{"id":129459,"date":"2021-04-23T13:31:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T12:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=129459"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:00:34","slug":"grandioso-m1x-takes-music-from-a-noble-silence-to-a-stormy-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/grandioso-m1x-takes-music-from-a-noble-silence-to-a-stormy-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandioso M1X: Takes music from a noble silence to a stormy passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The Grandioso M1X is built around the world&#8217;s first super junction bipolar transistors, the Esoteric SJ-BJT01.\u00a0Completely updating the previous M1, the Grandioso M1X, according to the manufacturer, &#8220;takes music from a noble silence to a stormy passion.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image012.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>The amplifier was equipped with separate toroidal transformers with a power of more than 3000 VA to power the voltage and current amplification stages. A specially designed capacitor with a capacity of up to 60,000 \u03bcF is also installed here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image015.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>The system features an ES-LINK analog input, a proprietary current transfer option, in addition to the conventional balanced and unbalanced inputs.\u00a0It is served by IDM-01 (Integrated Discrete Amplifier Module).\u00a0A balanced buffer amplifier circuit is used at the input stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5515 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/image007.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>All of this is housed in a hybrid design with main and lower chassis varying in stiffness. Its semi-floating top panel maximizes sound exposure and the Esoteric dot feet are patent pending.\u00a0The power supply uses a configuration with three power transformers, with an R-shaped core.\u00a0Responsible for cooling are specially developed Esoteric radiator fins of irregular length.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>The trigger function allows the Grandioso C1X to switch the M1X on and off in sequence.\u00a0The maximum power of the novelty is 300 W into 8 ohms or 600 W into 4 ohms or 1200 W into 2 ohms.\u00a0Overall dimensions: 491 \u00d7 221.5 \u00d7 535 mm, weight &#8211; 63 kg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grandioso M1X is built around the world&#8217;s first super junction bipolar transistors, the Esoteric SJ-BJT01.\u00a0Completely updating the previous M1, the Grandioso M1X, according to the manufacturer, &#8220;takes music from a noble silence to a stormy passion.&#8221; The amplifier was equipped with separate toroidal transformers with a power of more than 3000 VA to power [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/grandioso-m1x-takes-music-from-a-noble-silence-to-a-stormy-passion\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":129465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-129459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}