What took so long?!
This is my first huge step into HiFi audio. I am so pleased I started right here, with Galion and its founder, Mr. Tan. In wanting to have an idea what to write about, I have put approximately 50 hours on this amp. With knowing the amp has a break-in period of 300 hours, it’s hard to imagine better sound coming from the unit! The soundstage is huge, gigantic, full, rich, and a few other adjectives I can think of. This is a retirement gift to myself and I’m pleased as punch with it.
I had a friend over for a listen session. Halfway through a Quiex pressing of Brothers In Arms, my friend looked at me and asked where all the sound was coming from. Actually, he almost yelled it, the TS120SE is loud! I was perplexed, an adult man asking such a thing. I pointed at the speakers in disbelief and smiled because he was truly asking how a wall of sound could come from 2 speakers. He had never heard a wide soundstage with instruments separated in such a way.
Carl Orf’s Carmina Burana/ O Fortuna has never sounded so great, strings and vocals, are just fantastic from the TS120SE, the bass thumps quite well and is never bloated! Metallica on Megaforce label sounds excellent and the label is a known weak pressing. Yes, classical, classic rock, metal, punk, and even Taylor Swift are played here. Lol. Gershwin,to Genesis, Mozart or Metallica, BeeGees and Beethoven, they all sound so darn good through this amp. My record collection is extensive and full of minty 1st pressings along with MoFi, Quiex, Classic Records, and other audiophile pressings and the TS120SE squeezes all the sound out of them. I’m glad Thomas has created the TS120SE to allow me to enjoy this collection to its fullest extent.
To say I’m a satisfied customer is very understated!
That brings be to my title question, what the heck took so long…..to create something sooooo good, for such an affordable price.
Thank you, Thomas!
Mark
