There are an amazing amount of preamps at Aries Cerat - I come up with at least 6 different ones:
Incito, Incito S, Impera II, Impera Signature, Impera Signature Limited and Virgo.
I use a beautiful Impera II and I have to say: this is a really and seriously top-notch preamp and it offers more sonically than the price tag suggests. But if you say to yourself, "Yes, the Impera II is really good. It is extraordinarily good. But let me try the Impera Signature." - what happens then?
The sonic differences are quite easy to describe. As I have said elsewhere here on the forum
the Impera II is, in my opinion, superior to preamps like the Bespoke Audio, the Trinity (Black) Reference Preamp or the CH L1 when used with an Aries Cerat Poweramp. The Impera offers more fine information - integrated into the presentation, i.e. not separately emphasised - and more three-dimensionality and body, but at the same time also more pressure, dynamics and more musical flow. This thing is a lot of fun!
In the same system environment, the Impera Sig. sounds different. Pressure and dynamics increase, but above all the richness of timbre, resolution and space increase, and the unit sounds more neutral overall. The bass range also seemed more neutral and much more contoured to me ... in other words: the resolution also increases significantly in the bass range. With the Impera Sig, you get a big step closer to reality. So we're not talking about nuances, but about a really big step that you can hear after just a few beats ...
Therefore, only the following tip remains. The question "But why don't you let me try the Impera Signature?" should only be asked by those who can seriously imagine purchasing the device afterwards. The Impera II is, as I mentioned before, a really outstandingly good device. But after a listening session with an Impera Sig. there is hardly any way back.
At least that's how I felt ....
(Memo to me: put the other Aries Cerat preamps mentioned at the beginning of this post out of your mind).
Incito, Incito S, Impera II, Impera Signature, Impera Signature Limited and Virgo.
I use a beautiful Impera II and I have to say: this is a really and seriously top-notch preamp and it offers more sonically than the price tag suggests. But if you say to yourself, "Yes, the Impera II is really good. It is extraordinarily good. But let me try the Impera Signature." - what happens then?
The sonic differences are quite easy to describe. As I have said elsewhere here on the forum
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the Impera II is, in my opinion, superior to preamps like the Bespoke Audio, the Trinity (Black) Reference Preamp or the CH L1 when used with an Aries Cerat Poweramp. The Impera offers more fine information - integrated into the presentation, i.e. not separately emphasised - and more three-dimensionality and body, but at the same time also more pressure, dynamics and more musical flow. This thing is a lot of fun!
In the same system environment, the Impera Sig. sounds different. Pressure and dynamics increase, but above all the richness of timbre, resolution and space increase, and the unit sounds more neutral overall. The bass range also seemed more neutral and much more contoured to me ... in other words: the resolution also increases significantly in the bass range. With the Impera Sig, you get a big step closer to reality. So we're not talking about nuances, but about a really big step that you can hear after just a few beats ...
Therefore, only the following tip remains. The question "But why don't you let me try the Impera Signature?" should only be asked by those who can seriously imagine purchasing the device afterwards. The Impera II is, as I mentioned before, a really outstandingly good device. But after a listening session with an Impera Sig. there is hardly any way back.
At least that's how I felt ....
(Memo to me: put the other Aries Cerat preamps mentioned at the beginning of this post out of your mind).