Galion TS120SE review – welcome aboard!

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* Apology. At 06:55 I say ‘left hand of the piano’, have no idea why I said that! What I should have said is ‘acoustic Bass’. There is no piano on the track. The effect I want to point out, occurs at 00:15 and 2:13 into the track called ‘Linda Paloma’ from Jackson Browne’s album ‘The Pretender’. A similar effect happens in a piece of Bach, performed by the Jacques Loussier trio, maybe my brain got the two mixed up – who knows? The point is, a good amplifier (combined with good source material / equipment) needs to turn the ‘percussive thump’ of the bass into a clearly defined and detailed note. Hopefully your system can do this. Another thing to listen to is the width of your soundstage. The rhythm guitars on the track, left and right, should appear beyond your loudspeakers (especially on the right). The track also offers you a good chance to compare the quality of MP3 and CD quality. Note: this track was recorded analogue, before the days of digital.

At the end of the video we offer (in Thomas & Stereo, time honoured tradition), some live demos of the TS120 playing Clare Teal’s version of Cole Porter’s classic, ‘I’ve Got you under my skin’. The demos were recorded in our Belgian listening room using a Roland R26, with the built in ‘XY’ and ‘omnidirectional’ microphones, placed in (+/-) the listening position. The equipment was:

Rega P10 turntable with Apheta 3 MC cartridge and Aria Mk 3 pre-amplifier, through the Galion TS120 SE and out via our Sibelius SG loudspeakers, slightly toed in.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
04:17 The Galion TS120 arrives
05:05 Powering it up
07:16 Setup and sound
09:36 Summary
15:20 Sound demo 1
15:57 Sound demo 2
16:34 Sound demo 3
17:12 Sound demo 4

As always, if you would like to find out more about Pearl Acoustics and our Sibelius loudspeakers, please visit our website at:

Home

or email us with your questions:
enquiries@pearlacoustics.com

Social media links:
https://www.facebook.com/PearlAcoustics
https://www.instagram.com/pearl.acoustics

More information on the Galion TS120 can be found here:
TS120 Special Edition Amplifier

Galion TS120SE review – welcome aboard!

* Apology. At 06:55 I say ‘left hand of the piano’, have no idea why I said that! What I should have said is ‘acoustic Bass’. There is no piano on the track. The effect I want to point out, occurs at 00:15 and 2:13 into the track called ‘Linda Paloma’ from Jackson Browne’s album ‘The Pretender’. A similar effect happens in a piece of Bach, performed by the Jacques Loussier trio, maybe my brain got the two mixed up – who knows? The point is, a good amplifier (combined with good source material / equipment) needs to turn the ‘percussive thump’ of the bass into a clearly defined and detailed note. Hopefully your system can do this. Another thing to listen to is the width of your soundstage. The rhythm guitars on the track, left and right, should appear beyond your loudspeakers (especially on the right). The track also offers you a good chance to compare the quality of MP3 and CD quality. Note: this track was recorded analogue, before the days of digital.

At the end of the video we offer (in Thomas & Stereo, time honoured tradition), some live demos of the TS120 playing Clare Teal’s version of Cole Porter’s classic, ‘I’ve Got you under my skin’. The demos were recorded in our Belgian listening room using a Roland R26, with the built in ‘XY’ and ‘omnidirectional’ microphones, placed in (+/-) the listening position. The equipment was:

Rega P10 turntable with Apheta 3 MC cartridge and Aria Mk 3 pre-amplifier, through the Galion TS120 SE and out via our Sibelius SG loudspeakers, slightly toed in.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
04:17 The Galion TS120 arrives
05:05 Powering it up
07:16 Setup and sound
09:36 Summary
15:20 Sound demo 1
15:57 Sound demo 2
16:34 Sound demo 3
17:12 Sound demo 4

As always, if you would like to find out more about Pearl Acoustics and our Sibelius loudspeakers, please visit our website at:

Home

or email us with your questions:
enquiries@pearlacoustics.com

Social media links:
https://www.facebook.com/PearlAcoustics
https://www.instagram.com/pearl.acoustics

More information on the Galion TS120 can be found here:
TS120 Special Edition Amplifier

Galion TS120SE review – welcome aboard!

* Apology. At 06:55 I say ‘left hand of the piano’, have no idea why I said that! What I should have said is ‘acoustic Bass’. There is no piano on the track. The effect I want to point out, occurs at 00:15 and 2:13 into the track called ‘Linda Paloma’ from Jackson Browne’s album ‘The Pretender’. A similar effect happens in a piece of Bach, performed by the Jacques Loussier trio, maybe my brain got the two mixed up – who knows? The point is, a good amplifier (combined with good source material / equipment) needs to turn the ‘percussive thump’ of the bass into a clearly defined and detailed note. Hopefully your system can do this. Another thing to listen to is the width of your soundstage. The rhythm guitars on the track, left and right, should appear beyond your loudspeakers (especially on the right). The track also offers you a good chance to compare the quality of MP3 and CD quality. Note: this track was recorded analogue, before the days of digital.

At the end of the video we offer (in Thomas & Stereo, time honoured tradition), some live demos of the TS120 playing Clare Teal’s version of Cole Porter’s classic, ‘I’ve Got you under my skin’. The demos were recorded in our Belgian listening room using a Roland R26, with the built in ‘XY’ and ‘omnidirectional’ microphones, placed in (+/-) the listening position. The equipment was:

Rega P10 turntable with Apheta 3 MC cartridge and Aria Mk 3 pre-amplifier, through the Galion TS120 SE and out via our Sibelius SG loudspeakers, slightly toed in.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
04:17 The Galion TS120 arrives
05:05 Powering it up
07:16 Setup and sound
09:36 Summary
15:20 Sound demo 1
15:57 Sound demo 2
16:34 Sound demo 3
17:12 Sound demo 4

As always, if you would like to find out more about Pearl Acoustics and our Sibelius loudspeakers, please visit our website at:

Home

or email us with your questions:
enquiries@pearlacoustics.com

Social media links:
https://www.facebook.com/PearlAcoustics
https://www.instagram.com/pearl.acoustics

More information on the Galion TS120 can be found here:
TS120 Special Edition Amplifier

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