Moonriver makes two products, in Sweden no less... the 404 integrated amplifier and the 505 phono amplifier, reviewed here at SonicFlare Studio A.
Let's take a dive into the world of Moonriver...
Available through fine dealers worldwide!
💰 Suggested retail price: USD $5,999- / 5,000- EUR
Moonriver website:
https://moonriveraudio.com
🍿 Popcorn time!
01:52 pipes or cigars?
03:32 review intro - Moonriver 505
10:19 construction
14:02 sound quality
27:20 conclusion & final thoughts
🎻 Equipment currently setup in Studio A:
EINSTEIN The Preamp https://einstein-audio.de
EINSTEIN The Last Record Player, CD player
EINSTEIN The Perfect Pickup, MC current sensing phono
EINSTEIN The Poweramp, hybrid Circlotron dual-mono amplifier
EMMlabs MTRS, solid state stereo amplifier https://www.emmlabs.com
EMMlabs DS-EQ1, optical cartridge "energizer" x 2
Meitner MA3, DAC + Streamer
Kuzma XL Air + Safir, turntable + arm https://www.kuzma.si
Bergmann Galder Signature + Odin, turntable + arm https://bergmannaudio.com
ReVox H1 Cassette tape deck
Telefunken M15A reel to reel tape machine x 2
Nagra IV-S reel to reel tape machine https://www.nagraaudio.com
Wilson Audio Sasha V https://www.wilsonaudio.com
Wilson Audio Loke x 2
DeVore Fidelity O/96 https://devorefidelity.com
SonoruS Audio proximity bass controller https://sonorusaudio.com
Tascam DA1000, A/D converter + digital recorder
QNAP 8 bay 32TB NAS
Tidal, Apple Music streaming services
Audirvana Studio media playback app https://audirvana.com
eero Pro 6 WiFi network
🎼 Cables used in Studio A:
Black Cat Cable https://blackcatcable.com
Graceline L3, speaker + interconnect
LessLoss C-MARC Classic power cables https://www.lessloss.com
🔈 Music used for evaluation -
Freddie Hubbard - Keep Your Soul Together
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Conversions
Randy Travis - Storms Of Life
Black Uhuru - Chill Out
Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
Nucleus - Alley Cat
La Planete Sauvage
Brian Eno - Apollo 2 LP
Ahmad Jamal - Chamber Music Of The New Jazz
Duke Ellington - Indigos (2024 65th anniversary IMPEX reissue)
📝 About SonicFlare
Danny Kaey has been a published audio and HiFi reviewer for almost 25 years in online and printed publications in the US, Canada and Europe. In the hobby for over 40 years, his tastes have varied through the decades, though now have settled for what music is all about: dynamics, slam, resolving power and tonality. DK believes that like many personally experienced tastes, there are many flavors to HiFi, though in all cases HiFi should aim to replicate music as closely as possible.
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