Product Reviews
Check here often to read the many glowing reviews that our
products have received.
Audio Aero
SoundStage!
"2001 Reviewers Choice Award" - Digital Players
(CD/SACD/DVD-A) (more...)
(Regarding
the 24/192 Capitole and the original
Capitole CD Player)
"If you think digital, particularly CD,
sounds dry and sterile, then listen to these players. They are as
smooth, sultry and sweet as the finest analog and, quite simply, two
of the best CD players I’ve heard. In fact, CD players like this
don’t even have me wanting for DVD-A and SACD." |
Audio
Aero in General
- The Stereo Times -
Showstoppers - Stereophile’s Home Entertainment 2001
show (more...)
"Audio Aero of France was
conspicuous by its presence in a few of the exhibit rooms. Their Prima Series
CD player features a 24/192 DAC with subminiature tube output for $1,695 USD.
In gloss black with gold-plated knobs and accents, it’s a real eye-catcher.
The company also makes a separate DAC for $3,840, and a gorgeous 50 wpc,
class-A stereo tube amplifier priced at $8,400. The gear sounds as good as it
looks."
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Audio
Aero Capitole 24/192 CD Player
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EnjoytheMusic.com
- 2003 Montreal Show Report (more...)
StudioLAB Reference emailed me in
advance; inviting me to hear their new flagship Revelation
speaker built around a 1.1" Revelator tweeter and a pair of 7"
Revelator Woofers with externally mounted crossovers and premium
parts and construction. The thick walls and braced cabinet
conceal compartments filled with a mixture of lead shot and
sand, giving the speakers a weight of 170 lbs each. With an
Audio Aero Capitole CD front end and Swiss made Orpheus 150-watt
monoblocks, there was very nice music in this room, too. The
finish on the speakers appeared to be a deep blue Imron-like
color, and attached to the cable connectors was a Foundation
Research NL-1 filter, looking a little awkward, but
presumably making a significant contribution. Coming in at
$16,000 CN, this is far above their number one selling model,
and my personal pick a few years back, the Reference One at
$1,100/pr.
- EnjoytheMusic.com - CES 2002 Las Vegas - Suppliment Article (more...)
"The Audio Aero Capitole CD player
was mentioned as an outstanding example of upgrading regular
CD reproduction by a technique they call resampling which
reportedly eliminates the possible negative effects of
increased jitter. A visit to their exhibit revealed a very
interesting product that appeared to do as claimed. My
interest sparked the company's response that Dick Olsher got
to them before I did. Hopefully he will send it on to me after
he is finished."
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- SoundStage!
Standout Room, High
End 2002 Frankfurt, Germany (more...)
"The rest of the system consisted
of the Octave Jubilee preamplifier, an Audio Aero Capitole Mk
II CD player, and the new Audio Physic Strada mono amplifiers.
The latter produces an impressive 800W into a 2-ohm load. The
Kronos-based system produced the most dynamic sound heard so
far at the show."
- SoundStage!
ShowStoppers, Montreal Audio Show, Son et Image
2002 (more...)
"Audio Aero's newly redesigned
Capitole 24/192 CD player debuted in Montreal. In addition to
many internal upgrades, the player's analog volume control is
now remote controlled."
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- SoundStage!
Daily Coverage, Montreal Audio Show, Son et Image
2002 (more...)
"Something old, something new.
Distributor Globe A/V used a pair of Audio Aero Prestige mono
amps ($20,000/pair) to drive a pair of reconditioned Quad ESL
57 speakers. When asked the price of the Quad speakers, Globe
A/V's Matt Brazeau replied, "How much you got?"
Something tells us he was turning down offers left and right."
- SoundStage!
ShowStoppers, High
End 2001 Frankfurt, Germany (more...)
"On top of
Audio Aero's Capitole 24/192 CD player the company prominently
displayed a quote from Doug Schneider's SoundStage! review
of the unit: "One of the best CD players I've heard. In fact,
CD players like this don't even have me wanting for DVD-A and SACD.
While every word Doug wrote was true, in a way he now regrets them
because Audio Aero gave a first
glimpse of their new Prestige
A/V player,
which is supposed to be available in December. It supports
multichannel SACD, DVD-V, CD, CD-R, CD-RW and CD-V, and it also has
Dolby Digital and DTS decoders built in. Reportedly it will have a
volume control, so all you have to do is connect the player directly
to the amplifiers! It's hard to ask for much more. The price is
estimated at $8000 USD, and you can be assured Doug wants it for
review."
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- EnjoytheMusic.com
-
Montreal Audio Show, Son et Image 2001 (more...)
"Audio Aero's
Capitole CD player was everywhere at the Show, on duty in no less
than 5 rooms. The Capitole was one of the few really impressive CD
players at the show, even more so than any of the SACD demonstrations,
filling rooms with some of the most involving, detailed and high
resolution sound this side of the Plains of Abraham."
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- SoundStage!
Standout Room
- Montreal Audio Show, Son et Image 2001
(more...)
"While listening to a Miles Davis/John
Coltrane disc, 50 years of time melted away, and they were in the
room."
- SoundStage! -
Standout Room
- Montreal Audio Show, Son et Image 2001
(more...)
"Marc
Mickelson's favorite system at the entire show included Verity Audio
Parsifal speakers driven by Tenor Audio 75 WI OTL
integrated amps with the oft-heard-in-Montreal Audio
Aero 24/192 CD player as source. "Sweet, inviting,
involving, as good as it gets," was Marc's terse
assessment."
- SoundStage!
- March 2001 - Doug Sneider (more...)
(Regarding the 24/192 Capitole CD Player)
"Uncanny ease along with an amazing sense of liquidity";
"midrange and high frequencies are simply marvelous"; bass
is "tighter and better controlled" than with the original
Capitole CD player."
(Regarding the original Capitole CD Player)
"I reviewed the Audio Aero Capitole CD player in June of last
year. Anyone who knows me or has read the
review knows how much I think of the player. Even today, as more
and more new-format digital players hit the market, I still turn to
the Capitole as a point of reference."
- AudioReview.com -
Unbiased rave reviews submitted by owners! (more...)
- The Inner Ear
Report - Vol. 12#2, 2000
(Regarding the original Capitole CD Player) (more...)
Audio
Aero Prima 24/192 CD Player
-
The Star Online - Audiofile
(more...)
"Would I spend over five grand on such a machine as the Prima?
Well, if I were looking for a CD player for a mid-end hi-fi system,
this would certainly appear on my short-list. It’s certainly a few
notches ahead of some other European models (hmmm, sounds tasty put
this way!) I’ve heard over the past couple of years."
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Audio
Aero Capitole Amplifier
-
Montreal Audio Show, Son et Image 2001
(more...)
(Powering the Meadow Song Labs Mt. Everest speaker)
"The Mt. Everests sounded very
spacious driven by Audio Aero tubed electronics. Nordost cabling and
a solid-state amp to drive speakers' woofers rounded out the
system."
- SoundStage!
- April,
1999 - Marc
Mickelson (more...)
"I first heard the
Capitole at CES ’99 playing music low over a pair of Leedh Nazca speakers,
also a French product. The sound was terrific. I can say that I am even more
impressed with the amp now because I’ve heard it in my system with a range
of equipment and music. In fact, I think I’ve mentioned more
recordings in this review than in any other I’ve written -- which is a
testament to the sound the Audio Aero Capitole produces. If you’re in the
market for a tube amp in the $8000 price range, make sure you hear this
one."
Audio Aero Prestige Monoblock Amplifiers
- The Inner Ear
Report - Vol. 12#3, 2000 (more...)
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- SoundStage! -
The 1999 Jimmy Awards (more...)
"The Audio Aero
Prestige monoblocks warmed the hearts of all the SoundStagers who
heard them"
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-
Montreal Audio Show, Son et Image 2000
(more...)
"Two of my
favorite rooms used expensive monoblock tube amps, and I visited both
of them more than once."
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- Enjoythemusic.com -
Tube Lust Page (more...)
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