Not long into our audition of Copland's CSA150, we began to feel annoyed that, at some point, we'd have to send it back. Reviewer remorse isn't quite as bad as buyer remorse, but it is still 'a thing', and this £4988 hybrid tube integrated had given us a bad case of it. Hybrid? Yes, for the CSA150 looks to be an upscaled CSA100 [HFN Aug '20] combining a 6922 double-triode and solid-state FETs in its preamp stage, driving a bipolar transistor amplifier output. Perhaps keen to avoid overselling the benefits of this architecture, the Danish marque warns buyers not to expect 'the warm and nice, coloured charm of some older tube designs' - although our listening reveals it does lean that way.
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