VITUSSS-102usedVITUS SS-102Supplied in excellent condition with all its original packaging UK/ European Voltage Manufacturers Comments: For those who want the very best in performance the SS-102 is our statement stereo...24000.00

VITUS SS-102

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Ships fromEssex, UK, CM15 0HL
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Supplied in excellent condition with all its original packaging UK/ European Voltage

Manufacturers Comments:

For those who want the very best in performance the SS-102 is our statement stereo power amplifier. A completely no-compromise design, this amplifier will take on the very finest products from around the world, regardless of their cost!

The SS-102 houses brand new circuitry, which uses only the finest matched transistors and super precision resistors to ensure optimal working conditions for the different stages of each module. This combined with a special coupling of each input stage, results in an ultra linear frequency response.

The true balanced design, together with the local shunt regulated power supply, ensures excellent signal to noise ratio, making it possible to reveal every micro detail in the recordings. The result is a power amplifier, capable of exposing micro details/dynamics never heard before without compromising the coherence of the recording. As the design is true balanced, all non-balanced signals are converted to true balanced straight at the first input stage.

It is part of the Signature Series. The performance of these products redefines how close to the live event you can get by listening to reproduced music. For those who want the very best, there is no finer choice than the SS-102. It is sure to become a true classic in every sense of the word.

REVIEWERS COMMENTS:

"...every self-respecting audiophile should consider it an obligation to listen to one - if just for the hedonistic pleasure of bearing witness to the seductive musicality of one of the high end’s finest offerings." Neil Gader - The Absolute Sound


"What sets the Vitus Audio apart? First off… the bass control /transient speed and dynamic impact is the best I have encountered from a solid state amplifier. It is truly astounding, astonishing or just go ahead and make up a word that goes beyond these adjectives to describe the performance those 100 pure Class A watts provide. Every disc I played to evaluate the bass of these amps was transformed." Greg Petan – StereoTimes


"My listening sessions never lacked for anything, and I never wanted more. I always heard and enjoyed the music, not the electronics. I played everything I could get my hands on through the Vitus SM-010s, and they reproduced all of it beautifully. Could you ask for more? It’s one of the most complete, most natural-sounding amplifiers I have heard. I would like to own a pair!" Daniel Barnum - Soundstage


My impression is that of tonal richness that is to the extent of being dense. This is something I like as real sounds are always very dense and layered textures though they may appear being simple. Yet our audiophile ears prefer “clean” sound which is (too far often) totally incomplete sound. I am not against cleanliness as long as it means transparency. In Vitus Audio SS-102 I was receiving both – richness and transparency.

This pretty well characterises the sound of the SS-102. It is dense, harmonically rich and very fluid. It is the type of sound you would never associate with the words ‘transistor’ or ‘solid state’. Yet, it also lacks the lushness and (sometimes) infidelity of the tubes. The sonic picture painted by the Vitus is smoothly precise, contoured, very well timed and extraordinarily dynamic. It comes as no surprise that the Vitus SS-102 is at home with especially classical music, where it can deliver both size and drama. On the other hand, I was positively surprised how the SS-102 handled less perfect recordings, like David Sylvian’s Secrets of The Beehive(Virgin/EMI 0846 3 63076 26).

The recording comes was released in 1987 and perfectly reflects the spirit of the age – the age when dynamics ruled and when the top end of recordings was tilted up to compensate for the loss induced by tape recorders. The track named Orpheus features an unusual yet beautiful combination of flugelhorn and slide guitar at around 2´30 mark. The guitar is nicely highlighted through the SS-102, it is not difficult to visualise its plucked strings in front of you. The guitar triplet in When Poets Dreamed of Angels is similarly spicy: the upwards tilted mix made a base for ´audiophile´ type of sound, not unlike what Stockfisch Records are famous for, yet with twofold dynamics. The strings are fabulous through the SS-102, with fast transient attacks and long reverberant decays. Due to the darker and smooth character of the Vitus I would expect sluggish sound but opposite was in place. The amplifier could provide plentiful detail retrieval with harmonic richness which is a killer combination. From top to bottom, as I witnessed with double bass in Mother and Child.......

The performance of these products redefines how close to the live event you can get by listening to reproduced music.

Specifications

Product Type: Stereo balanced Power Amplifier
Inputs:
1 x unbalanced (RCA)
1 x balanced (XLR)

Outputs:
1 set balanced Speaker 

Output Power(switchable):
50wpc Class A - RMS in 8ohm
100wpc Class AB - RMS in 8ohm

Internal Cabling: Andromeda by VA
Dimensions: 310H x 435W x 610D mm
Total Weight: 85 Kg

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