[ NEW! Thöress DUAL FUNCTION PRE and 845 Mono-blocks review on hifidelity.pl]

We are uber proud to announce that  one of our  stable Champions : Thöress Dual Function Preamplifier & 845 mono amps had been awarded with hifidelity.pl’s  Red Fingerprint badge which is a trophy only given to this equipment which performs on the outstanding level and way above the competition in its price territory. We are happy to see that recognition coming from the others . Please read the whole review here.

Review’s Summary:

” I’m reminding you of this case because Thöress system has its priorities set in a very similar way. It is also a full-blooded sound, unequivocally warm and smooth. Playing Sinatra was putting a piece of silk on my cheek – equally sensual, just as palpable. This is the sound in which the tone plays a leading role, which reminds me of devices made by other great Japanese masters, such as Mr. Taku Hyodo of Leben or Shirokazu Yazaki of the SPEC Corporation. He shares with them the love of fullness and flow of music.

Same as the preamplifier, also the whole system delivers a warm, powerful, rich bass. The output delivered by the KR Audio 845s was enough to play really loud with the difficult-to-drive Harbeth M40.1. They might not provide an absolute control over to lower part of the band, but that’s probably not the point. I think the priority was the continuity of the whole band and basing it on a strong, solid foundation. The sound is so saturated that everything seems large and tangible including the low bass.

Interestingly, despite the unambiguous “tube-like” nature of presentation the vocals are not pushed forward in front of the speakers, nor are they enlarged. If, like on the Sinatra album, they are powerful and rich, but presented in some distance from listener, the Thöress system will present them so. On the other hand, if there is a strong foreground, like with Miles Davis, it is really strong. And if the instrument has a lot of air around it, Thöress does a great job of emphasizing that feature, creating a large soundstage and powerful images – just like on Bach’s cello suits performed by Mstislav Rostropovich on a new remaster released by Warner Music Japan on Ultimate HiQuality CDs. BY the way, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of this great master.

It was fascinating how deep was the interaction between the instrument’s box and the acoustics. It was an unusual harmony, air was vibrating, as if it was inseparable from the instrument itself – even though it was imaged precisely, without the blurring of its edges. It is an “inherent” feature of this system, which I previously heard only with the said Kondo amplifier, with the new, now finalized version of Ancient Audio Grand Monos and Audiopax Maggiore. The Thöress, by the richness of the bass and midrange goes one step further, boosting the sound, exposing emotions.

You will not be bored with this sound. It is not a “hi-fi” or even an “audiophile” sound. There is no impressive depth, no precise edges, selectivity, and even some remarkable resolution. The German system makes sound of different recordings more alike, masking their weaker sides and extracting their internal tension, richness and pulse. What would be exactly the same direction as followed by the above mentioned, Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki, who recently sent me a prototype version of his new speaker filter, referred to as “Real-Sound Processor”, for evaluation, and the idea behind the sound of the Brazilian Audiopax system.

It is no coincidence that there are so many references in this sound to the Japanese masters, {…} The German amplifier, both the preamplifier itself, the headphone amplifier, and the system with monoblocks, explores regions close to expressionism and really “gutsy” sound at the same time. It is difficult to maintain objectivity, because it engages listener encouraging him to abandon objectivity. “

Note: pictures used for description are courtesy of the hifidelity.pl magazine.