A slice of superb sound, from a French all in one integrated amplifier. B.audio Alpha One REVIEW 🇫🇷😎 

Let's check out what the French are up to ... today we review the B.audio Alpha One, all-in-one integrated DAC and streamer. A slice of audio heaven, no really, it is! Available through fine dealers worldwide, or through Monarch Distribution here in the US. 💰 Suggested retail price: USD $17,000.- B.audio info and deep-dive: www.b-audio.com www.monarch-systems.com 🍿 It's popcorn time! 00:00 Intro! 00:53 B.audio Alpha One 02:16 Equipment used for review 03:35 Alpha One specs, speeds and feeds! 07:05 an inside look… 09:15 sound quality preferences 13:07 music used to evaluate the Alpha One 20:14 Compared to EINSTEIN, others 24:23 Ok, what’s the final scoop? 🎻 Equipment used for evaluation - Studio B setup EINSTEIN The Pure loudspeakers EINSTEIN The Last Record Player CD player EINSTEIN The Phono phono amp www.einstein-audio.de Auris Audio Bayadere 3, Brinkmann Ti cartridge, vinyl playback www.monarch-systems.com SonoruS modified ReVox PR-99 Mk III tape machine sonorusaudio.com QNAP 8 bay 32TB NAS Tidal, Apple Music streaming services Audirvana Studio media playback app audirvana.com eero Pro 6 WiFi network 🔈 Music used for evaluation - Goldfrapp - Tales Of Us Sex Kittens In HiFi - The Blondes compilation Harry Connick, JR. - We Are In Love Zero 7 - When It Falls Helen Merrill - In Tokyo U2 - The Joshua Tree Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man Beverly Kenny - Complete DECCA Recordings compilation Supertramp - Some Things Never Change Fourplay - Between The Sheets Isaac Hayes - The Spirit Of Memphis 1962-1976 compilation 📝 About SonicFlare Danny Kaey has been a published audio and HiFi reviewer for almost 25 years in online and printed publications in the US, Canada and Europe. In the hobby for over 40 years, his tastes have varied through the decades, though now have settled for what music is all about: dynamics, slam, resolving power and tonality. DK believes that like many personally experienced tastes, there are many flavors to HiFi, though in all cases HiFi should aim to replicate music as closely as possible. 🤩 If you like this channel and content please help support me by liking and subscribing here on RU-vid and Instagram. Instagram: instagram.com/sonicflare/ Please DM me with inquiries for future reviews or interviews. #audio #music #hifi #stereo #records #sonicflare

I had the opportunity to listen to the b.audio integrated on Thrax and Stenheim speakers @ ana mighty sound and it sounded very very impressive!

For that price I believe it lacks, at least, one more analog input and a line out to properly feed a tape recorder. They’re coming back!

Well done that man! 🙂 Anybody that listens to Alison Goldfrapp is fine with me. Not sure about the amp, I am not a fan of these all in one amps, I want the amplifier to be the amplifier as there are plenty of DACs and streamers out there. Also. the internal wiring didn't look great on a unit costing 17,000 bucks so not really for me. 🙂

geiler hengst! cool und luftig.

Very nice review! I had not heard of B.audio, but their amp looks great. Unrelated to the amp, interesting you're good with 16/44.1. If there is no other option I will take it, though I though digital hit a sweet spot with 24/96 and was a bit disappointed that DVD-A never took off. Yes, what did happen to Harry Connick Jr?

It has a direct competitor: Gold Note IS-1000MKII

For $17,000 that kind of sloppy build is inexcusable - no matter how great it may sound.

$17,000? Uses a cheap Chinese Talema toroidal transformer? Please!