SELLING RARE AUDIOPHILE DREAM REFERENCE STANDARD COMPONENTSPBN Preamp and PBN Power Amplifier in matched set combination !!! PBN Olympia LX Preamplifier (includes Phono Input) is One of the Worlds' Rarest Audiophile Reference Preamps PBN Mini OLYMPIA Power Amplifier is One of the Worlds' Rarest Audiophile Reference Power Amplifiers PBN Olympia LX Preamp Original MSRP:
$20,000 (USD) PBN Mini Olympia Power Amplifier Original MSRP:
$8,500 (USD) PBN Matched Set (above) Combined MSRP:
$28,500 (USD) Used (Set) Sale Price:
$8,500 (USD) Total Cost Savings:
$20,000 (USD) Total % Discount:
70% off MSRP PBN Audio Olympia LX Preamplifier and Mini Olympia Stereo Power Amplifier
(Prior Trade Review Highlights) The moment I fired up PBN Audio’s Solid State Olympia LX preamplifier ($20,000 USD) and
Mini-Olympia Power Amplifier ($8,500 USD), I let out a Wow ! of pure delight. The sound was
astonishingly vivid, full and gorgeous. So, just for starters, I’ve already said that I heard sound like clear rainwater, like a tidal wave,
like a flaming circus - three different and inadequate similes to try to account for the powerful
effect of the PBN gear in my system. This was a very special combination of electronic gear - clear and powerful, unfazed by symphonic
dynamics and complexity, the intricate syncopations of small combo jazz, or the resonant tones and
rich harmonies of piano music. Company History PBN Audio, the fine-electronics wing of the celebrated Montana Loudspeakers company, is the brainchild
of Peter Bichel Noerbaek, the Danish-born engineer behind all the design, research, and development for
both firms. Noerbaek launched PBN in 2002, after having produced a preamp and a line of power amps for
Sierra Audio in the late 1990s. The Sierra power amps were FET/bipolar transistor, cascoded devices that
made a strong reputation for themselves among a crowd of cognoscenti, and were built in the PBN Custom
Shop at Noerbaek’s headquarters in El Cajon, California. Conclusion Listening to the PBN Olympia-LX and PBN Mini-Olympia enlarged my appreciation for music, broadening a
sonic palette I’d thought already discerning enough. The PBNs introduced me to levels of articulate power
and to subtleties of sound that had been missing from my listening. I’d dwelt in smaller sonic vales and villages
until the PBNs arrived to guide me to a wider world of audio awareness and a deeper pleasure in listening to music. While I felt more comfortable listening to operatic and choral voices through the liquidity and naturalness of my
reference combination of tube preamp and amp, I’m going to miss the PBNs’ effortless dynamics, immense
scale of sound, and superb ability to present exquisite musical detail. Never have piano and orchestral music,
rock, blues, and jazz sounded better or more thrilling in my listening room. Never has one set of electronics made
me sit up and question what had seemed an immutably stark line of connoisseurship dividing the aficionados of
glass and sand amplification. PBN Audio’s Olympia-LX and Mini-Olympia are well engineered and impressively built assaults on this division.
They combine much of the grace and finesse of tubes with the power, precision, and effort-free maintenance of
the best of solid-state. And in terms of pure clarity, I’ve heard nothing better. Domestic Shipping for PBN Olympia LX Preamp (preamp and separate power supply) and PBN Mini Olympia Power Amplifier
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