YS Audio's Audio Experience A2-SE Balanced Preamp

Dick Olsher has posted a review of YS Audio’s budget-priced Audio Experience A2-SE balanced preamplifier ($1650). His conclusions are as follows:

It should be clear by now that the Audio Experience A2-SE requires careful system matching for optimum performance. It can lock-in on a Goldilocks — just right tonal balance — or at the other extreme project too lively a balance that is bound to interfere with long-term listening enjoyment. Its sound can best be summarized as fast, transparent and adept at reproducing timing nuances. It avoids typical tube euphonics, yet captures sufficient tube magic when it comes to image palpability and textural sweetness. The flexibility to accommodate both single-ended and balanced systems is quite a bonus. The A2-SE is in my estimation quite a remarkable performer at its price point and deserving of a serious audition.

You can read his full review here.