THE CD PLAYER PLUS - Ultra High Fidelity Magazine

Listening Feedback Room
the Galaxy 34 as a power amplifier. Like
most recent amps it has no tape loop, but
there is a pair of record-out jacks, to let
you record on tape or on your computer
regardless of the setting of the amplifier
volume control.
The Galaxy 34 comes with a heavy
and well-built remote, but its back has to
be removed with a screwdriver (included)
to insert batteries. The supplied batteries
had text entirely in Chinese, but
their appearance suggested they were
the common misnamed “super heavy
duty” batteries, and we dumped them
in favor of alkalines. We suggest you do
the same.
The amplifier is designed for reasonably
efficient loudspeakers, which
fortunately are in vogue these days. We
listened to it in our Alpha room, with its
easy-to-drive Living Voice Avatar speakers.
We compared it to our reference
electronics: a Copland CTA-305 tube
amplifier and a Moon W-5LE power
amplifier. Those two units are linked by
a cable which actually cost more than the
whole Galaxy 34!
We anticipated that a small amplifier
might have problems with high-octane
percussion, and to check this out we
put on the Fantasy on a Theme by Haydn
(Norman Dello Joio, Klavier K11138).
To give the amp an even break, we
maximized its output by first listening
in Ultralinear mode.
“This is very interesting,” said Albert.
“Of course there’s less power available,
but this amplifier has vigor, and the
orchestra is detailed and energetic.”
“I like the word ‘vigor,’ said Toby.
“The low end is surprising. There isn’t
quite the same sustained energy, and the
overall sound is less articulate, but the
rich harmonics are actually better.” We
noted the spaciousness, too, which was
very good, though all of the instruments
were a little more distant.
But what would happen if we downshifted
into triode mode? We played the
piece again, and we liked it even more this
time. A few back-and-forth comparisons
merely confirmed our initial impression.
We decided we would do the rest of the
listening in triode configuration. We
would now be down to a (rated) 16 watts
per channel, but we weren’t about to go
easy on the amplifier. If it turned out
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to have insufficient
power for the typical music
installation, well then, let the chips fall
where they might.
Our second recording…
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