Alex Halberstadt’s “Brilliant Corners” column in the October ‘Recommended Components’ issue of Stereophile is a love letter to the “boxes [which] manage to connect us to beauty and meaning in a way that can enhance and gradually change our lives.” We are delighted to report that this month’s column includes a beautiful review of the Manley Mahi monoblock power amplifier – a few selected quotes are below, but we encourage you to read the entire piece!
“…the factor that sets them apart from most tube amps I've heard is their refusal to impose a personality, which we might also call an aesthetic, onto the music they reproduce…because of their sonically agnostic nature, the Mahis aced every genre of music I threw at them.”
“This musical breadth and their energetic, approachable, largely faultless sound make the Manley Mahis a pretty compelling proposition at a price that strikes me as entirely sane. If your speakers and room can make a big noise with 40 watts, then these petite but never petite-sounding amplifiers will probably delight you, doing justice to all but the most ambitious systems. They will allow your favorite recordings to excite, inform, and inspire you…”
