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equipment stands are wider than most,<br />
we elected to operate the Mastersound<br />
on the floor, sitting on its built-in cones.<br />
That’s because we remember years ago<br />
reviewing another large tube amplifier,<br />
the Audiomat Opéra (UHF No. 69),<br />
and finding its bottom end a little<br />
lean. Placing it on the floor had made<br />
everything right again. Incidentally,<br />
our Moon W-8 reference amplifier<br />
also sits on cones, and we also have it<br />
on our hardwood floor.<br />
We decided to make this an allanalog<br />
session, and so we ran our Atlas<br />
Mavros cables directly from our phono<br />
preamplifier to the Mastersound. The<br />
amplifier has output posts for both<br />
4 ohm and 8 ohm speakers. Our Reference<br />
3a Supremas have a 4 ohm impedance,<br />
but we know from experience <strong>that</strong><br />
the 8 ohm output often sounds better,<br />
because the 8 ohm transformer winding<br />
has less wire. We thought <strong>that</strong>, if the<br />
amplifier didn’t seem to have enough<br />
muscle, we could always switch to the<br />
4 ohm tap.<br />
It never happened.<br />
The rest of this review of the Mastersound<br />
amplifier can be found in the<br />
comp<strong>let</strong>e print or electronic version of<br />
UHF No. 92. Order the print issue from<br />
www.uhfmag.com/IndividualIssue.html<br />
(it’s case sensitive). Or subscribe at www.<br />
uhfmag.com/Subscription.html. The<br />
electronic issue is available from Maggie<br />
at www.uhfmag.com/maggie.html.<br />
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It work in three ways.<br />
Summing In the table it up… of contents, click on an article title,<br />
and you are whisked right to the article.<br />
Model: Mastersound In the list Evolution of advertisers 845 on the second-last page,<br />
Price: $15,000 click on an ad name, and go right to the ad itself.<br />
Sizet (WDH): 55 x 45 x 27 Then cm, click on an ad,<br />
Inputs: and your Three browser high-level, will one take direct you right to the advertiser’s Web page.<br />
Rated power: Remember 55 watts/channel when you’d have to circle little numbers<br />
Most liked: Outstanding on a card sound you would then mail in?<br />
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ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY Magazine 39<br />
Listening Room