imagine what a speaker upgrade will do.
The manuals are very poor. Unbefitting of them TBH. That said, they are still developing the renderer v2 manual. Still kinks to iron out apparently. Try to get your MSB dealer to connect you to MSB (Jonathan Gullman) directly. He was very responsive and helpful to me.
A few days ago, when my replacement MSB renderer input module arrived (the one that I ordered with my MSB Premier did not work), I finally got my MSB Premier and Innuos Zenith MkII (I am waiting for mk III to arrive - hopefully later this month or October). The MSB renderer is fed directly from...
GLWS. Someone is going to be very happy with the Colosseum.
Are you going Mephisto stereo or monos? Very exciting - I can’t wait for you to buy them and then hear your thoughts.