Our Comments:
Serious tube amps for those who enjoy the special 300B style liquid / dynamic mid range but also with nice top and bottom end control too.
Features:
1) seperate Volume control per mono block
2) High end KOA precise resistors
3) High end Toichi oil capacitors
4) Tube cover
5) Seperate IEC power cord
6Moons - Marua Henk
You can listen for hours without getting tired and when the evening falls, the tubes spread their special glow in the darkness.
The TRV-A300SE bass had authority without a trace of modesty or withholding. The sound was both powerful and tense. The same went for the lower midrange while the higher mids came more forward together with the highest frequencies, giving the sound more directness and liveliness. Instruments freed up in space without losing coherence while voices grew body, there was controlled slam to heighten the illusion that you could touch the music.
TRV-M300SE monoblocks have everything a mid-power tube amplifier can offer after all. They are a joy on the eyes and give glorious musical pleasure with a nice tube preamp. Twenty watts per channel allow use of loudspeakers from 90dB sensitivity upwards. [review
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Our Comments:
The ultimate TRI expression of serious tube amplification. Show stoppers designed to take on all comers without fear.
Features:
1) Seperate Volume control per mono block
2) High end KOA precise resistors
3) High end Nichikon capacitors
4) Fixed frequency bias
5) Meter
6) Brightness level control
Our Comments:
Serious tube amps for those who enjoy the KT88 tube style liquid / dynamic mid range but also with greater bottom end control & timbre often compromised by many other tube amps.
Features:
1) Seperate non-detented Alps volume control / mono block
2) High end KOA precise resistors
3) High quality capacitors
4) Fixed Bias
4) Tube cover
5) Seperate IEC power cord
Murray Smith
Thanks for the listen to the TRI-TRV M88SE Mono blocks, in the first instance when you remove them from their packing box, the pride and joy that must be experienced from the Japanese assembly plant on making these fantastic looking valve mono blocks, they are drop dead gorgeous and hard to fault with flawless workmanship.
The sound is much the same, clear clean and highs, as high as you want them, the bass is tight and full and can go down very low when asked of it but the midrange is where they held there magic for me with voices clear lush and clean.
I tried a bit of Nos tube rolling with the KT88s and 12ax7s but really did not improve much on what is already a beautiful built and sounding Valve amplifiers.
......Murray Smith
Ron Nagle
Review headline: Beaitifully made and sound great.
Review scoring:
Tone - 4.5/5 - Mid/High 4/5 - Attack 4/5 - Resolution 4/5 - Lanndscape 4/5 - Imaging 4/5 - Fit & Finish 5/5 - Self noise 5/5 - Value for money 5/5. An exceptional overall score at this price point!
Everything that I have seen, including all the external metalwork the wire tube cages the switches the tube sockets and all the connectors are first quality I don't see any signs of cost cutting.
The top end was wide open and the bass formed a perfect foundation for the musical performance. By that I mean they were transparent like some mega buck solid-state amplifier. Surprisingly clean and clear to the point that I struggled to find a hook to hang a description on..... nothing is hidden save the last octave of bass. From the mid bass on up to the limits of my hearing they are fast detailed and sing with a natural harmonic totality that lets you hear deep into the performance.....the midrange has the vitality and speed that can breath life into the performance..... the TRI Monoblock Amplifiers, if matched with efficient high-resolution loudspeakers, honor the sound of music with a crystal clear view of the performance.
This is a very modern example of a mid power AB1 tube design by Junichi Yamasaki pushing the limits of what is possible with today's technology. Beautiful amps beautifully made they sound great and they certainly merit your audition. [more]
Ron Nagle