Kimber/EMM Labs—JA's Equal Best Sound at RMAF

[Stereophile]

<p><img class="story_image" src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/101113-Kimber-600.jpg" /></p> Ray Kimber always gets great sound at shows, but this year, although he was still using four Sony SS-AR1 loudspeakers hooked up with Kimber Select cables and an EMM DAC to play his four-channel IsoMike DSD master files, there was something extra-magical happening in the room. Both pianist <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/fan-ya-lin-wows-showgoers">Fan-Ya Lin</a>'s album <i>Emerging</i> and the <i>Romantic Album</i> from violin and piano ensemble the Formosan Duo, sounded tangibly real. The key, it turned out were the gigantic, 300lb MTRX class-A/B monoblocks from EMM Labs, can be seen in my photo. This brute will output 1500W into 4 ohms and, in Ray Kimber's words, extracts "cheerful obedience" from the speakers it is tasked to drive.

[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/kimberemm-labs151jas-equal-best-sound-rmaf]