下面是英国老牌的Gramophone杂志（《留声机》杂志）对德国Earmax Pro耳放的声音评价。外表评价等我就忽略了。对EarMax耳放的外观设计已有定评（当然是普遍的好评），不用在这里赘述了。

Sounding big, weighty and tremendously smooth, the EarMax cruises through the busiest orchestral climaxes, always sounding fully in control while being capable of huge low-down slam. True, compared with Naim and Little More, the overall presentation may sound a little laid-back at first, music sounding subjectively slow, but let yourself settle in the sound and quickly you become aware that it's other designs' emphasis on the leading edges of notes that accounts for this, and the EarMax is equially true to the source material. And to those who will have you believe valves mean bags of bloom but a treble that's rolled off up top, then a quick listen to the Glinka overture with its succession of clean, extended highs, may well have you trading in your transistor pre and power amps tomorrow. 

EarMax耳放听感规模大、有重量感、而且异常顺滑，在乐队演奏最复杂的地方也表现出完美的控制，低频段有冲击力。是的，与Naim和Headroom Little More两台晶体管耳放相比，它的总体声音呈现初听有些内敛，音乐似乎感觉有些“慢”，但只要适应一段时间，你很快就会意识到其中的原因是其他耳放对声音的“棱角”做了一定强调，EarMax其实同样对音源非常忠实。有些人可能告诉你胆机就是没高频，高频是切掉的，但只要听一下格林卡的“鲁斯兰和柳德米拉序曲”，领略一下其干净通透的高频延伸，你可能马上就会生出这样的念头——明天就把晶体管前后级放大器都换掉。

In fact, it is with the Ruslan and Lyudmila, that the EarMax's strengths are most clearly defined. Strings retain all their attack, yet have greater fullness, the timpani pounds out yet gains texture and body, the bass has greater rasp, and cellos improve the extension down low. And, best of all, this is all set against a background rich in the sort of fine detail that simply eludes in the other amps in this group. 

事实上EarMax耳放的优点在这部序曲作品中表现得非常清晰：弦乐的声音保持了其所有的瞬态，同时拥有很好的丰满度，定音鼓的声音敲击有力，也有质感和形体，低音有出色的擦弦质感，大提琴群带来了更深沉的向下延伸的低音。特别值得一提的是，乐队声音的背景细节丰富得异乎寻常，本次集体耳放评测中的其他耳放在这方面都无法比拟。

But the EarMax impresses most with its presence.   Whether it's the Mozart opera or the Schubert sonata, no amp here gives you the feeling of "being here" quite as well as this tubed tot. Add to that is effortlessnes, its ability to convey all the emotion behind a piece, and its striking looks, and you have a headphone amp to treasure.

EarMax最给人印象深刻之处在于临场感，不管是莫扎特的歌剧还是舒伯特的奏鸣曲，测评中的其他耳放都无法象EarMax这样给人如此“就在现场”的感觉。此外还有它声音的轻松感、它表达音乐中蕴含感情的能力。这是一台值得珍爱的耳机放大器。

注意Gramophone杂志不光是权威性的古典音乐唱片评论杂志，其器材评价也是很有参考意义的，因为其编辑作者都是资深的古典音乐人士，其音乐修养和对声音的审美修养都是很深厚的，所以Gramophone杂志虽非专业的hi-fi杂志，但其hi-fi评论有独到的参考价值，往往是透过器材重播古典音乐的效果，来剖析器材的表现特征和优点。从这篇小小的耳放评论，可见其评论风格的端倪。

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