Reviews

"It was as if a world was materializing around me"
"The Shinai has a knack for detail retrieval"
"the speaker cones were completely
under the Shinai's control"
"The Shinai transmitted not just sound but
subtle people-in-a-band cues and dynamics"

STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 08/2020

"Charmante Süffigkeit, ultra-stabiler Druck bis in tiefste Bassregionen"

AUDIO.DE 08/2016

"The Shinai transports nothing but the truth,  including the truth about your loudspeakers."  "...I’m preoccupied with something else  at the moment, though:  What should the more expensive  Grandinote models do even better?"

FAIRAUDIO - Michael Bruss - 08/2020

"Grandinote Celio is very different  and unique sounding phono preamplifier"  "sound tuning is lush, emotional  and involving factor,  extending across all the musical genres"

MONO&STEREO - Matej Isak - 01/2016

""Revolutionary"  For Grandinote Demone 140/140 points.  From 1978 to the present day,  only 3 amplifiers in the world  took the top score from AUDIO!"

AUDIO - Johannes Maier - 07/2015

"...was so, so beautiful.  This system was a triumph.  I sure hope I encounter  Grandinote electronics  again in Munich."

STEREOPHILE - Jason Victor Serinus - 04/2015

"...sonically, a combination of virtues
between tubes and transistors."
"He does not color. He draws conspicuously in 3D"
"The device simply fills the room."
"This is an amplifier that is state of the art."

HIFITEST.DE - Holger Barske - 05/2021

"La vibration de l’humain, la présence incoercible
des êtres de chair et de sang
derrière les instruments ou derrière la pensée,
la création, le son comme vecteur de l’âme,
tel est le credo du gros intégré transalpin."

LEBEAUSON.FR - 06/2020

Themes in the "a knack for detail retrieval"
"gave notes and musical lines enough space
to stretch out and seamlessly transition
into the next notes and musical lines."
"The Shinai has the spirit of a revealer.
It speaks the truth—not ruthlessly, but honestly."

STEREOPHILE - Recommended Components 2021 

"This integrated amplifier is made for purists
and for absolutely "pure" sound
with no flap."

FAIRAUDIO - AWARD - 12/2020

"Grandinote Shinai
A Ferrari among amplifiers"

SON & IMAGE - Michel Bérard - 10/2017

"My journalistic objectivity be darned!
The Goerner Audio/Grandinote room produced
the sort of sound that melts my heart, ravishes my senses,
and reminds me of why great hi-fi is worth the money."
"But I think what surprised me most
was the fact there wasn't a single tube..."

STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 10/2019

"...is real tube warmth and “mercury” eclecticism,
excellent tonal and timbre authenticity."
"As if we are listening to a real
single-ended amplifier in all its glory"
"get physical pleasure from the exquisite sound pictures
and enjoy the high-end gloss."

HI-FI.RU - Стас Устенко - 05/2019

"Shinai sounded as if it had
several hundred watts at its disposal"
"Shinai has the rare ability
to present the better side of recording"

HIGH FIDELITY - Wojciech Pacula - 09/2017

"the sound I heard was captivating,
courtesy of a complete system from Grandinote,
an Italian brand I was unfamiliar with,
but was immediately taken by."

STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 03/2019

"The phenomenal sphere of sound surrounded us
like a merry ocean on a hot day.
The ocean of extraordinary clarity and splendor."
"a sound not unlike what produce electrostats,
but with incomparable higher dynamics."
"La Grande Bellezza. Just one great splendor!"

HIGH & STYLE - Andrej Turok - 12/2018

"...few were as musical or emotionally
powerful as this one."
"quality was exquisite-musical,
emotionally powerful, and sneakily dynamic,
without apparent flaw"

STEREOPHILE - Art Dudley - 05/2018

"by all accounts the sound was stellar
as to be expected already knowing
how good this Italian brand performs."
"Sounds too good to be true until you
hear these products for oneself. "

STEREOTIMES - Clement Perry - 05/2018

"Shinai has an outstanding talent for natural vocals,
just like a really good lamp.
The advantage is greater power"
"Listen to Shinai, that's the essence of fun"
this is pure musicality."

PLATINUM NOTE WINNER

"Shinai is one of the best solid state
integrated amplifire in the world...
...this capacityes are too rare..."

STACCATO - 06/2016

"From Bressana the Hi-Fi system
that travels the world"

PROVINCIA PAVESE - Mattia Tanzi - 04/2018

"The only thing that kept coming back
to me was the word SCARY" ...
... "The sound is so wide-open and natural
that it really is perhaps the best
sounding system that I have had"

STEREO TIMES - Clement Perry - 07/2017

"This is definitely
one of the best sounds
I’ve heard
in the reference system..."

HIFI PIG - Stuart Smith - 06/2016

"Proemio had the power of precise images,
It was brighter, more transparent
with all the advantages
of good tube circuits, no hardness
velvety silver."

AUDIO - Andreas Günther - 03/2016

"sound like single-ended vacuum tube amplifiers  except with dynamics and authority  unlike any SE tube design I've heard."  "...presents a sense of scale  that is far more powerful than  their 60 watt rating would imply"

STEREO TIMES - Clement Perry - 10/2017

"Grandinote CELIO:
Product of the Year 2021"


LP Magazine - 2021

"It is capable of giving life
to the reproduction of music.
Very few hifi products of any price
are capable or were capable of doing it."

HIFIBLE - 09/2017 

"so special and so different
we just sit with beating heart
and open mouth,
excited and almost crying in excitement."

PLATINUM NOTE WINNER
HIFI VOICE - Daniel Březina - 08/2017

"Charmante Süffigkeit, ultra-stabiler Druck bis in tiefste Bassregionen"

AUDIO.DE 08/2016

"That’s really what distinguishes
Grandinote devices and puts them
in a category of their own that is
quite different from anything else
in the high-fidelity market."

SON & IMAGE - Michel Bérard - 01/2018

"It made me forget I was listening

“only” to the re-production
of the live performance.
It simply felt real,
it felt true."

Hi Fi Knights - Marek Dyba - 11/2016

"The phono stage Grandinote Celio is an
outstanding device in every sense.
Unmatched circuitry, excellent workmanship
and assembly and, of course, luxurious sound.
True High End."

HI-FI.RU - Анатолий Максименко - 08/2019

MONO&STEREO - Matej Isak - 06/2017

"This is definitely
one of the best sounds
I’ve heard
in the reference system..."

HIFI PIG - Stuart Smith - 06/2016

"Genesi encapsulates Max love for music, life
and high-end audio in the best possible way."
"Genesi remarkable ability to maintain the signal pureness
while responding to single quark like cues and nods..."
"This is why I'm wholeheartedly giving out the
Mono&Stereomost Highly Recommended Product Award!"

MONO&STEREO - Matej Isak - 05/2019

"Grandinote Genesi is the best
pre-amp that I have listened" ...
... "He plays in a itself category
besides the Champions League."

HIFI STATEMENT - Peter Banholzer - 07/2017

"Grandinote Genesi is quite a different beast
where sound is never
lackadaisical, corrupt or augmented." ...
... "Genesi follows the path of purity
and simplicity in the signal amplification."

MONO&STEREO - Matej Isak - 06/2017

"The Best Amplifier reviewed in 2020"

MONO&STEREO - AWARD - 12/2020

"The only thing that kept coming back
to me was the word SCARY" ...
... "The sound is so wide-open and natural
that it really is perhaps the best
sounding system that I have had"

STEREO TIMES - Clement Perry - 07/2017

"...uncanny ability to combine transparency,
openness, and resolution with musicality.
Subtle details of pitch variation and
bowing texture were displayed
with an unmatched sense of resolution
with a full measure of warmth and body."

STEREOTIMES - KEY KIM - AWARD - 12/2020

"the sound I heard was captivating,
courtesy of a complete system from Grandinote,
an Italian brand I was unfamiliar with,
but was immediately taken by."

STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 03/2019

"...literally 3-4 pairs of the best speakers
that have visited me.
These are loudspeakers that
play differently than all known to me,
and yet, or maybe because of that, fantastic."

RED FINGERPRINT WINNER
HIGH FIDELITY - Marek Dyba - 03/2018

"Rich in all regions: dynamics, colors, naturalness.
He managed everything in our test with a self-confidence
that would inspire even the most critical analog fans."
"This streamer met our highest benchmarks and dreams.
Volta succeeded in everything with ease and naturalness.
If you have analog feelings, you should get it."

AUDIO - Andreas Günther - 04/2019

"My journalistic objectivity be darned!
The Goerner Audio/Grandinote room produced
the sort of sound that melts my heart, ravishes my senses,
and reminds me of why great hi-fi is worth the money."
"But I think what surprised me most
was the fact there wasn't a single tube..."

STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 10/2019

"the sound I heard was captivating,
courtesy of a complete system from Grandinote,
an Italian brand I was unfamiliar with,
but was immediately taken by."

STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 03/2019

"it is almost impossible to take off,  this amplifier connects you  simply and purely to music.  this feeling of addiction is quite rare  and we'll see why."

AUDIOPHILEFR - Lionel Schmitt - 03/2014

"The phenomenal sphere of sound surrounded us
like a merry ocean on a hot day.
The ocean of extraordinary clarity and splendor."
"a sound not unlike what produce electrostats,
but with incomparable higher dynamics."
"La Grande Bellezza. Just one great splendor!"

HIGH & STYLE - Andrej Turok - 12/2018

"...few were as musical or emotionally
powerful as this one."
"quality was exquisite-musical,
emotionally powerful, and sneakily dynamic,
without apparent flaw"

STEREOPHILE - Art Dudley - 05/2018

"My journalistic objectivity be darned!
The Goerner Audio/Grandinote room produced
the sort of sound that melts my heart, ravishes my senses,
and reminds me of why great hi-fi is worth the money."
"But I think what surprised me most
was the fact there wasn't a single tube..."

STEREOPHILE - Robert Schryer - 10/2019

"by all accounts the sound was stellar
as to be expected already knowing
how good this Italian brand performs."
"Sounds too good to be true until you
hear these products for oneself. "

STEREOTIMES - Clement Perry - 05/2018

"That said , the Celio brought to the sound of my system something unique"

Stereophile - Art Dudley - 03/2019

"I always find the Leonardos, to my ears,  to sound their very best when played  through Grandinote electronics."

STEREO TIMES - Clement Perry - 06/2013

"A disarming naturalness: great!  Who you were never present  the opportunity to listen to the SHINAI,  perhaps at a trade show,  you should definitely do it. "

Wilfried Lardenoit - 07/2012

SUONO - Nicola Candelli - Shinai recensione