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The first box, the one with the buttons, dials, and display, houses the pre-amplification electronics. It\u2019s where your source equipment\u2014turntable, network streamer, whatever you fancy\u2014connects using the generous selection of balanced and unbalanced inputs. The other two boxes are external power supplies serving the left and right channels of your stereo signal.<\/p>\n
Goldmund reckons this radical separation, along with painstaking internal architecture featuring complete symmetry, voltage regulation stages, and optimized heat dissipation, guarantees signal integrity and utterly consistent operating conditions in all circumstances.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s apparently not enough to make a preamplifier with such a low total harmonic distortion figure (0.0002 percent) that it\u2019s extremely difficult to measure in the first place. No, it has to be housed in three chassis with mirrored-glass displays, metal-coated controls, and Goldmund\u2019s signature slender gold-line design flourish to confirm its identity.<\/p>\n
In the US, the Goldmund Mimesis Statement analog preamplifier costs $240,000. No, I didn’t accidentally add a few zeros. We\u2019re already into \u201cfairly fancy European sports car\u201d territory here, but a preamplifier by itself doesn\u2019t constitute an audio system. For the Mimesis Statement to do its thing, it needs a music input signal, which it will output to a power amplifier. From there, it goes to a pair of speakers.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, Goldmund offers plenty of options. During my listen to the Mimesis Statement, it is connected to the company\u2019s Eidos network streamer (yours for $27,000) at one end and a pair of Thelos 9800 power amplifiers (nearly 800 pounds per amplifier, 1,560 watts per channel, an imposing aesthetic, and $500,000 each<\/em>) at the other. The amplified signal then moves to a pair of Theia Passive four-way floor-standing loudspeakers ($215,000 for two). That\u2019s a total system price of $1,482,000\u2014not so much \u201csports car\u201d as \u201cvery nice apartment, probably with a balcony.\u201d And I haven\u2019t even added in the price of cables.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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