LA Audio A-60R Integrated Amplifier

Teresa Goodwin has post a review of the LA Audio A-60R Integrated Amplifier ($2500) at Positive Feedback Online. Her conclusions:

The amp has a sweet and lovely sound, however on really dynamic material such as big orchestral SACDs, it sounds a little compressed.

With most of the program material I played it never sounded like a low-power amp, and in more intimate music it sounds better than many higher powered amps I've heard. The sound was beautiful, relaxing, with good impact, a smooth midrange and excellent deep bass. It has very accurate timbre, a nice large, deep and wide soundstage with excellent imaging. A real pleasure to listen to.

With high resolution material especially SACDs, I slightly preferred my AMC/Adcom combo however I have never heard CDs sound less digital than with the LA Audio A-60R. It wouldn't convince me to adopt the CD format, however I am wondering if removing all transistors and other solid-state devices from the CD signal path might help make CD an enjoyable format for those of us who don't care for the sound of CDs.

You can read the full review here.