That is one awesome looking machine! Love the network connectivity. That minimalist front panel rocks, so do those external heat sinks. That touch screen, and app really make adjustments convenient. Enjoy it man!
Boulder 866, what other integrated amps are it's competition ?? Gryphon 300 is one I know but there has to be others with same 200+ wpc worth checking out. I dont like that this has no volume knob, I would struggle with that, having to always do via remote.
I went a different route to combine my ht and stereo. I use a Marantz processor for ht and a Balanced Audio Technology tube preamp amp for stereo which feed a pair of musical Fidelity mono amps. I just switch the xlr cables
So....how does it sound? "sound like a million bucks" doesn't tell me much. Did you try it with any analog sources? What speakers did you test it with? I mean anyone can tell ya a $14k integrated amp sounds great, more details would be appreciated.
i would have to agree, at least at the price point. astonishing product. i sold the gryphon diablo 300, which was fake sounding and way too fast, for this boulder 866 which is more versatile and far more natural. i also found the gryphon dealers to be horrendous, at least in southern california. extremely full of it, not professional. boulder was the opposite. not to mention, MADE IN AMERICA, all components made in house. simply an astonishing brand and product. the fact that this thing costs what it does makes it the ultimate no brainer for a living room solid state system. i had to ditch all my racks and vinyl after having kids, this product is truly a godsend. the only thing they didn't do was include a remote. this amp is such an incredible value, and it just works really well. the updates work. the roon works. also sounds great with the boulder phono pre.
Same thoughts. This unit is really really good with "slower" speakers or just a dynamics machine with fast speakers. The value is insane. I compared this with the Naim Uniti Nova and its Like day and night... The control it has over bigger woofers is insane.
I'm sure it's awesome, as well as it ought to be at that price. A couple of things REALLY stand out to me as detriments, though. No 5 way binding posts. No RCA jacks for legacy analog equipment. Only 3 analog inputs. $14,000? Yikes. Honestly, it would not be for me....nice review, though.
you can keep your RCA's. this is a state of the art, internal DAC, roon streaming device, all in one. simply astonishing. $14K is nothing considering what's inside. you're not getting a DAC anywhere near this for under $5K. this amp is a bargain. every single component made in house, made in america. bargain.
that was an extremely utterly poor review. It told me absolutely nothing about the amplifiers perceived sound quality performance and perceived sound characteristics of the amplifier, in which characteristics of sound including rhythmic capability, timing, transparency, resolution, detail, colour, smoothness, naturalness etc etc and so on of the attributes of the amplifiers perceived capabilities when paired with different source equipment and loudspeakers. Top of the tree, i don't think you or anyone can claim such a thing 🤔 . You obviously do not know how to review any piece of audio equipment in terms of telling people how the piece of equipment performs and reacts when paired with other different audio equipment situations, when paired with different source equipment and loudspeakers 🤔 .
it may me better than the mc152 mcintosh im prob. gonna buy..but its as ugly as-SIN...IT LOOKS LIKE A FREEKEN..YEP-PHONE!!!N...IM ALOT OF THINGS..BUT NOT A ..PHONE-GUY!!!NOT A CHANCE!!!NUFF-SAID!!!LEARN 2 PUT THE PHONE-DOWN!!!
It's not the worlds best integrated. The Boulder is great, but i do prefer Diablo 300. The worlds best might be the Danish Aavik I-880 integrated amplifier at 70000$
@@JilesMcCoy I heard the Aavik at the Florida Audio Expo with $100K Borrensen stand mount speakers. I can't say I'd prefer it over the Boulder. However, if I had the money I'd pick the $150K VAC. But the Boulder would do just fine.
@@henriksrensen3220 Hello, I am writing to you from Peru, and I actually want to buy The Gryphon Diablo 300. Please, can you explain to me why you prefer the Diablo 120 over Diablo 300? thank you.
