A slice of superb sound, from a French all in one integrated amplifier. B.audio Alpha One REVIEW 🇫🇷😎

Let's check out what the French are up to ... today we review the B.audio Alpha One, all-in-one integrated DAC and streamer. A slice of audio heaven, no really, it is!

Available through fine dealers worldwide, or through Monarch Distribution here in the US.

💰 Suggested retail price: USD $17,000.-

B.audio info and deep-dive:

🍿 It's popcorn time!

00:00 Intro!
00:53 B.audio Alpha One
02:16 Equipment used for review
03:35 Alpha One specs, speeds and feeds!
07:05 an inside look…
09:15 sound quality preferences
13:07 music used to evaluate the Alpha One
20:14 Compared to EINSTEIN, others
24:23 Ok, what’s the final scoop?

🎻 Equipment used for evaluation - Studio B setup

EINSTEIN The Pure loudspeakers
EINSTEIN The Last Record Player CD player
QNAP 8 bay 32TB NAS
Tidal, Apple Music streaming services
eero Pro 6 WiFi network

🔈 Music used for evaluation -

Goldfrapp - Tales Of Us
Sex Kittens In HiFi - The Blondes compilation
Harry Connick, JR. - We Are In Love
Zero 7 - When It Falls
Helen Merrill - In Tokyo
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
Beverly Kenny - Complete DECCA Recordings compilation
Supertramp - Some Things Never Change
Fourplay - Between The Sheets
Isaac Hayes - The Spirit Of Memphis 1962-1976 compilation

📝 About SonicFlare
Danny Kaey has been a published audio and HiFi reviewer for almost 25 years in online and printed publications in the US, Canada and Europe. In the hobby for over 40 years, his tastes have varied through the decades, though now have settled for what music is all about: dynamics, slam, resolving power and tonality. DK believes that like many personally experienced tastes, there are many flavors to HiFi, though in all cases HiFi should aim to replicate music as closely as possible.

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#audio #music #hifi #stereo #records #sonicflare

[SonicFlare]

Let's check out what the French are up to ... today we review the B.audio Alpha One, all-in-one integrated DAC and streamer. A slice of audio heaven, no really, it is!

Available through fine dealers worldwide, or through Monarch Distribution here in the US.

💰 Suggested retail price: USD $17, 000.-

B.audio info and deep-dive:

🍿 It's popcorn time!

00:00 Intro!
00:53 B.audio Alpha One
02:16 Equipment used for review
03:35 Alpha One specs, speeds and feeds!
07:05 an inside look…
09:15 sound quality preferences
13:07 music used to evaluate the Alpha One
20:14 Compared to EINSTEIN, others
24:23 Ok, what’s the final scoop?

🎻 Equipment used for evaluation - Studio B setup

EINSTEIN The Pure loudspeakers
EINSTEIN The Last Record Player CD player
QNAP 8 bay 32TB NAS
Tidal, Apple Music streaming services
eero Pro 6 WiFi network

🔈 Music used for evaluation -

Goldfrapp - Tales Of Us
Sex Kittens In HiFi - The Blondes compilation
Harry Connick, JR. - We Are In Love
Zero 7 - When It Falls
Helen Merrill - In Tokyo
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
Beverly Kenny - Complete DECCA Recordings compilation
Supertramp - Some Things Never Change
Fourplay - Between The Sheets
Isaac Hayes - The Spirit Of Memphis 1962-1976 compilation

📝 About SonicFlare
Danny Kaey has been a published audio and HiFi reviewer for almost 25 years in online and printed publications in the US, Canada and Europe. In the hobby for over 40 years, his tastes have varied through the decades, though now have settled for what music is all about: dynamics, slam, resolving power and tonality. DK believes that like many personally experienced tastes, there are many flavors to HiFi, though in all cases HiFi should aim to replicate music as closely as possible.

🤩 If you like this channel and content please help support me by liking and subscribing here on YouTube and Instagram.


Please DM me with inquiries for future reviews or interviews.

#audio #music #hifi #stereo #records #sonicflare

[caspar]

I had the opportunity to listen to the b.audio integrated on Thrax and Stenheim speakers @ ana mighty sound and it sounded very very impressive!

[alvarocoutinho]

For that price I believe it lacks, at least, one more analog input and a line out to properly feed a tape recorder. They’re coming back!

[terrywho]

Very nice review! I had not heard of B.audio, but their amp looks great. Unrelated to the amp, interesting you're good with 16/44.1. If there is no other option I will take it, though I though digital hit a sweet spot with 24/96 and was a bit disappointed that DVD-A never took off. Yes, what did happen to Harry Connick Jr?

[martinbishop]

Well done that man! 🙂 Anybody that listens to Alison Goldfrapp is fine with me. Not sure about the amp, I am not a fan of these all in one amps, I want the amplifier to be the amplifier as there are plenty of DACs and streamers out there. Also. the internal wiring didn't look great on a unit costing 17, 000 bucks so not really for me. 🙂

[hamidrezahabibi]

It has a direct competitor:
Gold Note IS-1000MKII

[dannyfannyfoodle]

For $17, 000 that kind of sloppy build is inexcusable - no matter how great it may sound.

[ChitoLimson]

$17, 000? Uses a cheap Chinese Talema toroidal transformer? Please!