nothingman
Senior Member
Something that I don't think is widely appreciated is that samples that are submitted to a magazine for review are often much-traveled, especially in these days of supply chain problems. Before an amplifier or a pair of speakers arrives in the reviewer's listening room. they may well have been used at show, in dealer's showrooms, or even spent time in another reviewer's systems. I think it only fair, therefore, to give an amplifier that has worse measured performance in one channel the other the benefit of the doubt.
And with the Gryphon Apex Stereo, the higher levels of noise and distortion in the left channel compared with the right were still low enough in absolute terms not to give rise to audible problems: https://www.stereophile.com/content/gryphon-apex-stereo-power-amplifier-measurements
John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile
Wholly unconvincing, JA.
One hundred thousand dollars. Just pause and think about that for even a moment. When asking that much of people’s money, are they not obligated to prove that nothing has been left to doubt? Customers are supposed to take things on faith? The audacity. I’m insulted even though I could never afford it and would never buy into their brand.
Humor me, and load your NAD C298 measurements in side-by-side windows with the Gryphon and try to give us one single reason anyone should consider the latter as anything but a colossal scam.