Stars Pickers is a well known headphone haven for headfi-ers. Located in Kota Damansara, headfi-ers frequent the place to test the never ending option of headphones, DAPs, headphone amps, DAC etc.
However, today was about their 2 channel hifi set up and particularly, the Cayin A845 Pro and Soul 170i integrated tube amp. This event was from 12 pm to 5 pm in which people can experience these 2 amps in a dedicated treated room. Paired with a Sonus Faber speakers and a Matrix Audio/Chord combo as a source.
I spent about 1 hour listening to both amps. Each amp have its own strength points and I do believe both amps have their own set of fans. The 845 Pro is a limited edition 25th Anniversary product by Cayin. Limited to only 249 units worldwide. This model runs on full Class A mode. For me, this model provides a very warm sound with quite a slamming bass. The highs does not give you an ear pinching sound and the mids and lows are quite authoritative sounding.
The Soul 170i on the other hand, sounded very musical and focuses on clarity and tone balance. Running on an Class AB amp, it sounded more musical and engaging to me.
Do head down to Stars Pickers Audio Library in Kota Damansara to demo these 2 amps if you are in the market for a new tube amp.
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