Grandinote Shinai

[Cleese74]

¡Hello
Has anyone tested a Grandinote Shinai?
Looks like a Pass Labs int-25 (??)

thanks! Be safe.

 

[kach22i]

June 2019 review, looks interesting.

https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/grandinote/

 

[Cleese74]

Thanks )))

 

[Derekw14]

I tested it, and found it very musical and well balanced, but its power was insufficient to drive my relatively inefficient speakers. I also heard the pass int 25, albeit in different speakers, and with that caveat, my impression was that the shinai was warmer and slightly more natural and emotional or less solid state to my ears, although both amps are very good. It's superbly built and weighs a ton. Certainly wetted my appetite about the Grandinote line of products. Hope that helps a bit.

 

[Cleese74]

I helps, sure!

 

[hifinutt]

yes i had the grandinote shinai here for a while , also had the proemio pre amp the latter combo is very special . pretty heavy but what a lovely pre amp . wrote a few words when i had these amps

sometime ago i heard the integrated version of grandinote , the shinai with some heco direkt. the bass was extremely gripping . in fact with a track from interstellar the sofa was shaking with thunder from them . so the interest was stirred
well these solid state amplifiers are from Italy . this is from hifipigs review of the proemio /silva
"grandinote are based in Italy and headed up by Massimiliano Magri. The company use a technology they call Magnetosolid where solid state components are used in circuits more typical of valve amplifiers. Grandinote say this offers the advantages of both solid state and tube amplifiers.

All the low signal stages in the amps are direct coupled without capacitors and every device has its own dedicated power supply. All their amplifiers run in Class A. "
http://hifipig.com/grandinote-proemio-preamplifier-and-silva-power-amplifier/
so I have the pre amp [ there is a higher one , heaven knows what that sounds like !!!] which is the proemio which is around 7.5k playing into a msb class A amp . they fit like a glove .
the dislikes first , not too keen on the remote which compared to my rugged bel canto feels slightly unsubstantial . neither does it have theatre bypass which is good to have to integrate into an AV system . however its only 15 kg , built like a tank with beautiful finish and extremely easy to use . you can move swiftly from one input to another with the remote which goes up in increments and easy to control
connecting with a modest reference fidelity rca interconnect with the msb .

the first thing I notice is my chair can feel the vibration from the music at pretty low volumes . I might just struggle to use this combo with those lovely Kudos titan 707 methinks !!! however the verity audio Rienzi just rock beautifully with controlled bass that is pretty delightful. the main thing that really strikes you is strings sound like they have been plucked by a gladiator ....they really ping..... . piano has a lovely timbre .
listening to a fantastic electrnic album from otarion called monument , the vocal harmonies are very compelling and cymbals and bells so realistic .
only had the proemio on for 3 nights but it sounds good from the off , highly recommended . I know a number have the integrated version with high sensitivity speakers and enjoy them with grandinote

https://www.hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/124423-grandinote/?tab=comments#comment-2158367

 

[hifinutt]

i rather liked this thread on Audioshark at the time

https://www.audioshark.org/amplifie...note-audio-italy-5879.html?highlight=pig+ugly