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Från vänster: Mark Sossa från Well Pleased Audio. Hanterar Vinnie Rossi world Wide, Merason för USA och QLN för USA-marknaden.
Daniel Frauchiger, ägare och konstruktör på Merason, ännu så länge mest känd för sina utmärkta DAC:ar
Ingemar Carlsson, ägare av Hificonsult Örebro och i detta sammanhang Transparent-representant och discjockey
Vinnie Rossi, The talented one, äger och skapar Vinnie Rossi-produkterna.
Mats Andersen, en annan legend, äger och skapar QLN-högtalarna
Prisangivelserna nedan är en smula missvisande. Amerikanska journalister är vana vid priser utan VAT (momsen skiljer sig åt mellan varje stat i USA)
Merason Mountain DAC ca 20 000 euro, ca 220 000kr i svenska pengar
Vinnie Rossi Brama Mk2 PRE är 552 000kr
Vinnie Rossi Brama Mk2 Monoblock är 880 000kr per par
QLN REF 9 i Rose high gloss är 530 000kr per par
Transparent XL speaker cable 360 000kr per par
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Stereophile skriver:
At the Munich show, I ran into familiar faces: Mark Sossa of Well Pleased AV and Vinnie Rossi of Vinnie Rossi Audio, both far from their usual American stomping grounds. Seeing them overseas gave me a flicker of homesickness, but a journalist's job is to focus on the gear, not the friendships.
Sossa represents Merason DACs and QLN speakers; Rossi, his namesake electronics. Their Munich system included the new Merason Mountain DAC ($22,000), which had debuted at AXPONA; an Innuos Statement music server ($21,700); and an Innuos PhoenixNET network switch ($4250; all prices approximate, converted from Euros).
Amplification came from the Vinnie Rossi Brama line: preamplifier ($44,995), monoblock power amplifiers ($74,995/pair), and integrated amplifier ($47,995), all driving QLN Reference loudspeakers ($49,995/pair). Accessories included cabling from Transparent Audio, a Neo High End Double Quattron white matte rack ($4920), and various HOFA-Akustik room treatments.
I’ve heard the same core system at previous shows, but this time, something clicked. The synergy between the Merason and Rossi components and the QLN loudspeakers was a revelation. From Geoff Castellucci's low-octave version of “Big Bad John” to the lush jazz of Mélanie De Biasio and the bluegrass balm of Alison Krauss, this setup demonstrated exceptional coherence, seamless tonal integration and dynamics, and an almost uncanny analog-like naturalness. The system delivered an expansive soundstage and great richness and sonority—proving that a non-turntable-based system can achieve top-notch sonic reproduction.
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Merason makes Hi-Res Audio DACs in Switzerland while Vinnie Rossi makes amplifiers in the U.S. QLN is a Swedish loudspeaker company. Put together, the combination of these three global brands was a pretty entrancing sonic experience. Melanie De Biasio's With All My Love provided the source sound for a hugely deep immersive soundscape with very low noise and heavy low frequencies. The new Merason Mountain DAC (€19,500) took signal from an Innuos Statement Hi-Res Music server and Vinnie Rossi's Brama stereo pre-amplifier ($39,995).
Amplification was provided by Vinnie Rossi monoblocks ($59,995 per pair), which in turn powered the QLN Reference 9 loudspeakers (€45,000). With cabling by Transparent and room treatment by HOFA-Akustik, this home audio stereo sound system is certainly high priced, but the sound was distinctly high-end audiophile in all the right ways.
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