The Sound
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We tested the Silent Angel Bonn NX, Forester FX and Genesis GX on the reference system. We also incorporated the impression from the demos at Bender into this description.
What is noticeable when switching our standard Dlink 108 V4 with LHY power supply and filter (we will go into this filter in more detail) with the Silent Angel Bonn NX, is that the scale of the stereo image increases. The speakers disappear a bit more and the ambience in recordings is more audible. A very pleasant effect.
This effect is audible both in the Alpha Audio listening room, and the test setup at Bender (Atohm bookshelfs, Atohm power amplifier and a Cambridge Audio Edge streamer/pre-amp). We did this demo for several groups and 95% of the listeners heard the same thing. Surely that’s pretty convincing.
This increase in scale, is easily explainable: depth in the bass increases, as does definition in these lower regions. As the depth and definition in the lower regions increase, so does the space in the stereo image. This is also audible with a subwoofer for example.
Now more changes are noticeable: sharpness decreases (F and S sounds, for example), while detail increases. (That makes sense: the jitter decreases…). It is also noticeable that the focus becomes a bit sharper. This in turn gives calmness in the reproduction, because you don’t have to pay very much attention to point out, or isolate, things in the music.
Silent Angel FX and GX
What if we add the clock and power supply? Are those equal steps? In our view, the Silent Angel Bonn NX brings the biggest change. Calmness, depth, focus. The Forester and Genesis also show improvements, but they are – in our system – a bit more subtle. We hear a little more flow, a little more subtleties, but it is not as obvious as with the Bonn NX. However, it may turn out differently in other systems, of course. So be sure to try it if you are interested in what it can bring in your system.