I have seen ;-) and heard the Criterion this morning
beautifully build, the front plate is slightly curved inside ...
one curious thing, the two leds produce a white / yellow light, letters & numbers on the screen are blue pale ... ?
I heard it on following system:
Avalon Sentinel
Pass monos XA-160
dCS Puccini with clock
NBS 1 & Transparent Reference MM2
difficult to say anything else than beautifull as I don't know the system well enough to say what differences exist with other preamps ... but I asked to hear with and without battery. Well it was quite clear in "mi chiamano Mimi" with Katia Riciarelli, orchestra and voice sound more calm, warm, the voice is less "rude" in the Forte parts.
beautifully build, the front plate is slightly curved inside ...
one curious thing, the two leds produce a white / yellow light, letters & numbers on the screen are blue pale ... ?
I heard it on following system:
Avalon Sentinel
Pass monos XA-160
dCS Puccini with clock
NBS 1 & Transparent Reference MM2
difficult to say anything else than beautifull as I don't know the system well enough to say what differences exist with other preamps ... but I asked to hear with and without battery. Well it was quite clear in "mi chiamano Mimi" with Katia Riciarelli, orchestra and voice sound more calm, warm, the voice is less "rude" in the Forte parts.