Products
Listening reports
model fughetta
2021
For many years we have been asked to develop an even smaller phono stage than the model blue.
Now we have complied with the many requests and it exists – model fughetta.
A fughetta is the smaller, simpler form of a fugue – but a fughetta is also absolutely worth hearing.
Like all BLUE AMP phonos, it comes with balanced inputs, fascinating sound quality and the usual BLUE AMP quality for components and housing – a real BLUE AMP phono.
model fughetta
2021
For many years we have been asked to develop an even smaller phono stage than the model blue.
Now we have complied with the many requests and it exists – model fughetta.
A fughetta is the smaller, simpler form of a fugue – but a fughetta is also absolutely worth hearing.
Like all BLUE AMP phonos, it comes with balanced inputs, fascinating sound quality and the usual BLUE AMP quality for components and housing – a real BLUE AMP phono.
Listening reports
model blue MK III
2010
On our curve of audiophile bliss one step further than a model fughetta.
Either start at this level or don’t want to go back …
It, too, happily takes care of MC as well as MM signals.
The extension with the external power supply model ps 300 is really worth listening.
Listening reports
model blue MK III
2010
On our curve of audiophile bliss one step further than a model fughetta.
Either start at this level or don’t want to go back …
It, too, happily takes care of MC as well as MM signals.
The extension with the external power supply model ps 300 is really worth listening.
Listening reports
model surzur MK III
2006
On the way to the top in the BLUE AMP phono world, a model surzur MK III does not mean an interim solution, but listening to music at a very high level. Your soul will be grateful.
Processes MC as well as MM signals.
Even with a model surzur, the external power supply model ps 300 enables another big step upwards on our blissful curve.
model surzur MK III
2006
On the way to the top in the BLUE AMP phono world, a model surzur MK III does not mean an interim solution, but listening to music at a very high level. Your soul will be grateful.
Processes MC as well as MM signals.
Even with a model surzur, the external power supply model ps 300 enables another big step upwards on our blissful curve.
model ps 300
2017
Finally, at the request of many listeners – et voilà – model ps 300
model ps 300 is an elaborate quadruple power supply and is the perfect extension for a model blue (all versions) or a model surzur (also all versions).
You probably won’t miss model ps 300 if you haven’t experienced it. But once you get into it, it might be hard to take the step back
… so the comment by Wolfgang Kemper in his listening review in the NETMAGAZINE HIFI STATEMENT of 13.03.2018.
Well then, have a listen …
model ps 300
2017
Finally, at the request of many listeners – et voilà – model ps 300
model ps 300 is an elaborate quadruple power supply and is the perfect extension for a model blue (all versions) or a model surzur (also all versions).
You probably won’t miss model ps 300 if you haven’t experienced it. But once you get into it, it might be hard to take the step back
… so the comment by Wolfgang Kemper in his listening review in the NETMAGAZINE HIFI STATEMENT of 13.03.2018.
Well then, have a listen …
Listening reports
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 27 – model 42 MKI
Stereophile – 2007 – model 42 MKI [EN]
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 67 – model 42 MKII
HIFI-Statement – 2016 – model 42 MKII
HIFI-Statement – 2016 – model 42 MKII [EN]
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 95 – model 42 MKII
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 105 – model 42 MKIII
model 42 MK III
1999
Perhaps a model 42 MK III is still not the answer to the question
… about life, the universe and all the rest …
… but many listeners since February 1999 see it the same way, musically speaking.
Over 95% of all model 42s are still with their original buyers – the rest just have to keep searching …
Processes only MC signals.
The maximum of a BLUE AMP Phono
model 42 MK III
1999
Perhaps a model 42 MK III is still not the answer to the question
… about life, the universe and all the rest …
… but many listeners since February 1999 see it the same way, musically speaking.
Over 95% of all model 42s are still with their original buyers – the rest just have to keep searching …
Processes only MC signals.
The maximum of a BLUE AMP Phono
Listening reports
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 27 – model 42 MKI
Stereophile – 2007 – model 42 MKI [EN]
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 67 – model 42 MKII
HIFI-Statement – 2016 – model 42 MKII
HIFI-Statement – 2016 – model 42 MKII [EN]
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 95 – model 42 MKII
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 105 – model 42 MKIII
Hörerlebnis – Ausgabe 105 – model 42 MKIII [EN]
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Auditorium Hamm
Contact · Björn Brormann
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59065 Hamm
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Auditorium Münster
Contact · Hilko Samuels
Alter Steinweg 22-24
48143 Münster
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Auditorium Hamburg
Contact · Alexander Stickmann
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Contact · Jochen Senf
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Hifi & Video Technik Oliver Gogler
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Pechweierstraße 3
91056 Erlangen
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www.lauschgoldengel.de
mono-Ton
Contact · Tobias Leitmann
Färberstraße 44
90402 Nürnberg
09 11 – 274 26 93
www.mono-ton.eu
Blackvinylsound
Contact · Andreas Bohnenschäfer
Grünweg 38
79793 Wutöschingen
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www.blackvinylsound.de
Sales Benelux
City Audio Trade
PO Box 88
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The Netherlands
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Blue Amp Studio
In addition to the listening options listed on our website – you can also have a listen in our small listening studio (with modest acoustics but the wonderful Manger transducers – our acoustic reference) – perhaps on your way south – but only advice is given.
About Us
How it all came about…
BLUE AMP has been around since 1988. The first years were spent developing high-quality loudspeaker systems and restoring THORENS drives in a very elaborate way. The THORENS theme led to the idea of a high-quality external power supply. The idea of combining this power supply with a phono stage was not a big step – this project was then the beginning of a long development.
The first phono stage, the model 42, has been around since December 1999 – and the very first unit has been working without any problem or failure ever since.
The great motivation for everything, that is created at BLUE AMP, is the desire to listen to music from an early age – as is the case with so many of my colleagues – and the fascination with a simple, timeless exterior – and an interior with the long-lasting quality of a high-quality measuring device and causing a technically skilled person’s eyes to beam – my time at Hewlett Packard Medical has left its lasting mark on this.
A failure rate has not been measurable so far.
How it all came about…
BLUE AMP has been around since 1988. The first years were spent developing high-quality loudspeaker systems and restoring THORENS drives in a very elaborate way. The THORENS theme led to the idea of a high-quality external power supply. The idea of combining this power supply with a phono stage was not a big step – this project was then the beginning of a long development.
The first phono stage, the model 42, has been around since December 1999 – and the very first unit has been working without any problem or failure ever since.
The great motivation for everything, that is created at BLUE AMP, is the desire to listen to music from an early age – as is the case with so many of my colleagues – and the fascination with a simple, timeless exterior – and an interior with the long-lasting quality of a high-quality measuring device and causing a technically skilled person’s eyes to beam – my time at Hewlett Packard Medical has left its lasting mark on this.
A failure rate has not been measurable so far.
A few technical details
All phonos are characterised by an absolute absence of hum and very low noise. Everything suddenly has a tremendous and completely different presence. These two characteristics alone make even old professionals listen reverently.
And all our phonos can / should be operated with shield-free connection cables. These cables can be several metres long without any problems and can also run parallel to mains cables – this allows you to completely decouple the position of your turntable and that of the phono stage – an absolute novelty in record playback.
As a direct consequence, all our phono units come to you without a ground socket. And you don’t have to pay for anything superfluous …
By operating without a shield, the capacitance between the inner strands and a shield is also eliminated, from a purely electrical point of view – this aspect alone has a very great influence on the sound body. Words cannot describe this feature – you have to listen to it.
The sound
Tonally neutral – but captivating to its listeners – combined with a holographic sound body – that’s what all our phono stages offer.
You won’t find any glorifying statements about anything with BLUE AMP – you know yourself what and whether you like something. Your right brain, because that’s what this is all about, will whisper to you on its own – to have or not to have. Most of the time it is a question of a few moments – your right brain doesn’t need any longer.
Just as handmade musical instruments have their own character, each BLUE AMP phono offers its own sound cosmos. Which phono is right for you is up to you. The most expensive one is not necessarily the right one for you …
To give you a rough orientation, there is our curve of audiophile happiness – of course also somewhat subjective – but nevertheless quite helpful.
The positions of the points on this curve result from the many comments of our listeners and business colleagues. To your left brain, the individual positions seem enormously important – to the right brain, it doesn’t matter.
But if a colleague, after listening to a piece of music, indignantly remarks
” … now I have known this piece for almost 40 years and now I have constantly noticed details that I have never heard before …”,
then such a statement may also be made by others. – then such a statement may also be confirmed by other listeners – or not.
The sound
Tonally neutral – but captivating to its listeners – combined with a holographic sound body – that’s what all our phono stages offer.
You won’t find any glorifying statements about anything with BLUE AMP – you know yourself what and whether you like something. Your right brain, because that’s what this is all about, will whisper to you on its own – to have or not to have. Most of the time it is a question of a few moments – your right brain doesn’t need any longer.
Just as handmade musical instruments have their own character, each BLUE AMP phono offers its own sound cosmos. Which phono is right for you is up to you. The most expensive one is not necessarily the right one for you …
To give you a rough orientation, there is our curve of audiophile happiness – of course also somewhat subjective – but nevertheless quite helpful.
The positions of the points on this curve result from the many comments of our listeners and business colleagues. To your left brain, the individual positions seem enormously important – to the right brain, it doesn’t matter.
But if a colleague, after listening to a piece of music, indignantly remarks
” … now I have known this piece for almost 40 years and now I have constantly noticed details that I have never heard before …”,
then such a statement may also be made by others. – then such a statement may also be confirmed by other listeners – or not.
Our analog source
Just as only a professional musician, together with his professional instrument, can reach our musical souls, a developer of phono stages also needs a qualitatively superior analogue source.
Tonearm – there are many very good tonearms, but the Thiele TA01 ZERO Tracking Error tonearm from Helmut Thiele produces an unmistakable final chord in terms of distortion-free scanning capability and spatial reproduction.
I heard it for the first time in September 2021, without any comparison, and just stood there and was stunned – simply breathtaking.
Its simple design, easy handling and adjustability combined with a manufacturing quality of the highest calibre give you the feeling of security every time you use it – that’s as good as it gets at this point.
And what could happen next for you?
You can listen to music very happily for a very long time with just a small BLUE AMP – but as it happens, some of the right hemispheres of the brain eventually cry out for more.
Generous return conditions (assuming a visually flawless unit …) allow you to ascend to a higher sonic sphere even after several years.
Please contact your dealer.
And what could happen next for you?
You can listen to music very happily for a very long time with just a small BLUE AMP – but as it happens, some of the right hemispheres of the brain eventually cry out for more.
Generous return conditions (assuming a visually flawless unit …) allow you to ascend to a higher sonic sphere even after several years.
Please contact your dealer.