Gryphon Atilla Amp, Scorpio CD Player, Mojo Speakers

Steven Rochlin has posted a review of the Gryphon Atilla integrated amplifier ($6950), Scorpio CD player ($6950) and Mojo loudspeakers ($16,250/pair) at Enjoy the Music. His conclusions:

Buying into the system concept means you are 'all in' to what their chief engineer / designer feels a music reproduction system should sound like. Just as readers of Enjoy the Music.com may find a reviewer or two whose opinion they are aligned with, here you really trust the ears and design team of a single company. Gryphon Audio Design does a remarkable job in giving their customers ease of use, aesthetic beauty and, what matters most to us audiophiles, excellent sound quality. Everything worked great, all the time, every time. Even when i used my own DAC and speakers with the Atilla integrated amplifier, it was easy to fall in love with the music being produced.

While not mentioned in the review, I did play a few known bad recordings and the system simply portrayed them as the sonic garbage they are. Yet insert a great CD into the Scorpion CD player, or a great digital music file from your own front-end DAC, set the Atilla’s volume level to 'perfect’ and the Mojo speakers’ singing will bring a smile on your face. The Gryphon Audio Design system, like a race-winning Formula 1, has won over my heart because all the parts are finely tuned and come together to allow audiophile and music lovers alike to achieve musical excellence. The ability to produce a truly 3D and enveloping soundscape is of the very best reference quality. Accurate tonality and toe-tapping rhythm kept me coming back time and again to my music collection to rediscover many jewels. When a system causes you to seek deeper and deeper into your music collection, as this Gryphon Audio Design has, then you know you have a magnificent setup. As always, in the end what really matters is that you…

You can read the full review here.