Dave’s Faves – Atoll SDA200 Streaming Integrated Amp
Atoll SDA200 Streaming Integrated Amp $4800 (120×2) (3.75h, 17.32w, 12d, 25 lbs) Made in France! Priced as Line Stage With Remote, 3 Year Warranty Well here’s a fave I didn’t think I would be writing about. The first part of it is no surprise. The base platform of SDA200 is Atoll’s IN200 Signature integrated amp. Please look up IN200 in Dave’s Faves…
Dave’s Faves – Atoll MD100 CD Player
Atoll MD-100 CD Player, $999 (3 1/4h, 12 5/8w, 8 1/8d, Black or Silver) Made In France! 3 Year Warranty Atoll’s entry level CD player, MD-100, comes in a smaller case than the rest of their CD players. They call it their “MINI” size. They have a handful of products on this chassis size to, surprise, (!) save space. When we got…
Dave’s Faves – Atohm GT-1
Atohm GT-1 Stand Mount Speakers, $5000 per, pair (13h, 7.87w, 10.43d, 27 lbs, 89dB SPL, 6 ohms) 6” 2-way in Gloss Walnut, Gloss Piano Black, Gloss Piano White Made in France: 7 year warranty! Atohm speakers are indeed, actually MADE in France. Designer Thierry Comte has created a line of speakers that check some very special boxes. Let’s start here with GT-1,…
Dave’s Faves – Atoll IN300 Integrated Amp
Atoll IN300 Integrated Amp $4700 (150×2) (3.75h, 17.32w, 12d, 36 lbs) Made in France! Price doesn’t include DAC or Phono, 3 Year Warranty Atoll’s IN300 is quite simply, my favorite integrated amp, all things considered- on the planet! It does so much, so well, at about half the price of its apples to apples to competitors. It’s a dual mono, Class AB,…
Dave’s Faves – Atoll CD80 CD Player
Atoll CD80 CD Player $1975 (3.75h, 17.32w, 12d, 14 lbs) Made in France With 3 Year Warranty! I’m a big fan of CDs and CD players. As a classical piano fan first and foremost, I don’t care to listen through mechanical noise and PRETEND is isn’t there. IT IS. Further, I want the pitch to be right with ZERO wow & flutter….
Dave’s Faves – Atoll IN200 Integrated Amp
Atoll IN200 Integrated Amp $3500 (120×2) (3.75h, 17.32w, 12d, 25 lbs) Made in France! Priced as Line Stage With Remote, 3 Year Warranty Optional Boards Available: Phono MM $210, DAC $390, DAC/Bluetooth $590 Atoll’s IN200 is simply an astonishingly fine accomplishment! It does so much, so well, at such a fair price, built with TLC in France, that it deserves a ROSETTE….
Dave’s Faves – Atoll IN100 Integrated Amp
Atoll IN100 Integrated Amp $2500 (100×2) (3.75h, 17.32w, 12d, 25 lbs) Made in France! Priced as Line Stage With Remote, 3 Year Warranty Optional Boards Available: Phono MM $210, DAC $390, DAC/Bluetooth $590 Atoll’s IN100 is the first integrated in the family to use a PAIR of the outstanding Spain built 340VA transformers. While IN50 and IN80 are dual mono, they do…