Tempe Room 4
Tempe Room 4 — System 1
Sonus faber Amati G5 with a McIntosh C49 feeding both solid-state MC152 and MC2301 tube monoblocks — both topologies, one room.
Why This Pairing Works
The Amati is the loudspeaker at the centre of Sonus faber's Homage tradition, and the G5 is its fifth generation — a lineage that has run continuously since 1998 without ever abandoning the lute-shaped cabinet or the hand-finished wood.
What makes this system worth sitting down for is the amplification choice built into it. A McIntosh C49 preamplifier feeds both an MC152 solid-state stereo amplifier and a pair of MC2301 vacuum tube monoblocks, so the same loudspeakers can be heard on either topology in the same room, in the same session, without moving anything.
Analogue comes from a Vertere DG-1, digital from Linn Klimax, and there is a McIntosh MR80 tuner for anyone who still listens to radio properly.
The Components
Also in the Rack
Vertere DG-1 Dynamic Groove turntable · Linn Klimax DS network music player (current room configuration) · McIntosh MR80 tuner · Transparent Plus cabling
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