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Reviews
STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 08/2020 - Shinai
"It was as if a world was materializing around me"
"The Shinai has a knack for detail retrieval"
"the speaker cones were completely
under the Shinai's control"
"The Shinai transmitted not just sound but
subtle people-in-a-band cues and dynamics"
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AUDIO.DE 08/2016 - Shinai
"Charmante Süffigkeit, ultra-stabiler Druck bis in tiefste Bassregionen"
Enjoy the Music - Dr. Matthew Clott - 04/2025 - Mach8 XL
" Grandinote gear is an homage to the human capacity to create and enjoy music in all of its forms, and to connect more directly with the performers without perceiving the chain of custody between recording and reproduction."
FAIRAUDIO - Michael Bruss - 08/2020 - Shinai
"The Shinai transports nothing but the truth, including the truth about your loudspeakers." "...I’m preoccupied with something else at the moment, though: What should the more expensive Grandinote models do even better?"
MONO&STEREO - Matej Isak - 01/2016 - Celio
"Grandinote Celio is very different and unique sounding phono preamplifier" "sound tuning is lush, emotional and involving factor, extending across all the musical genres"
AUDIO - Johannes Maier - 07/2015 - Demone
"Revolutionary" For Grandinote Demone 140/140 points. From 1978 to the present day, only 3 amplifiers in the world took the top score from AUDIO!"
STEREOPHILE - Jason Victor Serinus - 04/2015 - Axpona
"...was so, so beautiful. This system was a triumph. I sure hope I encounter Grandinote electronics again in Munich."
HIFITEST.DE - Holger Barske - 05/2021 - Shinai
"...sonically, a combination of virtues
between tubes and transistors."
"He does not color. He draws conspicuously in 3D"
"The device simply fills the room."
"This is an amplifier that is state of the art."
LEBEAUSON.FR - 06/2020 - Supremo
"La vibration de l’humain, la présence incoercible
des êtres de chair et de sang
derrière les instruments ou derrière la pensée,
la création, le son comme vecteur de l’âme,
tel est le credo du gros intégré transalpin."
STEREOPHILE - Recommended Components 2021 - Shinai
Themes in the "a knack for detail retrieval"
"gave notes and musical lines enough space
to stretch out and seamlessly transition
into the next notes and musical lines."
"The Shinai has the spirit of a revealer.
It speaks the truth—not ruthlessly, but honestly."
FAIRAUDIO - AWARD - 12/2020
"This integrated amplifier is made for purists
and for absolutely "pure" sound
with no flap."
SON & IMAGE - Michel Bérard - 10/2017
"Grandinote Shinai
A Ferrari among amplifiers"
STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 10/2019 - Shinai Volta Mach9
"My journalistic objectivity be darned!
The Goerner Audio/Grandinote room produced
the sort of sound that melts my heart, ravishes my senses,
and reminds me of why great hi-fi is worth the money."
"But I think what surprised me most
was the fact there wasn't a single tube..."
HI-FI.RU - Стас Устенко - 05/2019 - Shinai
"...is real tube warmth and “mercury” eclecticism,
excellent tonal and timbre authenticity."
"As if we are listening to a real
single-ended amplifier in all its glory"
"get physical pleasure from the exquisite sound pictures
and enjoy the high-end gloss."
HIGH FIDELITY - Wojciech Pacula - 09/2017 -
"Shinai sounded as if it had
several hundred watts at its disposal"
"Shinai has the rare ability
to present the better side of recording"
STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 03/2019 -
"the sound I heard was captivating,
courtesy of a complete system from Grandinote,
an Italian brand I was unfamiliar with,
but was immediately taken by."
HIGH & STYLE - Andrej Turok - 12/2018 - Shinai Mach9
"The phenomenal sphere of sound surrounded us
like a merry ocean on a hot day.
The ocean of extraordinary clarity and splendor."
"a sound not unlike what produce electrostats,
but with incomparable higher dynamics."
"La Grande Bellezza. Just one great splendor!"
STEREOPHILE - Art Dudley - 05/2018 - HighEnd 2018
"...few were as musical or emotionally
powerful as this one."
"quality was exquisite-musical,
emotionally powerful, and sneakily dynamic,
without apparent flaw"
STEREOTIMES - Clement Perry - 05/2018 - HignEnd 2018
"by all accounts the sound was stellar
as to be expected already knowing
how good this Italian brand performs."
"Sounds too good to be true until you
hear these products for oneself. "
PLATINUM NOTE WINNER - Shinai
"Shinai has an outstanding talent for natural vocals,
just like a really good lamp.
The advantage is greater power"
"Listen to Shinai, that's the essence of fun"
this is pure musicality."
STACCATO - 06/2016 - Shinai
"Shinai is one of the best solid state
integrated amplifire in the world...
...this capacityes are too rare..."
FDS - Alberto Guerrini - 07/2017 - Shinai
"It's incredible that it has only 37Watt"
"...a realism and a delicacy in reconstructing
even the smallest nuances..."
"The detail and refinement are another must"
PROVINCIA PAVESE - Mattia Tanzi - 04/2018
"From Bressana the Hi-Fi system
that travels the world"
STEREO TIMES - Clement Perry - 07/2017
"The only thing that kept coming back
to me was the word SCARY" ...
... "The sound is so wide-open and natural
that it really is perhaps the best
sounding system that I have had"
HIFI PIG - Stuart Smith - 06/2016 - Proemio Silva
"This is definitely
one of the best sounds
I’ve heard
in the reference system..."
AUDIO - Andreas Günther - 03/2016 - Proemio
"Proemio had the power of precise images,
It was brighter, more transparent
with all the advantages
of good tube circuits, no hardness
velvety silver."
STEREO TIMES - Clement Perry - 10/2017 - Domino Demone
"sound like single-ended vacuum tube amplifiers except with dynamics and authority unlike any SE tube design I've heard." "...presents a sense of scale that is far more powerful than their 60 watt rating would imply"
LP Magazine - 2021 - Celio
"Grandinote CELIO:
Product of the Year 2021"
HIFIBLE - 09/2017 - Celio
"It is capable of giving life
to the reproduction of music.
Very few hifi products of any price
are capable or were capable of doing it."
PLATINUM NOTE WINNER
HIFI VOICE - Daniel Březina - 08/2017 - Celio
"so special and so different
we just sit with beating heart
and open mouth,
excited and almost crying in excitement."
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AUDIO.DE 08/2016 - Shinai
"Charmante Süffigkeit, ultra-stabiler Druck bis in tiefste Bassregionen"
SON & IMAGE - Michel Bérard - 01/2018 - Celio
"That’s really what distinguishes
Grandinote devices and puts them
in a category of their own that is
quite different from anything else
in the high-fidelity market."
Hi Fi Knights - Marek Dyba - 11/2016 - Celio
"It made me forget I was listening
“only” to the re-production
of the live performance.
It simply felt real,
it felt true."
HI-FI.RU - Анатолий Максименко - 08/2019
"The phono stage Grandinote Celio is an
outstanding device in every sense.
Unmatched circuitry, excellent workmanship
and assembly and, of course, luxurious sound.
True High End."
MONO&STEREO - Matej Isak - 06/2017 - Genesi
"The very first reaction with few of the well know track was an exuberant "mamma mia" :). Genesi instantly cut throughout the layers of sound and on top of it managed to reveal a thing or two, that I was not really ready to for!"
HIFI PIG - Stuart Smith - 06/2016 - Proemio Silva
"This is definitely
one of the best sounds
I’ve heard
in the reference system..."
MONO&STEREO - Matej Isak - 05/2019 - Genesi
"Grandinote Genesi is quite a different beast
where sound is never
lackadaisical, corrupt or augmented." ...
... "Genesi follows the path of purity
and simplicity in the signal amplification."
HIFI STATEMENT - Peter Banholzer - 07/2017 - Genesi
"Grandinote Genesi is the best
pre-amp that I have listened" ...
... "He plays in a itself category
besides the Champions League."
STEREOTIMES - KEY KIM - AWARD - 12/2020
"...uncanny ability to combine transparency,
openness, and resolution with musicality.
Subtle details of pitch variation and
bowing texture were displayed
with an unmatched sense of resolution
with a full measure of warmth and body."
STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 03/2019
"the sound I heard was captivating,
courtesy of a complete system from Grandinote,
an Italian brand I was unfamiliar with,
but was immediately taken by."
AUDIOPHILEFR - Lionel Schmitt - 03/2014 - Shina
"it is almost impossible to take off, this amplifier connects you simply and purely to music. this feeling of addiction is quite rare and we'll see why."
HIGH & STYLE - Andrej Turok - 12/2018 - Mach 9
"The phenomenal sphere of sound surrounded us
like a merry ocean on a hot day.
The ocean of extraordinary clarity and splendor."
"a sound not unlike what produce electrostats,
but with incomparable higher dynamics."
"La Grande Bellezza. Just one great splendor!"
Stereophile - Art Dudley - 03/2019 - Celio
"That said , the Celio brought to the sound of my system something unique"
STEREO TIMES - Clement Perry - 06/2013 - Munich 2013
"I always find the Leonardos, to my ears, to sound their very best when played through Grandinote electronics."
Wilfried Lardenoit - 07/2012
"A disarming naturalness: great! Who you were never present the opportunity to listen to the SHINAI, perhaps at a trade show, you should definitely do it."
HIGH & STYLE - Andrej Turok - 12/2018 - Mach 9
"The phenomenal sphere of sound surrounded us
like a merry ocean on a hot day.
The ocean of extraordinary clarity and splendor."
"a sound not unlike what produce electrostats,
but with incomparable higher dynamics."
"La Grande Bellezza. Just one great splendor!"
SUONO - Nicola Candelli - Shinai recensione
SUONO - Nicola Candelli - Shinai recensione
Hifiphilosophy -
Grandinote MACH 2
Hifiphilosophy -
Grandinote MACH 2
Amplifies your emotions
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