Pathos Acoustics Twin Towers Amplifiers
Pathos Acoustics Twin Towers Amplifiers
USER REVIEWS
[Sep 13, 2018]
Just_Love_Music
Strength:
Dont really get all the fuzz...On the first note it sounded incredible: great bass, ok mids, but the more i listened i noticed pronounced treble, almost piercing. Contacted the shop and they couldnt help. Started tube-rollin' but it persisted. There was also hum on the output. Beautifully made. VERY HOT running. Low output power = you need +91 dB speakers. Honestly it can't compete with other High End tubed units. If you think it sounds unbeleivable you haven't heard good tube amps. My advise is to listen to other - similarly priced tube amps first. All in all = not worth the price. I sold mine. Weakness:
Fragile, mechanically and electrically. Sounds ok...ish Low power, high distortion, clips into lower speaker loads (audible). HEAVY!! Runs HHOT! Too expensive. Price Paid: 3900 USD
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[Sep 25, 2017]
Cellerino Bernardino
AudioPhile
I won't repeat all of the accolades that this amp has received, both at this site and in reviews.
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[Oct 06, 2013]
Windman
Audio Enthusiast
Wherever you run into a "best integrated amplifier ever heard/owned" thread on an audio forum you will almost always find the Pathos TT on the list, often referenced several times. The TT was a Stereophile Class A rated component and well known reviewer Sam Tellig described the TT as having "superb resolution and stunning immediacy" - Tellig was suitably impressed with the TT to purchase one and use it as his personal reference integrated for many years before ultimately concluding the TT lacked the versatility needed in an amplifier used for reviewing- with the right speakers Tellig noted "The TT is magic" pay particular attention to this final statement by Tellig as it is key if you intend on purchasing a TT.
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[Jan 12, 2012]
panagiotis
AudioPhile
Pathos acoustics TT anniversary amplifier is one of the best amplifiers made the recent years. From day one coming out of the box gave me jaw dropping performance with its transperacy ,hi definition on every note and the excellent deep bass.I have a mcintosh system , with 2 huge amps 1200 watts each ,tube preamp 2200,and a tunner R85, speakers the verry fine infinity IRS gamma, close to the $ 30,000.00 retail all together. Pathos did equal performance or perhaps a better job from the mac's ,using infinity kappa 7.1. Soon i am buying focal electra 1028 BE to replace the kappa's, the only thing is you have to be carefull with the speakers to be easy load driven and the impentance no less than 4 or 5 ohms. i am srongly reccommend to anyone this Pathos amp from Italy. |
[Jan 30, 2011]
jet
Audio Enthusiast
The Pathos TT (Twin Towers) stands right up there with any of the wonderful amps I have heard over the past two years. It pairs very nicely with Devore Nines which I spent hours listening to before making my speaker choice. In my home it is driving Audio Note AN-e LX HE high effidiency speakers. I arranged a side by side comparison of the Pathos TT with an Audio Note M6 Preamp and the Audio Note P4 Balanced mono blocks. That is over $30,000 worth of AN gear. It stood its ground with sweet extended highs and colorful extended transparent lows. It fell short in the mid range but not by much. The paralllel 300b's in the P4 had an amazing palpable mid. But we're talking $$$$$. and I paid $2000 used for the Pathos.
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[Jan 11, 2011]
magnet987
AudioPhile
My acquaintance with Pathos TT amplifier started while visiting a well-respected hi-fi dealer shop some time ago. I was struck by its exterior beauty and as I came to find out later, its beauty was not at all skin deep.
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[Jan 30, 2008]
tmasr
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Beautiful superb build quality. The most natural sound I have heard from an amplifier.
Weakness:
None This amplifier is very smooth and dynamic. The small details that I did not hear before are now there but in coherent and natural way. Imaging, soundstage, and depth of field are perfect. On all kind of music, jazz, classic, rock the detail of bass and highs are extraordinary, mids are to die for. This is world class amplifier one of the best, period. Similar Products Used: Several very expensive amplifiers. |
[Jan 16, 2008]
music
AudioPhile
Strength:
Detail, coherence, soundstage, transparency
Weakness:
Heavy, 40 kg This is review of Pathos T.T. Anniversary. In my 30 years of audio hobby Pathos T.T. Anniversary is the best amplifier I have ever heard. I have tried at home several times more expensive amplifiers than T.T. but nothing comes close when it comes to detail, coherence, soundstage, transparency etc. T.T. was tried with several speakers with difficult load but amplifier drove all of them with aplomb. This is pure class A single-ended design with tubes as input and MOSFET as output. Pathos T.T. Anniversary creates dimensionality and openness with soloists and orchestral sections like nothing I have heard before and I have owned amplifiers several times more expensive than T.T. It extracts bass, midbass, midrange ant treble extension and clarity from the system and by doing this increases the scale of the soundstage as nothing I have heard before. Similar Products Used: Classe, Plinius, Goldmund, McIntosh, Wavac, Carry, Krell |
[Jan 16, 2008]
Audiophile
AudioPhile
Strength:
Detail, coherence, soundstage, transparency
Weakness:
Heavy, 40 kg This is review of Pathos T.T. Anniversary. In my 30 years of audio hobby Pathos T.T. Anniversary is the best amplifier I have ever heard. I have tried at home several times more expensive amplifiers than T.T. but nothing comes close when it comes to detail, coherence, soundstage, transparency etc. T.T. was tried with several speakers with difficult load but amplifier drove all of them with aplomb. This is pure class A single-ended design with tubes as input and MOSFET as output. Pathos T.T. Anniversary creates dimensionality and openness with soloists and orchestral sections like nothing I have heard before and I have owned amplifiers several times more expensive than T.T. It extracts bass, midbass, midrange ant treble extension and clarity from the system and by doing this increases the scale of the soundstage as nothing I have heard before. Similar Products Used: Classe, Plinius, Goldmund, McIntosh, Wavac, Carry, Krell |
[Jan 26, 2007]
egidius
AudioPhile
Strength:
colors, space, and not last: an exceptional design - shame about those towers, because I liked the original name!
Weakness:
speed? Not really if paired well, you can get superb results
This is a very convincing device, if you use it within its recommended areas, these are speakers above 4 Ohm with not to bad efficiency. I have had superb results with Stella Opus speakers, nominally 89db and 6 Ohm..but also with (surprise) Mangers 109
Similar Products Used: see above |