Proprius - is this it? (Or rather them)

Well where to start, I thought I had been sent the wrong kit , a head amp perhaps, but why 2?  The package was so light, surely not the mono block amps, maybe the power supplies are to follow, what are these wall warty things, no, you’re kidding, really?  

Funny isn’t it how we are almost programmed to associate good sounding hi-fi amps with big hefty cases bristling with heat sinks and unless we get a hernia lifting them into place and you can griddle bacon on the case, performance is unlikely to measure up. No I’m not that bad but I know more than a few that wouldn’t even bother plugging these in!

Me, I’ve been there and made that mistake but have seen the light and now live with a pair of sub £800 open baffle speakers wile a 10k pair of well respected floor standing monitors sit gathering dust in the spare room! (How times have changed  )

So here goes, now to substitute these..... er amps for the current power workhorses driving the OB speakers to destruction (only kidding, but they do go loud! )

(Who said get on with it!!) Ok let’s get this show on the road, time to see what these little tins can do

Have I plugged them in or is that still my current amps?  Thought I had swapped all connections over, re-check, yep the little tinnies are on, ok so that’s a good start, certainly no worse off which in itself is both surprising and impressive considering what their being compared against!

Quick listen before bed, straight out of the box shows these are very capable and although not an apparent massive leap forward in sonic terms to what I am used to, they are the proverbial quart from a pint pot!

Next day can’t wait to get home and have a really good listen to  see what these are like after a good few hours warm up! Ok their good, but how good , well don’t need too much listening to tell you these are definitely punching above their weight......... and some.........25watts you say, blimey!

What stands out pretty much immediately is their ability to resolve complex passages whilst keeping everything in order and each instrument separate from the other, each nuance and timbre is captured and allowed to play itself out rather than get caught up in the Malay and lost amongst more dominant and forward elements of the performance, it’s always a good sign when you start picking up subtleties that you never noticed before, not that they weren’t there before, just never found a way through or just couldn’t be resolved.

So Ok, so far so good but only a couple days in so need to start taxing them a bit more, Sopranos next, always a killer, and then Pink Floyd,  wow this will be interesting, watch this space!!