Muralmans' amps reviewed Ultra Audio.

It seems the reviewer likes amps which are light and nimble rather than lush and romantic...probably why he does not like tubes. I've never heard the H2O's so don't know what they sound like. I was extreamly impressed with the preamp from this company "The Fire"...and Fire is a good name for this baby...cause it do run HOT!...as a matter of fact, when I pulled it out of the box and saw the heat sinks running down both sides I thought it looked more like a power amp than a preamp.

Dave

The reviewer refers to the Nuforce' as being "silver" and the H2O's as being "bronze". Perhaps the reviewer is holding out on his "gold".
Sometimes it's the reviewer's description rather than his conclusion that intrigues me.

12-12-06: Sogood51
It seems the reviewer likes amps which are light and nimble rather than lush and romantic...probably why he does not like tubes.

If this is indeed true, then the reviewer has never heard an even marginally good modern tube amp, which are generally characterized as being quite light and nimble. Lush and romantic does not describe the good tube amps made today, unless the user chooses to "tune" them by substituting tubes with those characteristics.

Tvad

He did say they were "kinda tube like" in a round about way, ie...tube lovers will like them...people who say that usually have not had much tube experience.

light and nimble, lush and romantic, have many flavors...depending on a few things. You could even say...new Krells are light and nimble, while old school Krells are lush and romantic.

Dave

Hey Tabl10s, let me say first your children are beautiful. Have you got your system to working condition?

Can I bribe you with eggnog and Dambuie to come down for a new listen? I got my Lambda fixed. The disc is now centered, and focus is way sharper. I also have the preamp Sogood51 has been praising. You heard an early prototype. I hope you like Christmas music.

Boa2 is right. This does not sound like tubes. Like Tvad says about tube amps, the H2O will sound anyway you set it up to sound. My sound like the Audio Note DAC I am using. It is on the warm side. I do think of bronze.

As a point of correction, the reviewer was using silver and bronze to evoke music characteristics, not to award Olympic medals.

Sajran's review was more similar to what I am listening to, but not.