Following our credo: do not add anything, do not omit anything, we challenged ourselves by asking the question: “Can we add less and omit less compared to what we have already achieved”? Before we decided to implement an all new and innovative amplification topology for our new 717 power amplifier our engineers evaluated how far they can push the performance of the 701 and 711s amplifier structure. Some of the results from this analysis now find their way into a new upgrade option in the 701+ and the 711+.
The new, ultra linear feedback network along with the improved thermal design of the gain stages have boosted the voltage amplification module to both improve the phase response of the amplifier as well as its overload stability. The upgrades to 701+ and 711+ preserve all the sonic virtues of the 701 and 711 like their effortless separation of instruments even in the most complex passages, its bass dynamics and ravishing tonal colour, but it will add more refinement and delicacy to the musical representation bringing you even closer to the artist’s true performance.