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Thursday, 28 November 2024

Moor Amps, Merason and Innuos Score Highly Commended Award at 2024 Belfast Audio Show

 A large room for the moor amps team - including a large alcove that was sucking bass out of the area you'd normally expect to see a row of seats. However the friendly team from moor worked out the best place to listen and positioned a row of seats located where visitors could best enjoy the music.

moor amps were showcasing their Angel Pre pre-amp, Angel 6 stereo power amp and the newest addition to the range, the floorstanding Ascalon-8 loudspeakers. An Innuos Zen provided the streamer / data into a Merason DAC1 Mk2 to provide the source. System price circa £30k.



The first track played was Chris Rea's "Texas", one I'm very familiar with. Something I've since checked on my own system as being there but not particularly explicit, was the very clear room acoustics of wherever they recorded Rea's vocals - clearly distinctly different from the instrumental tracks on the recording. The track encouraged singing along (as demonstrated by my fellow listeners in the room at the time) which is probably a good thing. Going through more tracks indicated a similar level of detail available, yet without it being disconnected from the rest of the musical experience. I would've hoped for more bass weight, but that's probably due to the room features mentioned above, and the sheer size of the room.

I've heard these amps and speakers at previous shows and enjoyed the experience. Another fine showing here.


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