Halcro Eclipse lands in Florida

[Elliot G.]

The new Halcro Eclipse Stereo Amplifier has landed in Florida. I and Bending Wave USA are truly honored and excited to be importing and distributing this iconic brand.
Stay tuned for details and pictures.

 

[Elliot G.]

 

[Elliot G.]

Just got back from Capfest and it will take a few days to get my system up and playing . I look foward to posting my impressions and some more information regarding this product.

 

[ICUToo]

Can't wait to hear your impressions.
Halcro
Heisenberg
Dartzeel.
What amazing options for the well-heeled audiophile these days

 

[Elliot G.]

 

[Elliot G.]

just got the room working today after Capfest. Was thrilled that the Halcro Eclipse was waiting in my showroom. Got all the gear assembled, wires run and system working. I listened briefly to the new amp and now its time to chill and relax after a very hectic 2 weeks of working, packing, unpacking and traveling. My initial impression of the amp is very positive as it is certainly not he Halcro of the past and I am really looking forward to listening to what they have done. The new finish is much better and the new color I like a lot. Its an Iconic look and I like different.
Stay tuned for more from down under in Florida

 

[Elliot G.]

SoundStageAustralia.com - Halcro Eclipse Stereo Power Amplifier

www.soundstageaustralia.com

 

[Elliot G.]

First comment- this is not the same sound as the Halcro from years back. It does however have some of the characteristics I remember from the past.
It is extremely quiet. It plays with an unreal sense of ease. It is very transparent yet not at all harsh or forward. It has excellent bass. It has been playing for a few days and it is starting to open up. I am looking forward to a listening session later today. Stay tuned.

 

[dan31]

I have always appreciated the design. No fasteners visible gives it a sculpted appearance.

 

[Jon Lord]

As a Halcro DM38 owner, I'm happy that the brand is now back again with a stereo amp. Would be interresting to hear, who designed it and what the philosophy behind this new product is.

Did you have a chance to compare the new Eclipse Stereo to the DM38 side by side ?
For me the specifications look like a faithfully modernized remake of the DM38, which would be already sensational from a technical + sound performance standpoint.

 

[Elliot G.]

As a Halcro DM38 owner, I'm happy that the brand is now back again with a stereo amp. Would be interresting to hear, who designed it and what the philosophy behind this new product is.

Did you have a chance to compare the new Eclipse Stereo to the DM38 side by side ?
For me the specifications look like a faithfully modernized remake of the DM38, which would be already sensational from a technical + sound performance standpoint.

you can read the link I have above with the history, what happened and who is involved.
I don't have any old ones but I was a dealer back in the day. Never had a 38 however

 

[Elliot G.]

As a Halcro DM38 owner, I'm happy that the brand is now back again with a stereo amp. Would be interresting to hear, who designed it and what the philosophy behind this new product is.

Did you have a chance to compare the new Eclipse Stereo to the DM38 side by side ?
For me the specifications look like a faithfully modernized remake of the DM38, which would be already sensational from a technical + sound performance standpoint.

SoundStageAustralia.com - Halcro Eclipse Stereo Power Amplifier

www.soundstageaustralia.com

 

[Jon Lord]

SoundStageAustralia.com - Halcro Eclipse Stereo Power Amplifier

www.soundstageaustralia.com

Very interresting read. Thank you !

On the first glance it sounds like the Eclipse Stereo is an entirely new design inside, compared to the DM38, which it is certainly not.
If you read a little between the lines, you can see, that they left the PSU and output stage and also the mechanical layout pretty much untouched and only significantly upgraded the input stage section, by means of layout "topology" changes and thanks to newly available advanced semiconductor parts. Another significant change (and probably the most important one) seems to be in the area of protection circuitry, which can indeed have a big impact in real world, worst case setups.

The DM38 was technically something like one PSU of a DM88 + two powered down DM88 amplifier stages. I doubt, that it sounds any bit worse than two DM88 monos at moderate powers. It also measures better than it was specified (THD20k at 100W/4Ohms lower than 500ppb on my unit, which is likely not worse than a DM88 or the new Elcipse Stereo). From my experience, as any ultra low distortion amp the DM38 doesn't like to clip (hard) and it tends to be a little too cautiously protected, when exposed to very low impedance loads.

The DM38 was a jewel in Halcro's old product range (As probably the Eclipse Stereo also will be), which certainly suffered some bad marketing and a bad market start in the US due to a mess of an equipment report by John Atkinson of Stereophile of October 2004, which at least for myself (As a basically objectivist audiophile) read like a public execution.

 

[Elliot G.]

It is very difficult to compare something that I had and sold over 15 years ago. My system then and now are very different and I do believe significantly better in just about every way.
I can't help you with your comparison since I don't have the item nor do I have any incentive to try to find one as they don't exist any longer as a product to purchase except used and that is not my business. The new amp which I have had playing now for about a week is really good. I was told they have a fairly long burn in period, I have heard this before with almost everything, however I have listened to it just about every day and then skipped a few and listened for a longtime yesterday afternoon and evening.
This is not the old Halcro! This is a very special item and I am thrilled with the path it is taking and I am very curious to see how much farther it can go. I loved what i heard yesterday in my room and a couple of the things I thought might be a concern were now gone.
I ordered a set of the mono blocks BTW and they will be here next year.
The Eclipse is a going to make people stop and listen.

 

[Elliot G.]

I am not a reviewer and have no desire to play one on TV.
I do have a pretty good room and system and I have been listening to the amp for a little over a week. This is a very special item. It is really able to let you into the music. I don't know its because it has the lowest distortion figures or a unique power supply, or it doesn't look like any other amp, it just gets out of the way and lets you see and hear into the music.
I had a friend in today who likes to come by every few months for what he calls a "tonic" He has heard all of my systems for over 20 years in Florida. We sat and listened to all different kinds of music from Jazz to Pop to rock and then went to lunch. When we returned I told him I wanted to play him some classical music. I thought he would sit for 5-10 minutes but instead he never moved and we listened to the entire Carmen Suites Rodion Scchedrin Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov.
After the piece ended I turned on the lights and waited for his response. We sat for nearly 5 minutes without a word.
He finally looked at me and said "that was the most emotionally involving thing I have ever heard from an audio system"

 

[Hamburger]

Any further updates, after almost 2 months?
What are the speakers connected? Gobel?

 

[Elliot G.]

Any further updates, after almost 2 months?
What are the speakers connected? Gobel?

Because of Covid they will not be really in production until the 2nd Q of 22. I have an amp in my showroom and it can be connected to the Gobels or any other speakers we have. at the present time I just waiting until it becomes available

 

[andromedaaudio]

From all the solid state thats on the market this would be my first priority to hear .
The review is very enthusiastic.

https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/halcro-eclipse-mono

 

[nirodha]

Can't wait to hear your impressions.
Halcro
Heisenberg
Dartzeel.
What amazing options for the well-heeled audiophile these days

I hope the new Halcro has found a “soul’“ which it really lacked in the past.

 

[andromedaaudio]

I hope the new Halcro has found a “soul’“ which it really lacked in the past.

you mean it lacks distortion soul