Audio Analogue Maestro Anniversary

摘要

When you have something to celebrate, it's worth doing it in style - which is why Italian amplifier specialist Audio Analogue has not one, but two Anniversary models to mark its two decades in business. When we reviewed the celebratory version of the company's first product, the Puccini [HFN Jun '16], we noted that it was a beefed-up version of the original - and now comes a similarly revised take on the Maestro amplifier, selling for £6500. That makes it twice the price of the Puccini Anniversary, but this all-analogue amplifier also delivers twice the power, at a claimed 150W per channel [see PM's lab report, p53], and is notably bulked up, not to mention weighing a substantial 31 kg. Take all that on board and we have an integrated amplifier clearly of very serious intent, and a very long way - in specification, if not styling - from the original slimline Puccini.