ModWright, founded in 2000, started life as popular and reputable modifier for a number of digital players. As time goes, it has built up a line of amplification products too, consisting of preamps, power amps and a phono stage.
Their first batch of products, consisting of a pre-power amp combo, has arrived at Centre Circle Audio and are ready for audition.
The LS36.5 is a tube linestage (2 6H30 Russian Super Tubes and 1 5AR4 rectifier) and comes with a host of features and conveniences including XLR inputs and outputs, remote control, home theatre bypass and a phase switch. It can be upgraded further with an external dual-mono power supply, also tubed, called the PS36.5. The LS36.5 comes in at 27lbs (12kg).
The KWA150 power amp is a purely solid state affair, but ModWright says that it combines both the virtues of tube and solid state products, The KWA150 gives out 150w @8ohms, 250w @4ohms - and wait for this - it can be bridged for 450w @8ohms and 650w @4ohms, all rated at 0.05% THD. Weight is a back breaking 84lbs (38kg).The KWA150 has both single-ended and balanced inputs, and has a special feature for the user to choose high or low bias current - ModWright did not specify how many watts of class A power the KWA150 will put out at each bias setting, but when I was at Centre Circle Audio yesterday, the KWA150 was set at high bias and it was running much hotter than my 60watt class A Pass Labs.
A friend and me had a very brief listen with the ModWright combo driving Thiel 3.7 loudspeakers, the frontend was the eminently musical Pathos Endorphin CD player. It was a very good first impression - the KWA150 had no problem driving the Thiel, the sound was extended and very open, the soundstage was dimensional and big. There was a lot of musical details, everything was presented clearly and without brightness, even though the amps were out of their boxes for just a couple of days.
Prices are yet to be fixed. Go and take a listen at Centre Circle Audio!
Contact Centre Circle Audio, Ph: 03-77282686; Nelson Chia 012-2876807; Sky Wong 012-3371787
3 comments:
surprise to see MWI in Malaysia! they provide modification to players (Sony and OPPO), wonder if Centre Circle takes up the mod right as well?
cheers,
wps
junchoon2989,
i think CCA just brought in ModWright's amps and not its mods, unfortunately :-)
The HiFi Unlimited team heard the ModWright pre/power amps powering the new Eggleston Works Andra III in CCA showroom today. Source was the excellent Esoteric X-03 CD/SACD player.
All we can say is that it's a mighty fine demo, worthy of your time to go check it out!
It practically blew us away!
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