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Gryphon Antileon Evo Arrives
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What are the specs and price Mike?
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Ritmo
What are the specs and price Mike?
150 watts of pure class A.
$39k
Review here:
Gryphon Audio Designs Antileon Evo Stereo Amplifier
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Gryphon: do not step on this surface
UPS guy: hold my beer
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The Antileon Evo looks like the amp Darth Vader would own!
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Audio 1
The Antileon Evo looks like the amp Darth Vader would own!
Ha! A customer walked in today, looked at it and said “that amp came straight from the gates of hell.”
LOL.
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Welcome to the Dark Side!
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It is a wonderful amp, but the aesthetic definitely isn’t for everyone! Will be interested to see how it sells.
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Heard this amp at the LA audio show last year - truly ginormous in person!
Probably the best Ive ever heard Magico sound.
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Always did and always will love Gryphon design...
BTW just realised that I've never seen any Gryphon in silver color...
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Golum
Always did and always will love Gryphon design...
BTW just realised that I've never seen any Gryphon in silver color...
:D
It would not be Gryphon unless it was death black
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Mike, had a chance to test the AE against the Essence? Of course the Mephisto kicks all asses!
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AJR
Mike, had a chance to test the AE against the Essence? Of course the Mephisto kicks all asses!
The Mephisto is like this giant sledgehammer that’s also like a Ferrari F1 car.
The Antilleon Evo has endless reserves and is smoooth. More laid back a bit. But has the slam and huge sound. It’s still breaking in. I will listen serious next week.
The Essence is special, special, special. It has a sweetness and encapsulating musicality. I love it.
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Mike
300W class A into my 4ohm Magicos :)
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Power supply capacity is 2 x 350,000 uF. Transients kick ass!
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Mike
The Mephisto is like this giant sledgehammer that’s also like a Ferrari F1 car.
The Antilleon Evo has endless reserves and is smoooth. More laid back a bit. But has the slam and huge sound. It’s still breaking in. I will listen serious next week.
The Essence is special, special, special. It has a sweetness and encapsulating musicality. I love it.
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Can’t wait for your impressions
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I recently spoke to my dealer about auditioning the Mephisto stereo and Antileon Evo monoblocks. He was strongly encouraging me to listen to the Essence, too. He REALLY thinks highly of it.
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Dth31
I recently spoke to my dealer about auditioning the Mephisto stereo and Antileon Evo monoblocks. He was strongly encouraging me to listen to the Essence, too. He REALLY thinks highly of it.
So do I. It’s very very special. So musical and engaging.
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Hi Mike.
I just listened to the video you uploaded to YouTube of the Antileon Evo. He's next to Essence. It would be very interesting to hear the same song changing the amps.
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nonesup
Hi Mike.
I just listened to the video you uploaded to YouTube of the Antileon Evo. He's next to Essence. It would be very interesting to hear the same song changing the amps.
Sure. I’ll try to do that next week.
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Mike, sorry to push you. Am dying to know your views on this most wonderful amp. IMHO it is so warm and musical that it has actually biased my music towards Jazz, Classical, Afrobeat, Soul, Blues etc, and slightly away from rock and electro. It does rock and electro well, but it has helped me discover other genres.
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AJR
Mike, sorry to push you. Am dying to know your views on this most wonderful amp. IMHO it is so warm and musical that it has actually biased my music towards Jazz, Classical, Afrobeat, Soul, Blues etc, and slightly away from rock and electro. It does rock and electro well, but it has helped me discover other genres.
The amp is incredible and coasts along regardless of what speakers we try it with. However, this amp changes like no other depending on the power cables and speaker cables and IC’s you use, but especially the power cables. The AQ Firebird and Dragon lit this baby up like putting rocket fuel in the engine. We are still experimenting with IC’s and speaker cables.
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Mike,
Do you have Gryphon's new Vanta cables yet?
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Aspac
Mike,
Do you have Gryphon's new Vanta cables yet?
Nope. Not out yet.
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Still playing with power cables? 😊
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That looks like a great system and listening room. Hope the lucky customer will enjoy in good health.
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Mike, dying to know your thoughts on the AE. Don’t hold back.
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AJR
Mike, dying to know your thoughts on the AE. Don’t hold back.
I’m not sure how much more I can add. It’s currently running with two Dragon power cords and sounds incredible. It has dynamics when needed. It has a big big sense of ease and depth to it. It has a more relaxed sound than the Mephisto, but more dynamic than the Colosseum. It truly is the best of both worlds. I truly believe it needs the Pandora Preamp to reach it’s full potential.
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I may need to upgrade my AQ Tornados...
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Mike
I’m not sure how much more I can add. It’s currently running with two Dragon power cords and sounds incredible. It has dynamics when needed. It has a big big sense of ease and depth to it. It has a more relaxed sound than the Mephisto, but more dynamic than the Colosseum. It truly is the best of both worlds. I truly believe it needs the Pandora Preamp to reach it’s full potential.
Well, if it were possible, that YouTube comparison with Essence and a great orchestral mass, it would be fabulous. :)
