CROFT Acoustic.
Sirkelen er sluttet.
Croft var et av de første merkene Audio Art startet med for over 25 år siden og vi har mange gode minner fra lyttesessions opp igjennom
med disse i kjeden.
Glenn Croft ble på et tidspunkt syk og forsvant fra markedet,men heldigvis kom han tilbake for fullt for noen få år siden.
Vi har igjen gleden av å presentere dette unike Engelske merket for dere,denne gangen er alle produktene håndlaget av Glenn Croft og hardwired i UK.
Produktene har fått meget gode omtaler,og både Stereophile og Absolute sound holder de som meget -meget bra til prisen og med som årets produkter.
Denne gangen er det rørpreamper og mm riaa og hybrid effektforsterkere og integrerte med mosfet på utagangen.
Fortsatt er det 2 volumkontroller uten remote-men det er endel av sjarmen med et ekte entusiastprodukt,som vanlig fra Croft med meget bra byggekvalitet og gode komponenter.
'Kan anbefales til alle som vil ha topp lyd,også langt utover prisen - prøv og bli overbevist.
Vi har fortsatt en forforsterker som virker fint etter 20år.
Preamper (kan også leveres som rene linjedeler uten riaa til redusert pris)
Kontakt Audio Art
tel 97771998
vidar@audioart.no
audioart.no - for musikkelskere, av musikkelskere
Croft Micro 25 rørpreamp med mm riaa kr 8000
Croft Micro 25 rørpreamp med mm riaa kr 15000
Croft Micro 25RS rørpreamp med mm riaa (2 box) kr 30000
Croft RIAA rør mm riaa kr 6000
Croft RIAA R rør mm riaa kr 11000
Croft RIAA RS rør mm riaa (2 box) kr 22000
Effektforsterkere
Croft Series 7 hybrid 45w stereo kr 8000
Croft Series 7R hybrid 50w stereo kr 15000
Croft Series 7RS hybrid 50w mono kr 30000par
Croft Line Integrated integrert 45w hybrid kr 9800
Croft Phono integrated integrert 45 w hybrid m/riaa kr 11000
Konklusjon fra Stereophile test av integrated.
Conclusions
Halfway through my time with the Croft Phono Integrated, I already thought of it as one of the best affordable-perfectionist amplifiers I've heard: direct, punchy, and musical, if just a bit coarse when asked to perform outside its comfort zone. It was, if I may be forgiven for saying so, the sort of performance anyone would expect from a good circuit that isn't built with the finest or rarest of parts, but that isn't freighted with a lot of unnecessary bullshit, either. It was as honest as they come.
The Croft was, in many ways, the most impressive affordable amp I've heard in years: Not the best, per se, but the one that did the most to win me over, with its excellent build quality, its musically incisive and involving performance, and its stunning level of value. For some reason, a line from a long-ago film review, of David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly, comes to mind: "The original did more with less." Considered in such a light, the Croft Phono Integrated is that original.
And: It seems entirely possible that one could pay thousands of dollars to an industrial-design firm and still fail to achieve the clean and altogether classy appearance of understated quality that Glenn Croft has hit on here. The amp's casework is pleasant to behold, touch, and use, while avoiding altogether the ridiculousness of so many thickly faceplated and overpriced competitors.
It all comes back to my time with that Jacques Loussier album. I still remember when, a few months ago, I borrowed a current sample of the Shindo Cortese single-ended amplifier ($9995). Play Bach No.1 was the first record I played through it, and I was knocked out by a level of subtle impact that I'd never heard before from the LP. The Croft duplicated that experience. It didn't have the Shindo's timbral color or psychedelic flow, but it allowed the music the same level of excitement and impact, which is at least half the game, in my book. Maybe yours, too.
If I were a designer or a builder, this is how I would do the thing. If I were buying in this price range, this is the one I'd choose. Strongly recommended.—Art Dudley
Sirkelen er sluttet.
Croft var et av de første merkene Audio Art startet med for over 25 år siden og vi har mange gode minner fra lyttesessions opp igjennom
med disse i kjeden.
Glenn Croft ble på et tidspunkt syk og forsvant fra markedet,men heldigvis kom han tilbake for fullt for noen få år siden.
Vi har igjen gleden av å presentere dette unike Engelske merket for dere,denne gangen er alle produktene håndlaget av Glenn Croft og hardwired i UK.
Produktene har fått meget gode omtaler,og både Stereophile og Absolute sound holder de som meget -meget bra til prisen og med som årets produkter.
Denne gangen er det rørpreamper og mm riaa og hybrid effektforsterkere og integrerte med mosfet på utagangen.
Fortsatt er det 2 volumkontroller uten remote-men det er endel av sjarmen med et ekte entusiastprodukt,som vanlig fra Croft med meget bra byggekvalitet og gode komponenter.
'Kan anbefales til alle som vil ha topp lyd,også langt utover prisen - prøv og bli overbevist.
Vi har fortsatt en forforsterker som virker fint etter 20år.
Preamper (kan også leveres som rene linjedeler uten riaa til redusert pris)
Kontakt Audio Art
tel 97771998
vidar@audioart.no
audioart.no - for musikkelskere, av musikkelskere
Croft Micro 25 rørpreamp med mm riaa kr 8000
Croft Micro 25 rørpreamp med mm riaa kr 15000
Croft Micro 25RS rørpreamp med mm riaa (2 box) kr 30000
Croft RIAA rør mm riaa kr 6000
Croft RIAA R rør mm riaa kr 11000
Croft RIAA RS rør mm riaa (2 box) kr 22000
Effektforsterkere
Croft Series 7 hybrid 45w stereo kr 8000
Croft Series 7R hybrid 50w stereo kr 15000
Croft Series 7RS hybrid 50w mono kr 30000par
Croft Line Integrated integrert 45w hybrid kr 9800
Croft Phono integrated integrert 45 w hybrid m/riaa kr 11000
Konklusjon fra Stereophile test av integrated.
Conclusions
Halfway through my time with the Croft Phono Integrated, I already thought of it as one of the best affordable-perfectionist amplifiers I've heard: direct, punchy, and musical, if just a bit coarse when asked to perform outside its comfort zone. It was, if I may be forgiven for saying so, the sort of performance anyone would expect from a good circuit that isn't built with the finest or rarest of parts, but that isn't freighted with a lot of unnecessary bullshit, either. It was as honest as they come.
The Croft was, in many ways, the most impressive affordable amp I've heard in years: Not the best, per se, but the one that did the most to win me over, with its excellent build quality, its musically incisive and involving performance, and its stunning level of value. For some reason, a line from a long-ago film review, of David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly, comes to mind: "The original did more with less." Considered in such a light, the Croft Phono Integrated is that original.
And: It seems entirely possible that one could pay thousands of dollars to an industrial-design firm and still fail to achieve the clean and altogether classy appearance of understated quality that Glenn Croft has hit on here. The amp's casework is pleasant to behold, touch, and use, while avoiding altogether the ridiculousness of so many thickly faceplated and overpriced competitors.
It all comes back to my time with that Jacques Loussier album. I still remember when, a few months ago, I borrowed a current sample of the Shindo Cortese single-ended amplifier ($9995). Play Bach No.1 was the first record I played through it, and I was knocked out by a level of subtle impact that I'd never heard before from the LP. The Croft duplicated that experience. It didn't have the Shindo's timbral color or psychedelic flow, but it allowed the music the same level of excitement and impact, which is at least half the game, in my book. Maybe yours, too.
If I were a designer or a builder, this is how I would do the thing. If I were buying in this price range, this is the one I'd choose. Strongly recommended.—Art Dudley
