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The emergence of Red Wine Audio's lineup mirrors a designer's evolution. Initially committed to high-quality passive attenuators over active preamps, RWA only offered a passive input switcher if you had more sources than his volume-fitted amps could accommodate. But the wheel turned, ears grew pointier and the Signature 30 found its way into.
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In fact, Red Wine Audio is betting on it, because as good as the RWA 30.2 integrated is, in that it may be deployed either in fully integrated form or purely as a power amplifier, the additional jigger of impedance-matched tube magic ye seek is now available. For a price, of course. Isabella, the matching battery-powered tubed pre-amp, (pretty.
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Redwine Audio is the brainchild of one Vinnie Rossi… an Electrical Engineer by intellect, but an audio designer at heart. Vinnie started Redwine a number of years ago with the idea of making simple off-the-grid components (meaning they are battery-powered only and simple in that he kept things..well, simple) that offer the listener great musical enjoyment without breaking the bank.
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For a guy who previously viewed digital audio files as lifeless strings of 1's and 0's that's saying something. ----- System set-up for listening notes: Source: MacBook Pro > Red Wine Audio Isabellina; all files ALAC Amps: Decware Mini Torii SE, McIntosh MAC1900, Schiit Audio Lyr, and Woo Audio WA2 Headphones: Audez'e LCD-2 rev 2 and.
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While Red Wine Audio may be best known for their iMod iPod modifications, Vinnie Rossi also specializes in SLA-powered electronics. Named after Rossi's young daughter, the newest addition to Red Wine's roster of products is the tubed Isabella preamp. It offers three analog inputs, three analog outs, and has a convenient high/low gain switch.
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Vinnie Rossi is driven by a passion for designing audio electronics that bring music enthusiasts unmatched sonic realism, long-term listening satisfaction, and pride of ownership. We create timeless designs that transcend the ordinary with industry-leading innovation and exceptional quality.
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Red Wine Audio makes some of my all-time favorite headphone amplifiers, but they're pretty expensive. The Isabellina HPA LFP-V Edition, for example, runs $2,500; it was designed and built in.
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Red Wine Audio's sophisticated approach to battery-powered gear is its other main calling card. The strategy represents an excellent tradeoff: Instead of sacrificing quality, the company increases it by eliminating the big, beefy power supply present in most amplifiers and replacing it with the high-current Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4.
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Red Wine Audio has been expanding their range of battery-powered audio electronics: they have the Isabella preamp, with optional built-in DAC; Signature 30.2 power amplifier, with optional volume control, and Signature 70.2 monoblock amplifiers. The system at FSI used Omega Super Hemp speakers, which use a driver that in the version demoed at the show was equipped with an Alnico magnet.
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Red Wine Audio Signature 15 paired with WLM La Scala (93db floor standers) - a loudspeaker that's neutral to the point of being initially misread as boring. It's not - it's just less rose-tinted than Zu-land. With the La Scala you get to hear precisely what you feed 'em - no added flavour enhancer or MSG.
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Red Red Wine. Red Wine Audio is the name of the company making amplifiers designed by one Vinnie Rossi, "an electrical engineer with a true passion for music and implementing the electronics that recreate it," whose name, if you pretend that Vinnie is spelled with one "n," means "red wine" in Italian. (Actually, "vini rossi" means "red wines.
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L et's roll the sonics. The scuttlebutt is true. Right out of the box -- well, mine had been preconditioned for 100 hours by the man himself -- the Red Wine Audio Signature 30 does behave like an unusually ballsy, dead-quiet micro-power SET in the Jeff Korneff/Shigeki Yamamoto vein of ultra-modern 45 valve amps.
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Liliana. Red Wine Audio's current monoblock amplifiers, the Liliana (cheefully named after Vinnie's youngest daughter), are the most powerful they've delivered to date, providing 115 wpc into 8 ohms and doubling down into 4.
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With his Renaissance Edition components, Red Wine Audio's Vinnie Rossi says he aimed to fuse traditional and modern design elements. The battery-powered Signature 16 integrated amplifier ($1995) has a beautiful real wood chassis and a chrome top plate held in place with simple thumbscrews for easy access to the tubes inside. The amp is rated to deliver 16Wpc into 8 ohms.
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But the point there, stands — I've been a fan of Red Wine Audio for years now, so when I was lucky enough to land a review set, I was thrilled. Spoiler alert: they rock! Red Wine is like. an analogy. One of my go-to high-end audio analogies relies heavily on wine. Specifically, on wine reviews. If there's ever been a "domain" more.
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Red Wine Audio will also release the Isabella DAC as a stand-alone converter with the same three digital (USB, coax and Toslink) inputs, the same discrete active output stage without opamps, enclosure, SMART board and charger. Estimated pricing is $2,500 and the name will be Isabellina. "This is a new-old-stock non-oversampling 16-bit design.