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15.01.10
Heed Audio have long been known as a little manufacturer that builds great sounding musical Hi Fi components, at sensible prices. Their phono stages are What Hi Fi 5 Star favourites, the Dac, the Headphone amplifier all have rave reviews and improved hundreds and hundreds of end users systems.
Now for the first time they have their own system - the Obelisk range - a modern take on a British (West Country to be exact) classic - the Ion Systems Obelisk.
Featuring an all new CD transport with astonishingly "analogue like" performance, a remote pre-amp, with the option of up to two internal DACs, power amplifiers with active crossover card slots and an integrated amplifier it is a range aimed squarely at the music lover, at typically real world prices.
The Obelisk Integrated has already won the coveted Diapason D'Or awards in France:
"The Obelisk deftly negotiates dense passages with aplomb, yet is always accompanied by finesse and simplicity, indeed, consider the best tube amps.
It is much closer to the "live" magic of a reference-quality 300B than it really has any right to. ...The Si’s dynamic range approximates the spontaneity we hear attending a live performance, evoking the very same impression. A genuine revelation at a price, after all, without competition.”
We are delighted that the UK versions are finally here!
The system will also feature the new Zene MC cartridge - hand built to Heed's own specification by Benz Micro of Switzerland.
Call into Room 218 and take a moment to enjoy the music, after all, that's why we're here.
