I Believe all the three Amps are Special designs and deserves attention and adoration:
Gryphon Mephisto Stereo is a very very powerful amp can handle almost all speakers and very big rooms i have used the Gryphon whit the Robert Koda K10 preamp which i preferred above the Gryphon Pandora as pairing preamp.Very natural great macro details more than enough resolution (Some amps can have more resolution in a bad way) it is Build as a Tank and i wood not know which other Transistor Power amp i will prefer instead.Bass is powerful and fast midrange is just fine not to warm but also no electronic hardness at all treble is open can sound very big and very intimate depending on recording.
Kondo Kagura comes whit Chinees/Russian input rectifier and power tubes which i cant really understand at this price level...???
After some burnin time first thing to do is change this tubes to Nos or New production (Like Elrog 211) high quality Tubes.
Whit out hearing the Kagura your self in a big room whit relatively(!) not easy to drive speakers you cant believe that 2x50 watt can deliver this levels of sound bass and bass control it is amazing unbelievable it sounds like 2x500 Watt.
Great creme de la creme design and parts fast explosive and refined 3d sound not as warm as some will expect but organic, natural and warm enough.You have to work fine tune and make it sing it is not a plug and play amp but if you succeed to make them sing they fly...
Robert Koda K70 II this are up to date my favorite amps i have owned many many amps but this amps have all i ever wished to hear:
Transparent , Fast , Explosief , Organic , Warm but suddenly it can bite and have sharp edge when needed think on a Trombone solo or a great Trumpet improvisation where the musician Scours whit his instrument.. Bass as good as a bass can be not slow not to to fast not fat not thin just perfect a midrange better than any other tube power amp i know maybe a Zanden Choku or a Komuro 212E can compete whit the beauty of this midrange..??
When you listen to a Solo Acoustic Guitar and the guitar player has some silence and touches suddenly the strings the sound comes almost out of nothing very very dark/black background.
Its powerful enough to drive in a big listening room speakers around 89DB sensitivity and moderate difficult impedances.
Gryphon Mephisto Stereo is a very very powerful amp can handle almost all speakers and very big rooms i have used the Gryphon whit the Robert Koda K10 preamp which i preferred above the Gryphon Pandora as pairing preamp.Very natural great macro details more than enough resolution (Some amps can have more resolution in a bad way) it is Build as a Tank and i wood not know which other Transistor Power amp i will prefer instead.Bass is powerful and fast midrange is just fine not to warm but also no electronic hardness at all treble is open can sound very big and very intimate depending on recording.
Kondo Kagura comes whit Chinees/Russian input rectifier and power tubes which i cant really understand at this price level...???
After some burnin time first thing to do is change this tubes to Nos or New production (Like Elrog 211) high quality Tubes.
Whit out hearing the Kagura your self in a big room whit relatively(!) not easy to drive speakers you cant believe that 2x50 watt can deliver this levels of sound bass and bass control it is amazing unbelievable it sounds like 2x500 Watt.
Great creme de la creme design and parts fast explosive and refined 3d sound not as warm as some will expect but organic, natural and warm enough.You have to work fine tune and make it sing it is not a plug and play amp but if you succeed to make them sing they fly...
Robert Koda K70 II this are up to date my favorite amps i have owned many many amps but this amps have all i ever wished to hear:
Transparent , Fast , Explosief , Organic , Warm but suddenly it can bite and have sharp edge when needed think on a Trombone solo or a great Trumpet improvisation where the musician Scours whit his instrument.. Bass as good as a bass can be not slow not to to fast not fat not thin just perfect a midrange better than any other tube power amp i know maybe a Zanden Choku or a Komuro 212E can compete whit the beauty of this midrange..??
When you listen to a Solo Acoustic Guitar and the guitar player has some silence and touches suddenly the strings the sound comes almost out of nothing very very dark/black background.
Its powerful enough to drive in a big listening room speakers around 89DB sensitivity and moderate difficult impedances.